Chandigarh: After a gap of 32 years, Union Territory of Chandigarh will have a separate administrator, a charge held by the Punjab governor since the terrorism days in mid eighties, with BJP leader K J Alphons, better known for his demolition drive in Delhi, given the responsibility.

The appointment of the 63-year-old former bureaucrat from Kerala and BJP executive committee member brings to an end Chandigarh's uniqueness in the country as having the governor of a neighbouring state as its administrator.