chandigarh heritage lies in the details for city beautiful that is the opinion ut administration seems to hold seeking unescos world heritage status the ut has sent an elaborate proposal to the union governmentcentres delay in forwarding the citys proposal to unesco before the february 2008 deadline has already led to chandigarh being deprived of the status till nowthat proposal was sent back to the ut some months ago the recentlyforwarded nomination has information about chandigarhs past and present it also talks about what the city has that others lack inut home secretary ram niwas who holds the charge of secretary tourism said we sent the nomination letter to the cabinet around a week back this time we have sent minute details of every unique feature of the citychandigarh really deserves to be on the prestigious list he addedut director tourism samwartak singh said we are hopeful that this time we will get a positive outcomethe proposal also mentions that out of all the properties on world heritage list only three brasilia in brazil tel aviv in israel and le havre in france are cities of the 20th century thus chandigarh would be the fourth such city if it gets selectedut officials said india has 27 world heritage properties with another 17 being on the tentative list other than chandigarh none of the indian properties are urban landscapes or belong to the 20th centurybesides this authorities elaborated le corbusiers works of art in the city and its postcolonial modernity that exerted a powerful influence on subsequent cultural societal economic and technological development in india and south asia