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Chandigarh, September 16:- The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) has released grant of Rs. 33 Crore as a first instalment for the projects costing Rs.170 crore under AMRUT 2.0 Scheme to Municipal Corporation Chandigarh today.

While sharing this development, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and Mission Director AMRUT said that the projects will include Laying of TT Water lines in left out areas to supply Tertiary Treated Water in Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 89 crores; Providing 24×7 Water Supply in 13 Villages in convergence with 24×7 City Water Supply Project at an estimated cost of Rs. 60 crores and Strengthening of existing Sewerage System in Chandigarh at an estimated cost of Rs. 21 crores.

She said that the MCC would prepare the detail project reports of these works and will call the tenders shortly. 

She said that the residents of the 13  villages namely Khuda Lahora, Khuda Jassu, Raipur Khurd, Raipur Kalan, Kishangarh, Khuda Alisher, Sarangpur, Daria, Dhansa, Behalana, Mauli , Makhanmajra  will get 24 x 7 canal Water supply after the implementation of the project. 

The Commissioner said that the existing sewerage network will also be strengthened by laying new sewer lines and replacement of outlived old sewer lines. The tertiary treated water distribution network will be laid in the left out area in city and in Industrial Area for its usage for maintenance of Parks as well as in Industries for washing. It will save potable water about 10MGD, she added.

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Youth to kick-start a 7 event Satrangi Saptah from 17th September, Sewa Diwas. 

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Chandigarh, September 11:- To celebrate eight years of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban, the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh will organize ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’, to galvanize action around swachhata between 17th Sept. 2022, Seva Diwas and 2nd Oct. 2022, Swachhata Diwas. The fortnight will focus on mobilizing citizen action and commitment towards the vision of building ‘Garbage Free Cities’.While 7 events under the banner Swacchta Ka Satrangi Saptah, will be completely youth led, the remaining events will mark major milestones in the history of the Swacchta Journey of Chandigarh. 

While sharing details of this initiative, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh said that the official logo for the fortnight, ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav: Ek Aur Kadam Swachhata Ki Ore’ signifying the resolve to intensify and reinvigorate the Jan Andolan in the world’s largest sanitation programme has been released by the Ministry of Housing Affairs (MoHUA). She said that the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has decided to name their team *“CHANDIGARH CHALLENGERS”* . The team leader is the youth icon Mr. Rohit Kumar, working in the field of Swachhata for the last 5-6 years.

She said that to fulfill the Hon’ble Prime Minister’s vision of harnessing youth energy for positive action, the first ever ‘Indian Swachhata League’, an inter-city competition will take place between the youth of the cities on the 17th of Sept. 2022. For the maiden edition of ISL, more than 1,850 city teams from across the country have officially registered to compete. Each team will compete in the League by creating their own unique sanitation initiatives to focus on creating Garbage free beaches, hills, and tourist places, she added.

The Commissioner said that the citizens have been invited to join the city team on the official MyGov portal from 11th September 2022 onwards. The link for citizen registration is as follows: *https://innovateindia.mygov.in/swachhyouthrally/.* This link will be live till 6.00 pm on 17th September 2022, she said.
She further said that this initiative has already generated a lot of excitement and interest amongst the youth fraternity. Various other interesting initiatives have been lined up during the fortnight such as Mega Human Chain formation in Rose Garden on 17th, Start-Up Challenge on 20th, Plogging of 25th, Toycathon- Making toys from waste and Technology Exhibition on 26th, Flash Mob Dances, Nukkad Nataks etc finally culminating with the observation of Swachh Bharat Diwas on 2nd Oct., Gandhi Jayanti.She appealed to citizens, especially the youth, to register and express their solidarity to the cause. 

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Chandigarh, September 1:- Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh launched ‘Swachh Technology Challenge’ today and invites entries with innovative solutions from individuals, startups, NGOs and government as well as private organizations.

She said that the objective of this challenge is to promote innovative technology, sustainability and easy-to-use methods under sanitation and solid waste management. The entries for Challenge will be received via given QR code in the Google form from today onwards till 30^th November, 2022. The top three solutions across the City Beautiful will be felicitated in an award function in the month of December, 2022. The cash prizes declared under Swachh Technology Challenge for the best three entries are Rs. 1,00,000/- for first winner, Rs. 51,000/- for second winner and Rs. 21,000/- for the third winner,” the Commissioner said.

The Commissioner said that the organizations/individuals have been invited to come up with ideas to improve waste management in the city by using innovative technology under four categories which are Social Inclusion, Zero Dump, Plastic Waste Management and Transparency. The themes given for the technology challenge will be Solid Waste Processing & Recycling, Plastic Recycling & its alternatives, Innovation for cleaners and Sanitation & waste Management under Swachh Bharat Mission.

She said over the years, MCC under Swachh Bharat Mission has been encouraging innovations and best practices particularly through Swachh Survekshan, the annual cleanliness survey conducted by MoHUA. A pre launch webinar of Swachh Technology Challenge was organized on 31^st August, 2022 where a large number of people joined from engineering colleges, industrials, institutes and individuals. The details and modalities of the Challenge were elaborated in a presentation.

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Chandigarh August 29:– Smt. Kirron Kher, Member Parliament, UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated the Community Centre in Sector 21, here in presence of Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, Sh. Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor & area councillor, other councilors of MC, representatives of Residents Welfare Associations and prominent persons of the area.

While addressing the gathering, the Member Parliament said that the Community centres offer an opportunity for people to become involved in a wide range of activities. They promote a sense of belonging and social inclusion. They provide a place where the community can meet and engage in collective activities. She said the centres are strategically located to serve the citizens which are used for cultural programmes, to organise marriages and for other social activities.

She said the idea of the community centre is to offer a place where all members of the community from young to old can meet for various activities. All too often it’s the only such place available in a community.

On the occasion, the Mayor said that the community centre building has been constructed covering area of 23344 Sq. Ft. and spread in a plot area of approximately 0.53 acre at a cost of Rs. 581 lacs. She said that this community centre has capacity to accommodate 500 people in one time party and sufficient parking space.

She said that the community centre was best of its kind in city and consisting of one hall, pantry, kitchen, office room, caretaker room, enterance lobby, stair case, lift, gents & ladies toilet blocks in ground floor. While two halls, bride room, groom room, dormitory, stair case, lift and toilets for ladies and gents in the 1^st floor. Gymnasium, two rooms, library, open terrace and toilets for ladies and gents in the 2^nd floor.

The Mayor said that this community centre will be a good asset to the residents of local area as they can organize parties and other programmes in very nominal government rates near their doorsteps.

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Earlier, Sh. Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor and area councilor welcomed the chief guest and other dignitaries.