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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

MCC Launches “Swachh Bazaar, Swachh Chandigarh” Campaign

*Starts door to door garbage collection in commercial areas*

*Aims at creating awareness amongst citizens to avoid banned plastic*

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Chandigarh, April 1- In a unique initiative, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has launched a campaign called “Swachh Bazaar, Swachh Chandigarh” to promote cleanliness and hygiene in the market areas besides creating awareness to avoid use of banner plastic products.

While sharing the highlights of the campaign, Sh. Anup Gupta, Mayor, Chandigarh said that the campaign will run from 1st April to 30th April aiming to focus on cleaning the markets, collecting segregated garbage, installing more dustbins and implement the plastic ban effectively.

He said that the main objective of the campaign will be to create awareness about the harmful effects of plastic waste and to encourage citizens to stop using plastic bags.

As part of the campaign, citizens who carry their own shopping bags made of clothes and jute will be appreciated and offered special discounts. The month of April will be celebrated on the theme of “Swachh Bazaar, Swachh Chandigarh” to encourage people to keep their surroundings clean and hygienic.

The MCC has also planned a special campaign for the Sabzi Mandi, where vendors and shopkeepers will be encouraged to participate in cleaning up the market and implement the scheme at ground level.

The campaign will also involve a shop-to-shop initiative, where pamphlets and stickers will be distributed to shopkeepers, encouraging them to promote cleanliness by pasting stickers at the entry points of their shops. Additionally, discounts and other schemes will be offered to customers who bring their own bags while shopping.

The Mayor also appealed to citizens to ensure their valuable participatation in the campaign and take necessary measures to keep their surroundings clean.”

To achieve the objective of the campaign, MCC has already deployed vehicles and manpower for garbage collection in commercial areas, coordinated with MWAs, and fixed timings for collection. Additionally, parking spots for door to door waste collection vehicles have also been deployed.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

Prof. Simrit Kahlon, appointed as DSW(W)

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Chandigarh March 31, 2023

The Competent Authority of Panjab University has appointed Prof. Simrit Kahlon, Department of Geography, PU  as Dean Student Welfare (Women) today for a period of 1 year with effect from 1.4.2023.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

Women delegation from Himachal Pradesh visits Chandigarh for Swacch Yatra as part of to Swachhotsav

Lauds projects of Municipal Corporation and SHGs

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Chandigarh, March 31:- A delegation of office bearers of various Self Help Groups from Himachal Pradesh visited Chandigarh to celebrate Swachhotsav, a festival of cleanliness, and to learn about the best practices of the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh. The visit was to promote the convergence of Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM).

The delegation was welcomed with flowers and mementoes made from recycled items packed in hand-made cloth bags. All the standees and banners used during the event were biodegradable and made up of cloth, in an effort to promote zero waste event and sustainability.

During the event, officials of the MCC briefed about the projects of MCC in a detailed presentation on best practices and functions, including solid waste management, processing of construction & demolition (C&D) waste, sewerage treatment plant and many more practices.

The delegates also visited different projects handled by local self-help groups working with 3R projects like ‘Arpan’ which makes agarbattis from waste flowers, Jagruti, the self help group which makes herbal Holi Colors from floral waste, Bartan Bhandar and the self help group making art from waste materials. The delegates praised the work of SHGs and appreciated their work for reducing and reusing waste materials. They also visited Gaushala and saw the maintenance of community toilets handled by SHGs.

The beauty of Chandigarh, including its roads and clean environment, was also appreciated by the delegates. They praised the cleanliness of the city and the solid waste management system, along with other projects of MCC.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

MCC celebrates ‘Swachh Kanjan’ pujan under Swachhotsav

*Mayor honours 108 little girls as champions of Swacch Chandigarh*

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Chandigarh, March 29:- In a unique initiative, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh organized a zero waste ‘Swachh Kanjak’ programme on the auspicious occasion of Ashtami during Navratri under the banner of Swachhotsav, honouring the little champions of Swacchta.

During the programme at Community Centre, Sundar Nagar, Mauli Jagran, Mayor Sh. Anup Gupta, area councilor Smt. Bimla Devi and other councilors of MCC performed the rituals of Kanjak (Kanya Pooja), where 108 girls were welcomed by washing their feet followed by offering them ‘chunri’ and serving them food.

The traditional prashad of Halwa, Poori, Chana was prepared by women run Self Help Group. More than 600 Kanyas (girls) were served food. 

               The event was a completely Zero Waste event. The food was served on paper plates procured from women run SHG dovetailing the two National Missions of Govt. of India i.e. Swachh Bharat Mission and DAY-NULM.

While addressing the gathering, the Mayor saluted the contribution of women in leading Swachh Bharat Abhiyan movement. He said that the mission had also benefitted women in unforeseen ways. He said that the country was seeing a greater participation of women in the workforce after the success of the Mission. He cited the example of the Pink MRF in Sector 25, where all the waste is being handled by women workforce very efficiently.

He emphasized the need of segregation of waste at household level and use of biodegradable items and  stopping littering in public places. The Mayor also addressed the suggested them to adopt the habit of home composting by using their own kitchen waste.

The Mayor said that the event was organised under the 3 week long campaign of Swachhotsav 2023 launched by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) on 7th March 2023, the eve of International Women’s Day.

The event was aimed at creating awareness regarding the contribution of women in sanitation and to strengthen and scale up participation and leadership of women in Swachhata. To spearhead the mission of making Municipal Corporation Chandigarh (MCC) no.1 in the Nation in terms waste minimization at source, reuse and recycle of waste, 100% scientific processing of waste generated. MCC organized a viable, replicable and scalable zero waste event of mass Kanjak. In the event no single use plastic product, plastic bottles was used, floral decoration, paper plates were used.

Sufficient safai karamcharis were deployed along with one waste collection vehicles at the venue while water sprinkler was deployed to curb dust pollution. Adequate number of twin litter bins inside the venue were also placed.

During the programme Mayor and councilors also distributed them school bags with recycled stationary items besides giving them ‘Swachhta Ke Puzzles’ and name stickers depicting the four type of segregation of waste i.e. dry waste in blue bin, wet waste in green bin, hazardous waste in black bin and sanitary waste in red bin.

Before addressing the gathering, the Mayor also visited an exhibition highlighting the colourful and attractive displays of products made from waste including arrangements of herbal colours made from flower waste, cloth bags, Arpan agarbati made from flower waste and other items were displayed by Self Help Groups. It was a zero waste programme where all the display and arrangements of food were served on biodegradable material.

During the programme a Nukkar Natak on Swachhata was also staged by the group of unique arts society in which they emphasized the need of segregation of waste at source level and do not litter on public places besides stop the usage of single use plastic products.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

PU Result December, 2022

Chandigarh March 27, 2023

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This is to inform that the result of examination December, 2022 of the following courses

have been declared/made public today.

1. Master of Business Administration (USOL) 1st Semester Examination – December, 2022

2. B. Voc. (Hospitality and Tourism Management) 1st Semester Examination-

December, 2022

3. B. Voc. (Medical Lab & Molecular Diagnostic Technology) 3rd Semester Examination –

December, 2022

The same can be seen at the respective Department/Colleges or Panjab University

website.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

Together with 10 SHGs MCC starts the Swachhata Yatra to other states

Mayor flags off Yatra for Shimla

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Chandigarh, March 27:- To promote, encourage, and strengthen women’s involvement and leadership in Swachhata, a team of 10 women leaders of Self Help Groups has proceed to Shimla for their two days knowledge sharing programme.

Sh. Anup Gupta, Mayor, Chandigarh today early morning flagged off the team Chandigarh to celebrate Swachhotsav, which evolves from women in swachhata to women led swachhata.

While sharing about the Swachhotsav and Swachhata Yatra, the Mayor said that Swachhotsav is being celebrated all over the nation under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Members and officers who perform continuous sanitation management tasks in the states will go to other states as part of this utsav to learn new skills. The visit of visitors from various states has been referred to as Swachhata Yatra during this programme, the Mayor added.

In order to scale up waste management and waste to wealth projects among the selected women Self help groups, the team Chandigarh visited Shimla to encourage capacity building, cross-learning, and sharing of best practices.

They have toured many locations and have gained excellent exposure to waste management and sanitary practices. They also learned about the Municipal Corporation of Shimla’s best practises, initiatives and projects. They also covered a wide range of topics, such as door-to-door collection, waste segregation, making compost from waste, and much more.

They also met with various political leaders of Shimla and highlight some significant actions and projects of the Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh also.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

Panjab University mulls to launch Minor degree in Universal Human Values

Chandigarh March 24, 2023

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The New Education Policy-2020 (NEP-2020) specifically states that “education is fundamental for achieving full human potential, developing an equitable and just society, and promoting national development”. Keeping in mind the core objective of NEP, a special lecture is being organized in Panjab University on ‘Minor Degree in Universal Human Values’.  The lecture will be delivered by Prof Rajneesh Arora, Chairman NCC-IP (AICTE) and member of the working group of AICTE on Universal Human Values. Prof Arora is MD, Amritsar Group of Colleges and is former Vice Chancellor, Punjab Technical University. The function will be presided over by Prof Renu Vig, Vice-Chancellor, Panjab University, Chandigarh. 

AICTE has formed a National Coordination Committee for Student Induction (NCC-IP) under Chairmanship of Prof Rajneesh Arora to prepare newly admitted undergraduate students for the new stage in their life by facilitating a smooth transition from their home and school environment into the college and university environment. AICTE with the help of Industry-Academia experts, has framed the curriculum for Minor Degree in Universal Human Values (UHV) to develop teachers, parents and policy makers of tomorrow who will have a humane worldview along with technical skills. UGC has alreadyframedthe guidelines on ‘MulyaPravah- Inculcation of Human Values and Professional Ethics in Higher Education Institutions’.

The faculty members of Panjab University, affiliated colleges of Panjab University and CRIKC Institutes will be attending the lecture. To register for this lecture, the online form https://shorturl.at/aorH9 is required to be filled. 

The lecture will be organized on March 27, 2023 (Monday) at Golden Jubilee Hall, Panjab University, Sector 14, Chandigarh from  3:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Vice-Chancellor of Panjab University, Professor Renu Vig disclosed that Panjab University intends to initiate a transformation towards holistic and value-based education in accordance with aspirations articulated in NEP 2020 so that University incessantly produces socially responsible and well-rounded graduates with world-class skills. She highlighted that the NEP 2020 gives a clarion call to make the important and urgently required effort for nurturing students to their full human potential, so they can contribute to the development of an equitable and just society and promote national development. Professor Vig further shared that this minor degree course will facilitate developing sufficient number of teachers to impart value-based education right from primary to higher education across the country. It will have a direct impact on desirable, common graduate attributes, enhancing employability in the area of the major degree. Further, in the present state of increasing problems of human-human conflict, global warming and climate change, minor degree in UHV will help prepare the urgently required technical professionals for sustainable and value-based living.  Minor Degree will carry 18 to 20 credits in addition to the credits essential for obtaining the Under Graduate Degree in Major Discipline (i.e. 163 credits usually).  Senior Professors and Deans of Panjab University, affiliated colleges and CRIKC Institutes are expected to attend this special lecture.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

International Conference begins at Panjab University

Chandigarh March 23, 2023

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A two day International Conference on Recent Trends in Biomolecules and Therapeutics organized by Department of Biophysics, Panjab University Chandigarh was inaugurated on Thursday. Prof. Dulal Panda, Director, NIPER, Mohali was the Chief Guest on the occasion. Prof Panda in his remarks addressing the gathering emphasized on how different disciplines need to come together and work in cohesion.

In the Presidential Address, Prof Harsh Nayyar, Director Research and Development Cell, Panjab University too emphasized on the importance of collaborative research work with unified efforts across disciplines. Prof. Rajeev Mohan who is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology andMolecular Medicine and Endowed Chair Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of Missouri, Columbia, USA joined the conference as the Plenary Speaker. Prof. Mohan talked about the advancements in gene therapy and its contribution in treating corneal blindness.

The Chairperson and Organizing Secretary of the Conference, Dr. Avneet Saini informed that the conference is being attended by eminent scientists and researchers from across the globe, with speakers from America, Germany, London, Estonia and other parts of the country as well. The conference is being attended by more than 200 delegates with a few joining online. There shall be 24 Invited Talks, along with a dedicated session to Women in Science. Around 28 shortlisted Oral Presentations will be given by young researchers, Post doctoral fellows and Ph.D. Research Scholars besides more than 100 poster presentations over the span of two days.Marking23rd March as the Martyr’s Day the delegates also paid homage to the three Indian Freedom fighters -Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev Thapar and Shivaram Rajguruwho sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the nation in 1931.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

Mayor chairs meeting of Market Welfare Associations representatives

*Commits to resolve all genuine problems of Market Areas*

*Issues related to MCC discussed and early resolution assured*

*Door to Door Garbage collection in market areas to start from April 1st*

*Issues of illegal vending to be dealt with strongly*

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Chandigarh, March 23:- Working towards providing better services to the shopkeepers and market areas of city beautiful, the Sh Anup Gupta, Mayor, Chandigarh chaired a meeting of all the Market Welfare Associations here today.

Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh, other senior officers of MCC and office bearers of all Market Welfare Associations of Chandigarh, attended the meeting.

During the meeting various issues were raised by the representatives of MWAs including achieving 100% digitally enabled system and creation of QR codes/scanners, vendors of some markets to be digitally enabled and advertisement of G-20 to be allowed free of cost.

The other important issues were also discussed during the meeting i.e. door to door waste collection from MWAs. The MWAs were asked to follow the norms of advertisement control order and use designated space for Advertisement on the SCOs; the issue regarding installation of Fire Safety measuers/equipments in markets at once was also discussed.

The office bearers of Market Welfare Associations discussed the issue of parking facilities in the markets as vacant plots, small neighbourhood parks which are not maintained may be converted into parking of vehicles for public convenience; on the spot e-challaning (collection of penalty and release of seized articles) this will save time as well as will least the damage of the seized articles.

The issue of unauthorized vendors was also discussed and the MWAs demanded that the unauthorized vendors should be removed and registered vendors may be shifted to vending zones besides MWAs be given at least one week’s time before carrying out any drive by enforcement staff for removal of illegal advertisements and issue of removal of illegal mechanics from sector 21, Chandigarh.

The Mayor assured all the Market Welfare Associations to resolve the issues pertaining to the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh at the earliest and take up the issues pertaining to Chandigarh Administration for their early disposal.

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आयुष्मान भारत योजना के तहत 70 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के वरिष्ठ नागरिकों के लिए विशेष कार्ड जारी

MCC observes “ Vishav Jal Divas” (World Water Day)

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Chandigarh, March 22:- The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh observed “Vishav Jal Divas” (World Water Day) here today in order to highlight the importance of water and raise awareness of the world’s water issues.

City Mayor Sh. Anup Gupta administered a pledge to the officers and employees of MCC regarding the importance of water. They pledged to save water and use it judiciously. They also promised to utilize water responsibly and will save every single drop of water and sanitation to accelerate change to solve the crisis, and will give full cooperation in promoting the campaign. They pledged to consider water as a precious asset and believe so, they will use it. They also pledged to share this wise advice with their family, friends, and neighbors.

The main goal of observing this day was to support the achievement of Sustainable Development Goal 6, which aims to ensure access to clean water and sanitation for all people by 2030. The objective was to inspire people to manage freshwater resources sustainably and take necessary actions to address these issues.

The issues of water scarcity, water pollution, inadequate water supply, and poor sanitation facilities are highlighted on World Water Day. The day encourages people, communities, organizations, and governments to take the required steps to manage freshwater resources sustainably and address water-related difficulties by raising awareness of these issues. 

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