CHANDIGARH: The first-ever Chess Olympiad Torch Relay reached Chandigarh on Thursday after starting off from picturesque Leh and crossing over the mighty Himalayas with halts at Srinagar, Jammu, Dharamsala and Shimla.
Punjab governor and UT Administrator Banwari Lal Purohit received the torch from Grandmaster Deep Sengupta at Rock Garden, here. From Rock Garden the torch was taken to the Sukhna Lake and Rose Garden before making its way to the Panjab University and Sector 42 lake. It was then taken to Mohali before heading to Patiala and finally completing the tour of Punjab at the Attari Border in Amritsar.
