The Chandigarh government is considering building a green canal to reduce travel time to Chandigarh International Airport from the capital. Union Territory Adviser Dharam Pal recently chaired a meeting with Chandigarh Smart City (CSCL), the Chief Administrator, Greater Mohali Development Authority (GMADA), the Municipal Corporation (MC), Mohali and the Superintendent of Police (Traffic) and other officials of the territory of the Union to discuss the matter.

It was decided that the stakeholders will submit their views on the matter, which will be sent to the Chief Engineer, Chandigarh, within a week. Besides the chief engineer, other officials who attended the meeting were the chief architect and chief engineer of the Chandigarh Smart City.