Chandigarh, June 30:- A meeting of Road Committee, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today under the chairmanship of Sh. Dalip Sharma and attended by other members of committee namely Smt. Heera Negi, Sh. Anil Dubey, Sh. Bharat Kumar, Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali and concerned officers of MCC.
During the meeting the committee members discussed various important issues like installation of house indicators in various sectors, repair and maintenance of gates to the parks and schools, installation of paver blocks and PCC tiles etc.
The following agendas were approved by the committee:
· Rough cost estimate special repair of civil dispensary sector 49, Chandigarh at Rs 7.09 lacs.
· Rough cost estimate for repair and renovation of Bahai Cemetery Cremation ground sector 25, Chandigarh at Rs 9.59 lacs.
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Chandigarh, June 28: – A meeting of Apni Mandi and Day Market Committee, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today under the chairpersonship of Smt. Chanderawati Shukla, councillor and attended other members of committee namely Smt. Sunita Dhawan, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Sh. Gurpreet Singh Dhillon and Sh. Rajesh Kumar and Sh. Ajay Kumar Garg, Executive Engineer, Roads Division-1 along with other officials of MCC.
The committee decided that details of Day Market sites alongwith deployed SDE concerned shall be circulated amongst the committee members.
It has been apprised by the member secretary that digitalisation of the day market has been introduced by Smart City for online payment of day market fee for which POS machine is to be issued to the concerned SDE and JE. All the SDE/JE have been directed to collect the POS machines from CAO office at the earliest for the online payment of day market fee.
The matter regarding starting of day market sites through contractors or licensee by draw of lots was discussed in the meeting but the same was deferred due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The day market will run through departments till further orders.
The committee members told that committee will inspect any day market site in the presence of SDE/JE concerned alongwith Enforcement Inspector concerned for proper supervision.
The committee members asked all the SDE and concerned staff to ensure proper cleanliness of each day market site.
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Chandigarh, June 28:- Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh today called a review meeting regarding performance of PM SVANidhi scheme in the Associations with various Nationalized/Private Banks in which Lead District Manager, PNB/District Coordinator’s/Chief Manager.
Sh. Rohit Gupta, Joint Commissioner and Sh. Vivek Trivedi, SDO-Vendors Cell, MCC also attended the meeting. During the meeting following steps have been discussed for improving the Scheme:-
1. The Worthy Commissioner has directed to conduct Special drive “Sankalp Se Sidhi” from July 01 to August 15, 2021 during which the Banks shall make efforts to disburse all sanctioned applications & sanction all the eligible pending applications.
2. He has also suggested to scrutinize the Returned applications from Banks, so as to remove the deficiencies pointed out by the Banks through the Street vendor’s login and mark the applications to the Banks for further processing.
3. He also emphasized to provide a renewed to digital transactions under ‘Main Bhi Digital 2.0’ campaign and asked all District Coordinator’s/Chief Manager to ensure its proper implementation.
4. Banks must mark the repaid previous disbursed loan of Street Vendors under PM SVANidhi, so as to enable these Street Vendors to apply for the enhanced second tranche of loan of up to Rs. 20,000/-.
5. Banks may enroll the PM SVANidhi beneficiaries under the Pradhan Mantri JeevanJyoti Bima Yojana (PM-JJBY) & Pradhan MantriSuraksha BimaYoajan (PM-SBY).
Chandigarh, June 28: – A meeting of the Water Supply & Sewerage disposal committee, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today under the chairmanship of Sh. Shakti Parkash Devshali, councillor and attended other members of committee namely Sh. Mahesh Inder Singh Siddhu, Sh. Jagtar Singh, Smt. Asha Jaswal, Smt. Chanderawati Shukla, Smt. Sunita Dhawan, Sh. Vijay Premy, Executive Engineer, MCPH and other concerned officers of Public Health wing.
The committee members recommended that residents within Lal dora in the villages do not require any type of NOC for issuing new water connection and asked the concerned officers to bring this issue in the General House meeting for final decision.
The Committee members discussed and decided that encroachments in the public toilets shall be removed with the help of police force.
The members asked the officials to ensure all road gullies and manholes to be cleaned well before the onset of monsoon along with the repair and maintenance of the public toilet throughout the city.
In addition to that the committee has accorded approval to the following agenda items:
1. Rough cost estimate for providing and laying of DI pipe line from High Court Chowk to Rock Garden sector-1 and replacement of Damaged AC pipe 100mm i/d with 100mm dia DI pipe line to mitigate the low pressure complaints in Judge Houses, sector 4, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 16.79 lacs
2. Rough cost estimate for the expense of “Upgradation of Sewerage System backside of Sco no. 372-395, Bay shop no. 396-404, sector 37-D, Chandigarh and backside of sco no. 214-226, sector 37-C & D, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 18.55 lacs
3. Rough cost estimate for the work of providing additional 8” I/D sewer line for Public Toilet Block at sector 35-C and booth market of 35-C, Chandigarh (4217- plan STP (sewerage system) at an estimated cost of Rs. 12.20 lacs
4. Rough cost estimate for the work of “Providing and laying of 200mm sewer line to connect left out booth no. 724-738 and shop no 1-54, of Dadumajra Colony, Chandigarh under the jurisdiction of SDE MCPH Sub-Division no. 13, Chandigarh (4217(P) sewerage system) at an estimated cost of Rs. 8.56 lacs.
Chandigarh, June 25:- A meeting of Finance and Contract committee of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today under the chairmanship of Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor and attended by Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner and other members of committee namely Sh. Anil Kumar Dubey, Sh. Rajesh Kumar, Smt. Sunita Dhawan, councilors. Sh. Tilak Raj, Additional Commissioner, Sh. Sorabh Arora and Sh. Rohit Gupta, Joint Commissioners, Sh. Shailender Singh, Chief Engineer, Sh. Inderjeet Gulati, SE (B&R), Sh. K.P. Singh, SE (Horticulture), Dr. Amrit Warring, Medical Officer of Health and other concerned officers of MCC.
During the meeting, the committee accorded approval to following important agenda items:-
· Revised rough cost estimate for the work of providing and fixing 80 mm thick paver blocks on phirni road at Palsora village, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 43.11 lacs.
· The committee refused extension regarding stationing of mobile van in sector 19 by Umeed Society and asked the concerned officers to draft a policy in this regard.
· Rough cost estimate for construction of toe wall under existing railing in various parks, sector 39 and 40 under landscaping at an estimated cost of Rs. 29.46 lacs.
· The committee extended the tenure of contractor for lifting of dead animals in MC limits till June 30, 2021 and allotting new contract to the L1 firm from 1st July, 2021 onwards.
· The committee also extended the security guards from M/s Punjab ex-servicemen corporation (S) in the office of Medical Officer of Health.
· The committee also accorded approval to the auction of 4 vehicles of B&R wing, MCC.
· Rough cost estimate for re-carpeting of main roads in vikas nagar, Mauli Jagran at an estimated cost of Rs. 45.40 lacs.
· The committee also approved renovation of office space on 2nd and 3rd floor in new over bridge building, sector 17, Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 47.27 lacs.
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Chandigarh, June 25:-Chandigarh got best UTs Smart City award and the project of Revitalization of Capitol Complex got 1st prize under “Culture” category awards during a online event organized today to commemorate 6 years of the three transformative urban missions vis. Smart Cities Mission (SCM), AMRUT and PMAY-U, which were launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on 25th June, 2015.
The event was presided by Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing and Urban Affairs and was attended by key urban stakeholders from Central and State Governments including Principal Secretaries of States/UTs, Municipal Commissioners of Cities, and MDs/CEOs of Smart Cities.
Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, MCC-cum-CEO-Chandigarh Smart City Ltd. and Sh. Anil Kumar Garg, Additional CEO, CSCL attended the online event and received the awards.
While sharing the information, CEO, CSCL said that SCM is a transformational Mission aimed to bring about a paradigm shift in the practice of urban development in the country. Chandigarh has participated in the competition and has won the award for best UTs Smart City award and project of revitalization of Capitol Complex (heritage site declared by UNESCO) got 1st prize under “Culture” category. As part of the competition guidelines Chandigarh has identified problem area which has led to creation of this project. Few of the problem statement identified were:
• Restoration Material to match in original colour, texture and appearance
• Production techniques over the years changed
• Original quarries were no longer functional
• Restoration was also required for tourism promotion
He further said that Capitol Complex was the first large scale Restoration Project for Modern Heritage (spread over 100 acres) and as part of the solution to the many issues one of the innovative technique used was application of water repellent chemicals to increase the life of buildings different State Governments were involved, coordination was done at highest level. Also Colour of newer materials were matched by hit and trial by checking combination of various cement and sand from different quarries. Apart from this, detailed Heritage restoration plan was prepared and integrated with tourism promotion plan.
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Chandigarh, June 25:-The Union Territory of Chandigarh ranked best in UTs and 2nd in all State and UTs after Orisa ranked 1stfor effective implementation of the Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) in the country.
In the National rankings released by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Chandigarh is placed second during an online event organized today to commemorate 6 years of the three transformative urban missions vis. Smart Cities Mission (SCM), AMRUT and PMAY-U, which were launched by Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, on 25th June, 2015.
The event was presided by Shri Hardeep S. Puri, Minister of State (Independent Charge), Housing and Urban Affairs and was attended by key urban stakeholders from Central and State Governments including Principal Secretaries of States/UTs, Municipal Commissioners of Cities, and MDs/CEOs of Smart Cities.
Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner and Sh. Shailender Singh, Chief Engineer, MCC attended the online event and received the awards.
While sharing this achievement, the Commissioner said that Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation (AMRUT) is the first focused national water Mission and was launched on 25th June, 2015 in 500 cities covering 60% of the urban population. All cities having population above 1 lakh are covered under Mission. Providing piped water supply and sewerage & septage management in Mission cities is the major focus of the Mission. Storm water drainage, non-motorized urban transport and green spaces & parks are minor components of Mission.
He said that in Chandigarh, 12 projects costing Rs. 54.09 crores were approved. 100% funding for these projects was provided by MOHUA, GOI. The works such as Laying of new water supply lines in uncovered areas of Deep Complex, Hallomajra, Replacement of PVC water supply lines with DI water supply pipes in Madrasi & Rehabilitation Colony Maloya, Providing water supply lines in Rehabilitation Colony, Dadumajra, Shifting of water supply lines in Indira Colony, Manimajra, Laying of additional sewerage system in Ram Darbar Colony, Development of Green Belt in Sector 48 C&D, Providing rising main from Jandpur to Sector 39, Establishment of water supply testing laboratory. Through these projects, we are able to provide clean and safe drinking water, good sewerage network system to avoid contamination especially in Rehabilitation Colonies and increase number of children friendly green parks in the city.
The Commissioner further said that with all efforts, MC Chandigarh has completed 10 out of 12 works and balance 2 works are likely to be completed by 31.09.2021. About 20000 new sewer and water supply connections have been released so far under AMRUT projects. MC Chandigarh has achieved all the reforms required to be carried out under AMRUT every year since 2015 and has also been given cash incentive of Rs. 195.00 lacs for achieving the milestones with respect to reforms.
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Chandigarh, June 23: –A meeting of Environment & City Beautification committee, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh was held here today in the conference hall under the chairmanship of Sh. Sachin Kumar Lohatiya and attended by other member councillors of MCC namely Sh. Hardeep Singh, Sh. Rajesh Gupta, Mrs Gurbax Rawat, Mrs Heera Negi, Maj. Gen. M.S. Kandal and concerned officers of MCC. Mrs. Asha Jaswal, MC Councillor also attended the meeting as special invitee.
During the meeting various issues related to proper maintenance of parks and green belts and repair of infrastructure over there along with the open air gyms were discussed and asked the concerned officers to expedite the work on priority before monsoon besides according approval to following developmental agendas:
1. Supply and fixing of open air gym and fitness equipments in the park in front of house no. 3070 & 3071, Sector 20, Chandigarh under landscaping at estimated cost of Rs. 2.95 Lac.
2. Providing and fixing of brick on edge on both sides of concrete track in park near Verka booth, Sector 21, Chandigarh and repair of concrete track in Green Belt sector 18&19, Chandigarh under Landscaping at estimated cost of Rs. 9.70 Lacs.
Chandigarh, June 7:-Sh. Ravi Kant Sharma, Mayor, Chandigarh and Sh. K.K. Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today planted saplings of medicinal plants at a park, Sector 23, Chandigarh.
During the tree plantation drive Smt. Sunita Dhawan, area Councillor and Sh. K.P. Singh, Superintending Engineer, Horticulture, MCC also planted saplings of plants. The Mayor appealed to the area Resident Welfare Association representatives to take care of the plants and upkeep of the park near their houses.
In addition to that the Commissioner planted saplings of various plants at a park, sector 19, Chandigarh during tree plantation drive organized by Indian Oil Corporation. Nearly 30 medicinal and flowering plants were planted by the officials of MCC and Indian Oil Corporation during the drive.
Chandigarh, June 4:- Celebrating the World Environment Day, making promises to make the earth healthier and greener for generations to come, the students of St. Joseph’s Senior Secondary School, Sector 44-D, Chandigarh made Eco-bricks in assistance with the sanitation department of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
Sharing this information, Dr. Amrit Pal Singh Warring, Medical Officer of Health, MCC said that the brain child of this innovative idea were the cabinet members of the school lead by the head girl Shreya Chawla and the head boy Jayant Sharma. It was the head girl who took the initiative as per her last year’s World Earth Day commitment when she was felicitated as ‘Rising Star’ by ‘Earch Day Network’.
Dr. Amrit said that both the students approached the MCC and shared the idea of the school’s contribution in making the Eco-bricks; which was well received by the department. Then this plan was executed by the Ashoka House under the able guidance and motivation of Ms. Paramjit, who enlightened the students and more than 1000 Eco-bricks were finally collected.
He said that in this process of making these bricks, students learnt valuable lessons including they serve as reusable building blocks and could be made use for making furniture, garden walls and other structures. Students also understood that it becomes their personal responsibility to get rid of the plastic that we use and to dispose it off in a constructive, sensible and wise manner.
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