Chandigarh, November 17:- Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor, Chandigarh today distributed PAN cards and certificates of registration to Area Level Federations under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM) project, here today in the presence of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh and other councilors of MCC.
While addressing the office bearers of Self Help Groups, who have registered Area Level Federations in different parts of city, the Mayor said that taking a proactive approach, MCC has facilitated generation of Permanent Account Number (PAN) Cards for 19 Area Level Federations of Chandigarh out of which 13 PAN Cards have already been generated. Creation of this vital link will integrate the ALFs with the financial and business matrix of the country.
He said that the prime objective of linking all the Area Level Federations (ALFs) withPAN Card under Income Tax Department is to make them eligible and formally capablefor applying under contracts and bids (running canteens, maintenance and management of community based projects etc.) for getting project, development work with all the Government and Non-Government agencies at par with otherCivil Societies, commercial agencies and Non-government organizations.
The Mayor further said that the MCC has been undertaking various measures for addressing the issue of urban poverty under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihood Mission (DAY-NULM). Social Mobilization and Institutional Development (SM&ID) is one such component under DAY-NULM through which Self Help Groups and Area Level Federations are constituted for empowering women and creating conducive entrepreneurial environment.
He said that the ALFs are community based women organizations and federations of women based Self Help Groups (SHGs), which are engaged in Thrift & Credit among their local groups at local level and other entrepreneurial work eg.Packing, Boutique Work, Stationary, Handloom, Embroidery Work, management of community toilets etc.
The Mayor said that in future, the DAY NULM branch has planned to develop the capacities of such community based organizations i.e. ALFs by making them registered under various other sections of Income Tax Act, 1961 eg. Section 12 A and 80 G as well in addition to getting them registered under DARPAN Portal of Niti Aayog, so that such community based organizations got empowered to compete with other organizations in fetching works in various development domains.
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Chandigarh, November 17:-Sh. Dharampal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh laid the foundation stone for automation of casting unit at C&D waste Plant at industrial area Phase-I, here today in the presence of Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Shakti Parkash Devshali, area councilor and other councilors of MCC.
While addressing the gathering the Adviser said that the Chandigarh Administration is working on three components i.e. Clean city, Green City and Smart city and under the clean city project construction and demolition waste will have to be managed scientifically and recycled according to the requirements.
The Adviser said that after visiting the plant in the month of July, it was felt that the capacity of the plant will have to be increased from 150 TPD (tones per day) and the construction and demolition waste from neighoubring cities will also be accepted for processing and making usable products after recycling.
He appreciated the team of MCC for working fast on the provision of automated casting unit at C&D waste plant and increasing the capacity of the waste processing. He said that the manufactured PCC products to be used for pavements, road work, fencing work etc.
Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor said that 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.
He said that The total cost of this project is Rs. 162 lacs which includes maintenance cost of plant for 5 years amounting to Rs. 27 lacs. After installation of this machine the production capacity will increase by 5 times i.e. from existing capacity of 2500-3000 units per day to 15000 units per day. Further the labour requirement for production of these products will also reduce considerably thereby reducing the operation cost.
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Kidney diseases common in diabetic patients, early diagnose can control progression of the disease
About 30% of patients with Type 1 (juvenile onset) diabetes and 10-40% of those with Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes will eventually suffer from kidney failure: Dr Chhaminder Jeet Singh
“As high blood sugar level can cause multi problems in the body, while kidney diseases are most common in people with diabetes. About 30% of patients with Type 1 (juvenile onset) diabetes and 10-40% of those with Type 2 (adult onset) diabetes will eventually suffer from kidney failure”, said Dr Chhaminder Jeet Singh, Consultant Nephrologist and Renal Transplant Physician, Grecian Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali.
While interacting with senior citizens on ‘Diabetes and its effects on Kidneys’, Dr Chhaminder Jeet Singh further said albumin/protein in the urine, high blood pressure, ankle and leg swelling, leg cramps, going to the bathroom more often at night, high levels of urea and creatinine in blood, less need for insulin or anti-diabetic medications, morning sickness, nausea and vomiting, weakness, paleness and anaemia and itching, are few sings which indicates that the diabetic patients are suffering from kidney diseases.
Early diagnosis of kidney diseases and diabetes can have lifetime benefits by controlling the progression of the disease, increasing life expectancy, decreasing the humanistic and economic burden, he further added.
Meanwhile, Dr Pooja Chauhan, Consultant General Medicine, Grecian Super Specialty Hospital, Mohali, said, “The earliest sign of diabetic kidney disease is an increased excretion of albumin in the urine. This is present long before the usual tests done in your doctor’s office show evidence of kidney disease, so it is important for you to have this test on a yearly basis.”
Diabetes in India is a growing health concern, with over half the population at risk of developing the condition at some point in their lives. In India, more than 77 million adults are living with diabetes. Researchers predict that this will increase to 134 million by 2045.
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Chandigarh, November 17:- A meeting of Road Committee, MCC was held under the chairmanship of Sh. Dalip Sharma and attended by the other members of committee namely Sh. Anil Kumar Dubey, Sh. Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali and concerned officer of MCC.
· Rough cost estimated for Construction of New ceiling wall and repair of existing wall in Sector 33, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 4.50 lac.
· Rough cost estimated for dismantling and providing & laying cement concrete flooring in back service lane sector 23 & 24, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 12.40 lac.
· Rough cost estimated for providing path in Animal Birth Control Centre Village Raipur Kalan, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 19.93 lac.
· Rough cost estimated for the special repair of community centre Modern Housing Complex, Manimajra, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 3.48 lac.
· Rough cost estimated for existing paver blocks and P/F new paver blocks in front of Anganwadi & Govt. School at Village Dhanas, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 13.90 lac.
With the objective of making Panjab University campus and its affiliated colleges, clean and green, a delegation from Hariyawal Chandigarh, NGO visited Prof Raj Kumar Vice Chancellor, PU in his office.
Those visited included Padma Shri, singer Ms Anuradha Poudwal,Sh Kapil Setia,Chief Architect ,Sh Praveen Choubey, NSS Programm Officer,Sec 46,PG Govt College and Sh Rajiv Gupta, Dy Convenor,Hariyawal. Prof Gaurav Gaur, Chairman, Centre for Social Work and NSS Program Officer, PU also present.
Discussions were also held for making the campus and colleges plastic free and exploring ways of increasing ground water levels. For the success of the above issues, it was decided to involve students.
PU VC assured of all possible support in the same.
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Prof Raj Kumar Vice Chancellor Panjab University called on The Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry, Government of India, Sh Som Prakash in New Delhi.
PU VC shared various Academic and Sports achievements of the University. They deliberated on enhancing Industry-Academia interactions for the better future of the students.
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Chandigarh, November 16:- The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has enrolled all its group D employees under two ambitious social security schemes i.e. “Pardhan Mantri Jivan Jyoti Beema Yojna” (PMJJBY) and “Pardhan Mantri Suraksha Beema Yojna” (PMSBY).
In a function organized at Auditorium, Rani Laxmi Bai Mahila Bhawan, Sector 38, Chandigarh, the City Mayor Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma distributed enrolment letters to the 25 beneficiaries from Sanitation wing, Public Health wing and Horticulture wing, MCC.
While addressing the employees about the social security schemes, the Mayor lauded the efforts of Municipal Commissioner, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS for introducing and implementing the social schemes very fast. He said that last week the Commissioner came with the agenda item in the General House meeting for the social security schemes for the employees of MCC and after its approval the same has been implemented with today’s enrolment distribution function.
He said that this is a pathbreaking initative towards providing affordable universal access to essential social security protection in a convenient manner linked to auto-debit facility from the bank account of the subscriber.
He said that both the ambitious social security schemes will provide insurance cover in the unfortunate event of death by any cause or disability due to an accident. He said that the convenient delivery mechanism of the schemes is expected to address the situation of very low coverage of life or accident insurance.
The Mayor said that the PMSBY will offer a renewable one year accidental death cum disability cover of Rs. 2 lacs for partial permanent disability to all group D employees, door to door waste collectors and outsourced group D employees in the age group of 18-70 years for a premium of Rs. 12/- per annum per subscriber. While PMJJBY on the other hand will offer a renewable one year life cover of Rs. 2 lacs to all group D employees, door to door waste collectors and outsourced group D employees in the age group of 18-50 years, covering death due to any reason, for a premium of Rs. 330/- per annum per subscriber.
He said that the annual premium of all the group D employees, door to door waste collectors and outsourced group D employees will be borne by the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh. It shall amount to around 24 lacs per Annum. Initially two banks i.e. Punjab National Bank and Bank of Baroda have been authorized for enrolling the employees under both the schemes.
Earlier, Sh. Arun Sood, area councilor welcomed all the dignatories including Chief Guest and listed many beneficiary schemes run by the Government of India and the important role and responsibilities of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh for implementing the same in the city beautiful.
Others present on the occasion were Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Sanjay Tandan, Director, National Mineral Development Corporation (NDMC), Sh. Arun Sood, area councilor, other councilors and officers of MCC.
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Panjab University, Chandigarh took out a procession on winning Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA), here today, which was graced by Prof. Raj Kumar, Vice Chancellor (VC) and all Senior PU Officials, Sports Coaches, Administrative & Ground Staff of the Directorate of Sports, students and staff.
PU VC congratulated all for this incredible achievement and assured all possible facilities to be provided to the sports persons for achieving still more in the field of sports.
The procession was for making a hat trick for MAKA after winning the trophy for the year 2019-20, 2020-21. Earlier, in 2019 also, PU won the trophy. PU made hat trick after a long span of 50 years.
The procession started from the office of Vice-Chancellor, PU amidst beats of dhol and bhangra by students and staff of PU. The MAKA trophy was taken on an open flower laden jeep with PU VC, Prof. Prashant Gautam, Director, Physical Education and Sports, Sh. Vikram Nayyar, officiating Registrar and Finance & Development Officer, Prof. Anju Suri, Dean College Development Council, Prof. S.K. Tomar, Dean Research, Sh. Rakesh Malik, Deputy Director of Sports and Ms. Neeru Malik, PU Fellow.
Throughout the procession, huge number of employees were present for cheering up the officials carrying the MAKA Trophy. The sweets were also distributed on the occasion.
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Chandigarh, November 15:- Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor and Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh visited dumping site Dadumajra, here today. They were accompanied by concerned senior 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. The Mayor and Commissioner reviewed the progress of the work and the contractor was instructed to speed up the work of the on site. Further, the sanitary landfill site was also visited and the Commissioner instructed the contractor to construct the boundary wall faster.
The chief engineer 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. Through conveyor belts and other machines, separation and segregation become an easy task for processing the same.
