new delhi wisened by the unfortunate experience in chandigarh where the security bandobast for him was blamed for the death of a critically ill man pm manmohan singh on thursday skipped the foundation stone laying ceremony for the new environment ministry building near mausam bhawan on lodhi roadsingh protected by the elite special protection group spg decided to stay away from the muchpubicised event after recognising that his entourage with its attendant security apparatus would have blocked the route to all india institute of medical sciences for an hour sources told toihis decision saw finance minister pranab mukherjee in the presence of urban development minister jaipal reddy and mos finance namo narain meena heading the ceremony for the 9000 square metre modern and energy efficient building that will house all offices of the environment ministryas per the spg security manual for its protectees nearby buildings housing a number of government offices would have been sanitised besides blocking all routes leading to lodhi road the exercise which is mandatory before any movement of the protectees would have certainly taken halfanhour each before the pms arrival and departure from the venuein chandigarh on november 3 a 32yearold man suffering from kidney failure had died trying to cut across the multilayered security ring in order to reach the post graduate institute of medical education and researchthe deceaseds kin had alleged that they were able to reach the hospital only after a twohour struggle only to be blocked again by chandigarh police manning the outer perimeter of the security ringin hindsight the pms decision on tuesday turned out to be a wise one with several parts of the capital jammed the day saw a farmers rally against the new sugarcane price order cripple the central business district on the first day of parliaments winter session the ongoing trade fair at pragati maidan too continued to put pressure on roads in central delhi the failing traffic lights at several crossings across the capital only added to the chaos in the city