Chandigarh, January 21: – The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh is going to start urgent repair of sewer line Sector 38-A, Chandigarh. Due to this repair work during the period from 22nd January to 10th February, 2020, the dividing road of Sector 38-A/Shahpur Colony, Chandigarh will remain closed and general public is requested to take alternate route and bear with Municipal Corporation.
Panjab University Teaching Departments/Colleges has declared the result of the following examinations:- 1. MBBS Final Prof. Part-I, Nov-19 2. BCA-Ist Semester,Dec-19
The students are advised to see their result in their respective Departments/Colleges/University website.
Chandigarh, January 20:- Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today declared every Friday as ‘single use plastic free day’ in city Schools.
This was declared in a programme named ‘Climategiri’ organized by the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh in association by city schools. During the programme Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary, Home, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor & area councilor, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Deputy Mayor, councilors and officers of MCC, office bearers of Chandigarh Business Council and other prominent persons of the city.
While addressing the gathering, the Governor said that this step has been taken to encourage the public to avoid the usage of single use plastic not only on Fridays but on all days of the week and to motivate the youth to stop their family members from using single use plastic. The main aim of this step is to completely eliminate the problem of plastic from Chandigarh.
He said that this new step of declaring Fridays as single-use plastic free days will prove to be both a platform for general awareness of the citizens as well as help in changing our behavior and push us towards a healthy lifestyle.
The Governor appreciated the efforts of Municipal Corporation for conducting good awareness programmes besides engaging general public to save the environment. He said that these type of platforms will be provided to the citizens and schools towards elimination of plastic.
The Adviser said that engagement of school students in avoiding single use plastic items is a good initiative and youth can do a lot in behavior change of society. He appreciated the efforts of schools for collecting plastic items through the students and handing over to the MCC for its scientific recycling. He said that this process should be regular affair and Corporation to take necessary action in this regard.
Smt. Raj Bala Malik said that the MCC in association with Education department is organizing competitions like poster making, drawings, slogan writing etc. at school as well as inter- school levels to further highlight the importance of elimination of single use plastic and other topics related to the ‘Swachh Bharat Mission’ amongst the students.
Earlier, the Commissioner welcomed the Chief Guest and other dignitaries during the programme. he said that a large number of government and private schools have come forth in support of the MCC as more than 140 schools have joined this mega event against the elimination of single use plastic in the city.
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Chandigarh, January 20:- Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today launched battery operated carts in sector 17 plaza in presence of Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary Home, Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC and Sh. N.P. Sharma, CGM, Chandigarh Smart City Ltd.
While sharing information about the carts, Sh. K.K. Yadav said that with a vision for encouraging public safety and security for the people of the city which is essential to achieve the goal of making the city liveable with a safe transportation system, the project battery operated carts for elderly and differently abled has been completed at the cost of Rs. 47 lacs.
He said that one of the basic goals was to introduce a model of sustainability and low-carbon mobility options with innovative transportation solutions ensuring last-mile connectivity (through battery operated vehicles, public bike sharing programmes), elderly & handicap friendly public spaces. He said that it was envisaged that with the introduction this facility for elderly and differently abled visitors will ease their movement within market area will be further simplified.
He said that the aims to provide seamless connectivity in the city centre of sector 17 by substituting it with non-polluting and non-motorized public transport. This service will be more focused in ensuring comfort and convenience to population belonging to certain demographic profile, however, it will play a major role in enhancing the mobility at large in the city centre and a different experience for people visiting sector 17, he added.
He said that the service of battery operated carts is free of cost and will help in improving the accessibility in the plaza space for elderly and differently abled and ferry them around the market area based on their requirement. The service hours are from 8 am to 8 pm. These carts were enabled with GPS tracking, LED screen, speakers, magazine holder for information dissemination related to initiatives/important information by various government institutions.
The Carts engaged in this services have safety features such as fire extinguisher, first aid kit and speed governor to regulate the speed of the cart to less than 20 Kmph to ensure safety of the pedestrians. Additionally, the project can be scaled up to serve the purpose of feeder services from bus stop to important destinations. Furthermore, the same can be interlinked with CTU service through mobile based applications.
Chandigarh, January 18:- Sh. Durga Shankar Mishra, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs, Govt. of India today reviewed implementation of various projects being carried out under the Ministry in Chandigarh. the progress in implementation of the projects in Chandigarh. Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary Home, Sh. Ajoy Sinha, IAS, Finance Secretary, Chandigarh and all senior officers of MCC were present during the meeting.
The presentation from Chandigarh made by Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh in a review meeting of Flagship programmes including Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT), Smart City, Pardhanmantri Awas Yojna (PMAY), DAY-NULM and Swachh Bharat Mission etc. held at UT Guest House here today. During the meeting various projects being carried out by the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. were discussed.
The Secretary MoHUA appreciated the major projects of Chandigarh including the projects being taken up under Chanddigarh Smart City Ltd., Construction & Demolition Waste Plant at industrial area, Additional Water Supply Scheme, Legacy mining of MSW at dumping ground, Dadumajra.
The Commissioner apprised the Secretary that under AMRUT different projects have been completed including additional pipeline from Jandpur to water works sector 39, upgradation of water testing laboratory at sector 39 water works.
After the review meeting, the Secretary MoHUA visited the C&D Waste plant, industrial area Phase-I and appreciated its successful implementation. The secretary also visited dumping ground Dadumajra to see the legacy mining of MSW project.
In addition to that the Secretary visited water works, sector 39 and reviewed the additional water supply scheme. The Secretary also inaugurated the upgraded water testing laboratory situated in the water works, sector 39.
The Secretary was welcomed by Sh. Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh at Capitol Complex in the evening. The Secretary MoHUA also appreciated the restoration work of Capitol Complex including Vidhan Sabha Building, Punjab & Haryana High Court under Chandigarh Smart City Ltd.
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Chandigarh, January 17:- A meeting of village development committee for the villages Dhanas and Sarangpur was held here today under the chairpersonship of Ms. Shipra Bansal and attended by the concerned office bearers and members of the committees for both the villages.
During the meeting main problems discussed including regardingthe community centre, strengthening of Sewage and Drainage system etc. The Committee also resulted in the planning of a visit to Sarangpur village on 20th January, 2020 at 10 am.
During the meeting of village Dhanas, the committee members addressed problems raised after the mergence of villages. The main problems discussed including Traffic problem in the phirni road, damaged roads, Storm water drainage system, overhead electricity wires and shifting of the bus stand.
Other than that, the need of providing a road connecting the bus stand to EWS Colony where 84 houses are situated, Repairing the bus stand road, raising awareness regarding rain water harvesting and the need to fire sweepers that are found guilty of not doing their work properly was also discussed. The meeting ended with a village visit being planned on January 28th, 2020 in the community centre.
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Chandigarh, January 16:- Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh called a meeting of all the councilors to discuss pending works of MCC with Chief Architect.
The Meeting was attended by Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Deputy Mayor, councilors and officers of MCC.
The Mayor informed that the meeting focused on several aspects for public welfare in the city. The main motive of the meeting was to discuss the list of pending works with Chief Architect and invite solutions for it. Councilors in the meeting brought in the light the issues of their respective wards which included status of verka booths, multi level parking, reestablishing City map boards, construction of community centres, development of bus queue shelters, lights and roundabouts etc. Most of the issues were taken into consideration for further process.
However, the major pending tasks were discussed included taking ahead the paused work of House Indicators, Construction of public toilets in the area of Rock Garden, Railing at the central boards, Changing the placement of verka booth currently in sector 22-D, Provision of borewell in Kishangarh- Bhagwanpura area, Parking in many areas especially in sector 20, Construction of toilets in Muslim graveyard, Reconstruction of under ground parking areas of sector 17 and sector 8 and Resolving V3 Railing issue.
The Mayor highlighted the issue of flooding in the subway which is witnessed when one moves from sector 11 towards sector 15. She added how it might be because of the old water pipes which need immediate attention. The meeting definitely put a stress on introduction of escalators in the subway connecting ISBT 17 and sector 22.
She said that the meeting was a healthy initiative in order to accumulate at a single spot to discuss the developments and loopholes. It is otherwise difficult by every councilor to approach the concerned authorities for the work. So gathering at a single place was beneficial enough to know the layout and plans of how things required for general public shall proceed. She asked Chief Architect to accelerate the work suggested by the counselors as it is for the benefit of public of Chandigarh.
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Chandigarh, January 15:- Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor and Sh. K.K Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh visited dumping site Dadumajra, here today. They were accompanied by Senior Deputy Mayor Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Deputy Mayor Sh. Jagtar Singh Dhillon, Additional Commissioner Sh. S.K. Jain and other councilors and officers of MCC.
The visit was conducted in order to monitor and to take stock of the work progress in the dumping site and the mining of waste garbage processing plant set up by the initiative of MCC nearby the dumping ground. The Commissioner apprised Mayor about the root cause and the steps being taken by MCC for the elimination of the heap of mountain created by the accumulated garbage.
The Commissioner apprised that to clear the twenty five acres of space overlapped in the layers of garbage, scientific mining has begun under the ‘Smart City’ initiative. The segregation site nearby the dumping ground will process the waste to give a new direction to the unused waste. This legacy mining site was visited by the dignitaries after taking a round of the dumping ground. The Commissioner explained how legacy waste is of three categories i.e Construction and Demolition waste (C and D waste), Municipal Solid Waste and Industrial Waste used for refuse derived fuel (RDF) and fiber work. He explained how steps have been initiated to treat the 500,000 tonnes of waste from dumping ground from where the compostable waste will be brought here in the site and will be dried in the sun for a week or so after the segregation. Through conveyor belts and other machines, separation and segregation shall become an easy task.
The team for the visit consisting of all the eminent personalities met medical and engineering students from Ropar (Punjab) who were present at the legacy mining site. Mayor, Smt. Raj Bala Malik referred them as the ‘Future of India’ and invited suggestions from the students for the development of the processing plant. Sh. K.K Yadav offered internship opportunities to them and invited them to visit other MCC projects’ sites.
The team also visited JP plant to take stock of the garbage lying over there inside the plant and enquired about the daily processing of the garbage by the plant management.
Smt. Kirron Kher, Member Parliament, UT, Chandigarh was the Chief Guest during the programme and Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh was Guest of Honour.
Smt. Kirron Kher wishes all the citizens Happy Lohri and Makar Sankranti. She also launched #SwachhSurvekshan2020Chandigarh and appealed to the citizens to tag the pictures in this platform to support city in Swachh Survekshan 2020.
Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor said that these type of events will be organized regularly in Sector 17 to revive the plaza area. She said that with the plaza regaining it’s lost beauty, this shall add more to it and visitors will enjoy such type of programmes.
Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor & area councilor, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Deputy Mayor, all councilors and officers of MCC, office bearers of Market Welfare Associations of sector 17 and Chandigarh Beyopar Mandal have added charm to the event with their benign presence.
With the cultural arrangements for bonfire along with folk songs of Punjab, the event enthralled the audience. The Chief Guest and others can not stop themselves to dance on the beats of dhol and Punjabi numbers on Lohri.
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A seven days’ short term course/ faculty development programme under the aegis of UGC- HRDC of Panjab University concluded at the Department of Mathematics, Panjab University, Chandigarh. The theme of the course titled “MATHEMATICAL COMPUTATIONAL SKILLS: A PRACTICAL APPROACH” was inaugurated by Prof. R J Hans Gill on Jan 08, 2020. Twenty faculty members from colleges/ universities of Chandigarh, Punjab, Haryana and Odisha got benefitted from this course. The objective of this course was to introduce the numerical programming techniques using commercially/free available mathematical software packages and programming languages. Resource persons from IIT Ropar, Guru Nanak Dev University, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology and JIIT Noida delivered expert lectures on the theme. On this occasion, Prof. SK Tomar (Honorary Director – HRDC), Dr. Jayanti Dutta (Deputy Director- HRDC) and Prof. Gurmeet K Bakshi (Chairperson, Department of Mathematics) were present. The course was coordinated by Dr. Gagandeep Singh and Dr. Dilbag Singh of Mathematics Department.
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