Five and a half hours after he landed in Chandigarh, Prime Minister Narendra Modi apologized on twitter to the city for the VIP arrangements made for his visit, which he described as "totally avoidable". Schools and colleges had been closed, forcing the cancellation of exams; major roads were blocked, causing traffic jams , and the city's main crematorium was turned into a parking lot till 3 pm to accommodate government and other vehicles for a rally being addressed by the PM near by.