A Tree Plantation drive was organised by the International Hostel and Florence Nightingale Girls Hostel 8, Sec 25 (South Campus), Panjab University.
Shri C D Singh (I.F.S.), Deputy Director General and Shri K Z Bhutia (I.F.S.), Deputy Inspector General of Forest (Central) at Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India, graced the occasion as Chief Guests. Dean Student Welfare, Prof. S K Tomar, Dean Student Welfare (Women) Prof. Meena Sharma and Associate Dean Student Welfare Prof. Ashok Kumar presided over the function.
Shri C D Singh and Shri K Z Bhutia appreciated the plantation drive initiated by the Panjab University and carried out by the Horticulture department in association with various hostels and departments of PU. They lauded the efforts made by PU in increasing its Green cover by planting numerous trees, and stated that tree plantation played a very important role in saving the environment from the adverse effects of the climate change. They stressed upon the need to sensitize the youth of today towards the ill effects of climate change and the advantages of tree plantation. The students were encouraged to plant more trees and adopt them as well.
Prof. Tomar in his address expressed his gratitude towards the dignitaries present on the occasion and also, appreciated the efforts of the Wardens which included Dr Harveen Kaur, International Hostel and Dr Simran Kaur, GH 8, in organizing this event meticulously. Other present included Wardens, officials and students of various hostels.
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University Institute of Fashion Technology and Vocational Development(UIFT&VD), Panjab University held a poster making competition for fashion students of Panjab University and other Colleges and Universities. This event was held at UIFT&VD via virtual mode for creating awareness on topics of sustainability, going green and advocating the theme of Living in A Plastic-Free Paradise- a pledge to protect our environment.
Dr. Anu H. Gupta, Chairperson and Dr. Nikita, organiser of the event, invited hand-made and digital poster entries from students of Panjab University. The students were required to creatively display the plight upon usage of plastic and benefits of a plastic-free life. Entries were received from B.Sc. and M.Sc. students of Sarooprani Government College (Amritsar), SBBSMGC sukhanand (Moga), Hindu Kanya Mahavidyalaya (Jind), Govt. Home Science College (Chandigarh), IIS Deemed to be University (Jaipur) and UIFT&VD, PU, Chandigarh.
Top 3 positions have been bagged by Nitika Sharma, Kritika Wadhwa and Divya Sharma of UIFT&VD. All participants will be awarded a certificate. It is essential to sensitise people against using plastic for a better future.
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A Cleanliness cum Plantation Drivewas launched at Palm Garden by Department of NSS in collaboration with Horticulture division of Panjab University(PU). Prof. Ashwani Koul, Programme Coordinator, NSS, at the outset, thanked Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice chancellor, PU for his able guidance and untiring support for such initiatives. Prof. Koul shared about the present drive for the maintenance and upkeep of all parks and gardens of PU. Further, he mentioned that there are eleven more such drives that will be held in the months of July and August, 2021.
Programme officers inspired the participants to maintain cleanliness in surroundings and urged the volunteers to propagate about importance of cleanliness and personal hygiene in their lives.
The event was attended by all programme officers, NSS volunteers and staff of Horticulture division. Keeping covid appropriate behaviour into consideration, the samplings of various varieties of palm were planted at palm garden by Prof. Koul and his team.
Dr. Naveen Kumar, Programme officer proposed a vote of thanks. The efforts of Programme officers, Horticulture division, and team of student volunteers, Sahil K Sharma, Akansha Sharma, Vishal Saini, and Colonel Ravinder Bobby were recognized and well appreciated.
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Chandigarh, March 7:- Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today visited various big projects of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh including Construction & Demolition (C&D) waste plant at Industrial Area Phase-I, Material Recovery Facility Station, 3 BRD, Legacy Mining and Garbage Processing Plant, Dadumajra and Aerobic Composting system at Rose Garden, Sector 16, Chandigarh.
He was accompanied by Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and other senior officers of MCC. The Commissioner apprised the Adviser that the work at C&D waste plant consists processing of construction and demolition waste & manufacturing of PCC products to be used for pavements, road work, fencing work etc. Processing plant accepts all cement, construction demolition waste except steel up to the size 1-1.5 feet which is being processed by crushing and washing in four type of aggregates i.e. sand, 10mm Bajri, 20mm Bajri, and 40mm Bajri.
He said that such aggregates are being utilized further for making cement concrete products including PCC kerb, PCC channel, PCC tiles, Paver block, cement concrete works, bollards etc.; Public health works i.e. PCC road gully covers, PCC manhole covers etc.; Horticulture works i.e. PCC benches, CC tree and various road sub base works.
The Adviser asked the Commissioner to enhance the capacity of the plant to accept C&D waste from outskirts also.
After that the Adviser visited Material Recovery Facility Centre at 3 BRD where the Commissioner apprised him about the functioning of the centre. He said that the project is one of the component of the comprehensive Solid Waste Management System as per SWM Rules, 2016, which aims at reducing the time and cost involved in collection and transfer of waste two besides generating income by recovering the reusable and recyclable waste.
The Commissioner said that door to door waste collection vehicles brings segregated waste i.e. dry & wet waste in different compartments at the Material Recovery Facility which is having dedicated space for sorting of recoverable dry waste into different categories like paper, card, recyclable plastics, glass bottles, metal etc, Dry waste left after recovery of recyclable materials are being compacted in huge compactors to compost plant located in Sector 25, Daddumajra, Chandigarh. Weigh bridges have been provided for measurement of dry and wet waste within the Material Recovery Facility.
He said that MRF facility is equipped with hopper- tippers and compactor capsules for transfer of waste from smaller (3.2 cum) vehicles to 20 cum capsules where the waste is being compacted to one fifth of the original volume. The volume reduction will save cost of transportation of waste and space required for disposal of waste.
The Adviser further visited Legacy mining project at dumping site and Garbage processing plant at Dadumajra. He reviewed the Solid waste management system in Chandigarh where he was briefed by the Commissioner about waste collection, transportation and disposal of MSW. He was briefed about detailed methodology and steps taken by the MCC for collection and disposal of municipal solid waste.
After visiting the RDF plant the Adviser visited the compost plant and took stock of method of making compost from wet garbage. He said that the compost prepared in the compost plant from wet garbage is of good quality and can be utilized in gardens and agriculture purpose as well.
He also visited Rose Garden, Sector 16 to see the Aerobic Compost pits over there, where he was briefed about the phases of compost preparation from drive leaves and horticulture waste. The Adviser asked the Chief Engineer, Chandigarh Administration for provision of such Aerobic compost pits to dispose off the horticulture waste generated by the horticulture wing of Chandigarh Administration.
The Department of Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh organized a webinar on the theme “Promotion of Scientific Temper among People of India”, today, to spread awareness amongst general public about the current pandemic situation.
Prof. Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, New Delhi spoke on the topic “ What the pandemic has taught us and where do we go from here?” Dr. Guleria started his talk by explaining the factors which were responsible for an increase in the number of pandemics in the 21st century. He discussed about the one health concept and emphasized that there is a need to look at holistic health i.e. the health of animals, plants and human together rather than humans alone in order to avoid any future pandemics.
Further in his talk, Dr. Guleria discussed about the reasons behind the emergence of devastating second wave and that there is an urgent requirement to invest in public health services. He emphasized that COVID-19 appropriate behavior i.e. wearing of masks, regular washing of hands up gradation of vaccination drive can to a large extent help in avoiding the speculated third wave of the infection.
He also discussed about the different vaccines available in the country, their efficacy, the development of new vaccines and the major problems associated with vaccines such as the vaccine hesitancy and their equitable distribution. Dr. Guleria concluded his talk by mentioning that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over nor it is going to end very soon. The people need to adhere to COVID appropriate behavior and need to get vaccinated in order to avoid the third wave.
Dr. Deepak K. Rahi, Chairman, gave a brief overview of the program and briefly discussed how during this past year, the COVID-19 pandemic had turned our lives upside down and has changed not just the way we live and work but also how we think and behave.
This was followed by a brief note by Prof. Prince Sharma, Former Dean Science and the organizing secretary of the webinar who discussed about the current pandemic situation and also introduced the guest speaker to the audience.
The webinar was coordinated by Mr. Khem Raj Thakur, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology.
The talk was followed by an interactive session where in the queries put forward by the audience were answered by Dr. Guleria. The webinar ended with a vote of thanks by Prof. Prince Sharma.
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Chandigarh, July 9:- Sh. Rohit Gupta, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh today planted a sapling of medicinal plant at Livelihood Centre, Sector 25, Chandigarh on the occasion of Bank Day organised by State Bank of India. On this event, saplings of Neem, Gular, medicinal plants and other shrubs were planted in the compound of City Livelihood Centre, Sec. 25,Chandiagrh.Others who planted saplings of plants during the event were Mrs. Shilpy Srivastav, Asstt. General Manager, SBI-SMECC Cell, Sec. 17, Chandigarh, Mrs. Sheela Phool Singh, Area Councillor, Sh. Vivek Trivedi, Social Development Officer (DAY-NULM), Sh. Rohit, SDO Horticulture, Mrs. Shalini Mittal, Sr. Manager, SMECC, SBI, Ms. Ramnik Kaur, Livelihood Officer, DAY-NULM, MCC.
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Department of Life Long Learning & Extension (DLLL&E) in collaboration with the Horticulture Wing of Panjab University, celebrated ‘Van Mahotsav’ by organizing a Tree Plantation Drive in front of Emerging Area Building.
Teachers, Staff and Students of DLLL&E and University Institute of Fashion Technology (UIFT) participated in the drive, observing all COVID-19 protocols. Also, Prof. Monica Munjial and Dr. Gaurav Gaur, Chairperson of Social Work Department were present during the tree plantation. To celebrate this day, a number of Ficus plants were planted.
Dr. Parmjit Singh Kang, Chairperson, emphasised that trees play very a vital role in our lives. So, we must, not only plant new trees and plants rather it is equally important and necessary to take post plantation care.
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Chandigarh, July 8: – The enforcement wing of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today removed encroachments and illegal vendors stored different items on MCC land from sector 17 Market and outer areas of southern sectors.
Following the directions of Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Municipal Commissioner, the enforcement team under the supervision of Sh. Rohit Gupta, Joint Commissioner, removed belongings of vendors who leave their sellable things on the sites around overbridge and central plaza area of sector 17 market. The drives were carried peacefully and no untoward incident took place.
In addition to that the enforcement teams lifted reharis of (Horse Carts) from southern sectors of Chandigarh and issued 25 challans to the violators.
The Joint Commissioner said that these type of drives will be carried out regularly as the vendors are authorized to do their business on the allotted sites and not to encroach upon Municipal land for storing the items including belongings to be used for routine vending.
University School of Open Learning, Panjab University, Chandigarh, today organized its sixth annual cultural event Hunar, a platform that gives students to explore their talents, included creative items and activities such as writings of poetry and essay, poster making, dance, singing, poetry recitation, photography and filmmaking. Keeping in view the pandemic norms of social distancing and self-isolation, the event was organized online. The students had emailed as many as two hundred entries through PDFs and videos.
The Chairperson, Prof Madhurima Verma, introduced the chief guests Prof S. K. Tomar, the Dean Students’ Welfare (Men) and Prof Meena Sharma, Dean Students’ Welfare (Women). Referring to the celebration of the Golden Jubilee year of USOL, Prof Verma highlighted the distinctive services rendered by the institution in the field of open learning and education.
In his address, Prof Tomar congratulated the organizers for the event in the difficult times of the Covid and extolled the efforts of the students. Invoking the landmark mythical character of Eklavya, a dalit, Prof Tomar called him the first distant learner as he mastered the skill of archery staying away from his teacher Dronacharya. He also called upon to institute a judicious balance between the three coordinates of education—the teacher, the taught and the study material.
Prof Meena Sharma appreciated the event and called it nothing less than a stress buster and confidence booster for the students as the preparation of and engagement with the creative-cultural items distanced them from the environment suffused negativity triggered by the covid. The judgment of each creative item was prepared by a team of three faculty members.
Eight teachers including Prof Neeru, Prof Harsh, Prof Praveen, Prof Sukhpreet, Dr Kuljeet, Dr Parveen, Dr Kamala and Dr Richa gave a comprehensive introduction to each creative item and presented the judgment by making a declaration of the first, second, third position and consolation prizes. As many as 40 students were declared as prize winners. The two prize winning students Mr Gopi and Ms Anand Priya shared their enriching experiences regarding the preparation of their respective items.
The coordinator of the event, Dr Ravinder Kaur Dhaliwal and co-coordinator Dr Reena Chaudhari, along with a dedicated team of faculty members, put strenuous efforts to organize the event.
Dr Sucha Singh provided the technical support to conduct the event. Mr Sudhir Baweja conducted the event eloquently and Dr Kamala Sandhu proposed a vote of thanks.
Chandigarh, July 7:-A meeting of the Enforcement Committee, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today under the chairpersonship of Smt. Asha Jaswal and attended by other members of committee namely Sh. Shakti Parkash Devshali, Sh. Bharat Kumar, Sh. Charanjiv Singh, Smt. Ravinder Kaur Gujral, Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh Sidhu, Senior Deputy Mayor, MCC along with concerned officials of MCC and Inspectors of Enforcement wing, MCC.
* The Committee decided to add Hologram of MCC on the receipts given to vendors for authentication.
