From Wikipedia:
Commissioned by Nehru to reflect the new nation’s modern, progressive outlook, Nehru famously proclaimed Chandigarh to be “unfettered by the traditions of the past, a symbol of the nation’s faith in the future.” Several buildings and layouts in Chandigarh were designed by the French (born Swiss) architect and urban planner, Le Corbusier, in the 1950s. Le Corbusier was in fact the second architect of the city, after the initial master plan was prepared by the American architect-planner Albert Mayer who was working with the Poland-born architect Matthew Nowicki. It was only after Nowicki’s untimely death in 1950 that Le Corbusier was pulled into the project.

There are so few people living in Chandigarh because Le Corbusier had little to no understanding as to how the common Indian person lives. Cows and herders wander the large empty boulevards, traffic circles that once had fountains now contain pill boxes and security forces with machine guns.

Chandighar is like failed lunar space colony in the 25th century.