Chandigarh, September 30:- The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today, replanted fallen pilkhan tree after necessary pruning along with due treatment near V3 road, 23/24 side, Sector 23, Chandigarh.The tree was replanted with the direction of Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh by the Horticulture Department.
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Chandigarh, September 30:- Sh. Rajesh Kumar, Mayor and Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today flagged off 12 vehicles to carry out the door to door collection of waste in segregated manner at village Dhanas, Khudda Ali Sher and village Kaimbwala. Prominent persons of the area were also present during the launch.
The Mayor informed that the 12 vehicles will collect door to door waste in segregated manner i.e. wet and dry separately in different cabins from village Dhanas, Khudda Ali Sher and Kaimbwala from near about 1900, 2300 and 2500 households respectively.
He said that the Municipal Corporation has purchased 99 vehicles of 3.2 cubic meter capacity to carry out the door to door collection of domestic waste in segregated manner. The dry and wet waste will be given by residents separately and will be collected in different compartments of the vehicles.
The Mayor said that 55 vehicles have been deployed to use for the 13 villages recently transferred to the Municipal Corporation and the remaining 44 vehicles will be used for the unattended areas of the city which are not being catered by private waste collectors.
He said that the pilot project to start segregation in all the recently transferred villages has been completed and now the MCC will start door to door segregation in market areas of sectors from 9, 10, 11, 23 & 24 in the first phase within one week.
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Chandigarh, September 28:- Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated the city water supply scheme, phase 5 & 6 at Water works, sector 39 in presence of Smt. Kirron Kher, Member Parliament, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Manoj Kumar Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh, Sh. Rajesh Kumar, Mayor of Chandigarh and Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Hardeep Singh, Senior Deputy Mayor, Smt. Gurbax Rawat, area councilor, other councilors, senior officers of MCC and local residents.
After taking a round at the 15 MGD water treatment plant and pump house at water works, sector 39, the Administrator said that today is the day, we have made history with the completion of city water supply scheme phase 5 & 6. He said that every citizen of Chandigarh will be happy with augmentation of this scheme of additional water supply.
He said that from today onward additional one hour water supply in the morning timings and one hour in evening timings of water supply will be released. He said that with this facility the citizens of sectors, villages and rehabilitated colonies will now get adequate water supply without any hindrance.
The Administrator assured the MCC for providing additional funds to create the water supply storage from half day to full day at the water works, sector 39. He said that with raising the storage capacity of raw water and water treatment area, the MCC will be in a better position to tackle the water supply shut down from from the Bhakra main line time to time.
The Administrator mentioned that earlier, the work of 4 phases to get the raw water from kajauli was completed from the year 1983 to 2005 and as per 1983 sharing agreement, out of 80 MGD being pumped from Kajauli water works to water works sector 39, Chandigarh is getting 58 MGD (Million Gallons per day) of raw water.
Smt. Kirron Kher said that to give the city, water in adequate quantity and at adequate pressure, the augmentation of city water supply scheme phase 5 & 6 from Kajauli was the dream of her, which come true today. She said that every person involved, whether from the Municipal Corporation or from Administrator put their best efforts to get this work done remarkably. She said that with the additional water supply, the residents of city will get sufficient drinking water especially in the rehabilitation colonies.
Smt. Kher also raised the concern of additional grant of Rs. 38 crores to the Municipal Corporation for running the ongoing projects and maintenance works done in stipulated time frame.
Sh. Rajesh Kumar, Mayor said that the work of augmentation of water supply of phase 5 & 6 has been completed at an estimated cost of Rs. 200 crores from which 98 crores as deposit work with GMADA i.e. construction of 80 MGD pump house at Kajauli and laying of pipe line of 80 MGD carrying capacity from Kajauli to Jandpur. He said that additional 3 crores have been spent on deposit work with GMADA as cost of Rs. 2 acre of land at Jandpur for construction of pumping station by MCC and Rs. 99 crores expenditure being incurred by the MCC.
He said that the Municipal Corporation has completed construction of pump house, storage tank of 4 MGD capacity 11 KV sub station & allied works at Jandpur and laying of 1600 mm i/d MS pipe line, 5.8 Kms length, to carry 35 MGD of raw water from Jandpur to Water Works at Sector 39. He said that the MCC also completed construction of 15 MGD water treatment plant, pump house, 2 under ground clear water storage reservoirs of 2 MG capacity each, 1 raw water storage and sedimentation tank of 6 MG capacity & allied works at water works, sector 39 Chandigarh.
Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC said that with the commissioning of Phase 5 & 6, 40 MGD of raw water will be pumped from Kajauli and as per sharing pattern, Mohali will get additional 5 MGD of raw water, panchkula and MES Chandimandir each will get 3 MGD of additional raw water. Balance 29 MGD of raw water will be available to the Chandigarh city which will ease out the demand during peak summers.
He said that the drinking water will be available for longer duration with adequate pressure upto top floors. It will also take the burden out from the extraction of ground water through tubewells which will further help in conservation of ground water and likely to control the depleting ground water table.
Earlier, the Administrator honoured the engineers involved in completing the work of water supply augmentation phase 5 & 6 including Sh. Harish Saini, Executive Engineer, Sh. Amit Sharma, SDE, Sh. Lalit Kumar and Sh. Nirmal Singh, Junior Engineers of Public Health wing, MCC.
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Chandigarh September 28, 2019
University Institute of Applied Management Sciences(UIAMS), in association with NSS Panjab University and Ojas Super Specialty Hospital Panchkula, organised ‘Happy Hearts Healthy Hearts Campaign’ at Panjab University Campus as a part of World Heart Day Celebrations. The theme of this year’s World Heart Day focuses on three important and pertinent aspects of cardiovascular health, and that is promotion of physical activity, healthy diet habits, and to create awareness against smoking.
The Campaign was inaugurated at UIAMS premises, by Professor Shankarji Jha, Dean University Instructions along with Professor Upasana Joshi Sethi, Director UIAMS, and Professor Navdeep Sharma, Coordinator NSS. Professor Jha appreciated the students for being part of the world heart day celebrations, and apprised them of the importance
of ancient Indian values of following a disciplined life. The dignitaries and NSS program officers then flagged off the Quit Smoking Rally in which around 175 students from various departments of Panjab University took part. The students showcased the placards to spread awareness about the ill-effects of smoking, both on heart and on other organs of the body. The rally culminated at Student Centre in north campus, where a twenty minute aerobic exercise session was held in which the students, NSS program officers, Ojas hospital team, and faculty members of UIAMS took part.
This session was guided by four volunteers from Hamari Kaksha, a non-profit organization based in Chandigarh, which provides education to underprivileged children and their mothers.
This was followed by an educative talk on heart health by Dr.Anurag Sharma, Director and Chief Cardiologist, Ojas super specialty Hospital, Panchkula.
Dr.Anurag highlighted the importance of healthy diet, physical activity, and good sleep hygiene to keep heart healthy for a longer period. He also conveyed an important message, which is to avoid smoking and alcohol, as these are the major cause of most of the chronic diseases in later life, notably heart disease, stroke and cancer. He also stressed the importance of cultivating habits amongst the young students, as this is the best way to keep oneself stress free. At the end of the session, health diet snacks were distributed to all the students to bring in the awareness about ill effects of junk food and to promote healthy food choices.
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Chandigarh September 28, 2019
As per the directions of Hon’ble Punjab and Haryana High Court, the Senate of Panjab University today considered the Agenda Item C-7 of Senate Meeting dated 22.08.2019, regarding extension in the term of appointment of Dean Student Welfare, Dean Student Welfare (Women) and Associate Dean Student Welfare. Prof. Raj Kumar, the Vice Chancellor, P.U., stated that, respecting the opinion and sentiments, emotions of the House, and also keeping in mind the best interests of the institution, the following was approved unanimously by the House: “That the recommendations of the Syndicate that Prof. Emanual Nahar, Dean Student Welfare, Prof. Neena Capalash, Dean Student Welfare (Women) and Prof. Ranjan Kumar, Associate Dean Student Welfare, be given extension in their term of appointment for one more year, i.e. up to 31.05.2020”.
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Chandigarh September 27, 2019
The Department of Gandhian & Peace Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh organised a week-long celebration of the Jayanti of Mahatma Gandhi from 23rd September, 2019 to 2nd October, 2019.
Dr. Seema Malhotra introduced and welcomed the guests and elaborated the importance of the programme.
While delivering a lecture on “The Rising Menace of Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) & How to Curb It”, Professor Sanjay Kumar Bhadada, Department of Endocrinology, PGIMER, Chandigarh, educated and informed the gathering about the formula of a healthy lifestyle, to be followed by each and every individual alike. He further emphasised and motivated audience that Ideal body weight could be achieved by balanced diet and optimum exercise with restricted salt and calorie intake. He advised to follow a basic formulae to monitor weight (Height in CM – 100 = Ideal Body Weight) and told them to always remember “Waist is not Equal to Waste”.
Professor Karamjeet Singh, Registrar, Panjab University, Chandigarh in his presidential address emphasised that excess of everything is bad. Health is very important. One must eat balanced diet and to digest one have to exercise. He further emphasised that Food to be taken as a liquid and liquid to be taken as a food.
He also congratulated all the faculty members and others alike and proceeded to emphasise on the fact that we have to work hard further to achieve more. The Chairperson, Department of Gandhian and Peace Studies & Honorary Director, Gandhi Bhawan, Dr. Ashu Pasricha, extended her warm thanks to all the invited guests and the attendees.
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Chandigarh September 27, 2019
Professor Archana R Singh from the School of Communication Studies, Panjab University, Chandigarh delivered an interactive lecture on “The Infinite Dimensions of Art as Communication” as a part of the lecture series to celebrate the 550th year of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Ji Birthday celebrations organised by the department of Art History & Visual Arts (Fine Arts). Prof Archana Singh is a member of many National Committees. This year she was nominated as Central Panel Jury member for the 66th Annual National Film Awards, Directorate of Film Festivals, Ministry of I&B, GOI She is also a Member of the Academic Council and Governing Council of Film and Television Institute of India by Ministry of I&B, GOI, Pune.
She has also held many administrative Positions during employment in Panjab University such as Warden, Kasturba Girls Hostel, Cultural Co-ordinator of Panjab University, Chairperson, School of Communication Studies, Coordinator, PU Radio,
Colloquium Coordinator, Editor, Panjab University Research Journal Social Sciences amongst others.
Speaking on the occasion Professor Archana highlighted the various dimensions of art as a means of communication. She interacted with the students and guests and answered their queries. Professor Dr. Tirthankar Bhattacharya, Chairperson of the department informed the present audience that the department would be organizing
lectures and interactive sessions in the coming days to sensitive the students and art lovers about art as a visual medium of communication.
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Chandigarh September 27, 2019
Four days workshop from 24-27/09/2019 organised by Music Department, Panajb University, Chandigarh conducted by Dr. Harish Tiwari an Eminent Artist of Kirana Gharana, disciple of Pt. Bhim Sen Joshi. Lecture, Demonstration of different sessions on various aspects of tradition classical music were full of depth, soulful and very inspiring for the students.
Workshop ended today with soulful & blissful performance by Dr. Harish Tiwari. He was accompanied by Dr. Anil Kumar Sharma (Tabla), on harmonium by Sh. Rakes Kumar and vocal support by Mr. Mukesh Kumar, Ph.D Research Scholar of Department of music, Delhi University, New Delhi.
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Chandigarh September 27, 2019
It is for the information of the general public and students of Panjab University Teaching Departments/Colleges in particular that result of the following examinations have been declared:-
1. Master in Public Health-4th Semester,May-19
2. ME(Bio-Tech)-2nd Semester,May-19
3. BE(Bio-Tech)-4th Semester,May-19
4. B.Sc(Hons.)Chemistry-2nd Semester,May-19
5. B.Sc-Agriculture(4 year course) 4th Semester,May-19
6. BE(Civil)-2nd Semester,May-19
7. B.Voc-Textile & Fashion Technology-2nd Semester,May-19
8. B.Voc-Food Science & Technology-2nd Semester,May-19
9. BA/B.com LLB (Hons.)-2nd Semester,May-19
10. Prak –Shastri-2nd Semester,May-19
The students are advised to see their result in their respective Departments/Colleges/University website.
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Chandigarh September 27, 2019
Panjab University (PU), Chandigarh Senate will meet on September 28, 2019 as per schedule below:-
Venue : Senate Hall, PU, Chandigarh
Date : September 28, 2019
Time : 11.00 AM
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