the identified locations include pedestrian plaza in front of neelam cinema dc office state library sector 34 airport and rose garden for this sculptors from all over india were asked to send in their entries last year to the city the administration is already in the process of installing openair environmental sculptures at various nodal points in the city le corbusier used to call it la ville radieuse the radiant city added a ut official since leisure valley hosts a part of the rose festival and chandigarh carnival there are also plans to set up permanent structures like stage and green rooms to facilitate holding of such events even though the architecture department was earlier working on a plan to develop a childrens park in the area it has now been decided to go in for something more aesthetic in view of the valleys proximity to government museum and art gallery and government college of art the selection panel recommended three sculptors indranil garai jitesh malik and dr sk kushwaha to make a detailed proposal based on the locations decided by the ut the architecture department has been asked to prepare an elaborate plan and if need be it would be sent to the ministry of tourism for seeking financial aid after the elections said a ut official care would be taken to choose sculptures which are aesthetic as they will represent the city a startling array of sculptures could soon turn the leisure valley sector 10 into a hub for creative people as part of the tourismpromotion initiative of the administration chandigarh known internationally for its architecture and urban planning chandigarh is home to numerous projects of renowned architects like le corbusier pierre jeanneret matthew nowicki albert mayer and also of indian architects if the proposal gets a goahead from ut administrator gen retd sf rodrigues faculty and students of citys key institutes like government college of art would be asked to contribute artifacts for the sculpture park said sources a particular theme is being given to each site said an artiste associated with the project a series of tourism projects have been recently approved by the centre for funding and the tourism department is working on a host of proposals to attract more visitors to the city