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Chandigarh, August 18:- Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Chandigarh today met with Union Home Minister Sh. Amit Shah at New Delhi. She was accompanied by Sh. Dalip Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor and Sh. Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor.

During the meeting the Mayor raised some important issued of Chandigarh with the Home Minister including due share be released to Chandigarh as per 4th Delhi Finance Commission; the old property be approved from leasehold to freehold bases; Lal Dora issue of villages in Chandigarh be resolved at the earliest; need based changes be allowed in residential as well as commercial properties in Chandigarh; 1693 posts of Chandigarh Administration be revived including creating of 2096 new posts and policy be framed for the security of contractual employees.

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Chandigarh, August 15:- To give a boost to water conservation and environment in city, Sh. Banwarilal Purohit, the Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated 1^st Amrit Sarovar of Chandigarh at village Kaimbwala in the presence of Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Sh. Dharm Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh.

Before inaugurating the Amrit Sarovar, the Administrator hoisted the National flag at the Amrit Sarovar. He dedicated the Sarovar to the local residents of Kaimbwala after performing a ritualistic puja of ‘Varun Devta’.

While addressing the gathering, Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Chandigarh said that the Prime Minister of India Sh. Narendra Modi launched a mission to conserve water for the future which is known as ‘Amrit Sarovar Mission’ which will be completed by 15^th August, 2023. For celebrating the Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, ‘Amrit Sarovar’ aims to develop and rejuvenate 75 water bodies in each district of India. Under this mission, 50,000 water bodies of size of above an Acre will be created and as part of this mission, Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has rejuvenated this beautiful Sarovar at village Kaimbwala.

She said that the Sarovar will not only help in protecting environment and conserving water but will also be an attraction for people of the nearby areas. Besides fountain and lighting and other sitting arrangements has also been made available there. She said participation and cooperation of people and promptness of the local residents and Municipal Corporation has played an important role in rejuvenate the Sarovar in a very short time.

She said that earlier, people used to dig ponds themselves. But for a long time, people did not pay attention to the cleanliness of the ponds, due to which those became polluted. With the passage of time, waste coming out of various sources started flowing into these ponds. The water of the ponds started overflowing but the Municipal Corporation has taken the initiative to resolve this problem and rejuvenated various ponds in the city into beautiful Sarovars.

Sharing information about the Amrit Sarovar at Kaimbwala, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner stated that every Amrit Sarovar will be approximate one acre with 10,000 cubic meters of water holding capacity. The focal point of the mission is people’s participation.

She said that the Municipal Corporation has started the work of rejuvenation of 3 other ponds including at village Sarangpur, village Khudda Ali Sher and into beautiful Sarovars under the “Amrit Sarovar Mission” and will be dedicated to the public very soon. She said that recharge mechanism has also been developed separately for each Sarovar, which will fill the pond upto a fixed level. These sarovars will help in raising the ground water level and also avoid flooding in the villages, she added.

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Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. Vijay Namdeorao Jade, IAS, Finance Secretary, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, Sh. Dalip Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Sh. Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor, Smt. Jaswinder Kaur, area councilor, other councilors of MCC and local residents were also present during the programme.

Mayor inaugurated a colourful at Shivalik Garden Manimajra

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Chandigarh, August 6: – The two days Teej Mahotsav was inaugurated with great zeal in the Shivalik Garden, Manimajra, here today. The colourful function, organized by the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh today in the morning inaugurated by Mrs. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor of Chandigarh in presence of Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner,  councilors, officers of MCC and local residents of area.

The function was marked with Punjabi, Haryanvi, Rajasthani, folk dances, songs, fusion of Giddha & Bhangra and Teeian de Geet by famous artists of various states. The audience present in the Mela could not stop themselves to dance on the foot-tapping beats of “Dhol” and popular Punjabi numbers.

The Mayor stressed upon the necessity to perpetuate cultural values among the masses especially in younger generation. She also enlightened the gathering about the social, religious and historical significance of the Teej Mahotsav.

While addressing the gathering she said that Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has made this Mela as an annual feature and this time decided to organize it in Shivalik Garden, Manimajra. She said that people of Chandigarh should know about their rich culture and we the Municipal Corporation are making small effort to gather the precious traditional festivals like Teej.

Earlier, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC welcomed the chief Guest and other Guests and honoured the chief guest with giving traditional fulkari to her. The chief guest took a round in the Mela spread in the 20 acre of shivalik Garden.

Other attractions of the Mela was including camel rides, cart rides, Dholi, Madari, Behrupiya, Been Jogi, Nachar, Nagada, Charkhe, Manjire, Tumbe, Jamura Show, puppet show, Fashion Show, different stalls of sweets and lassi, Maal-Pua, handi crafts, designer fabrics and other domestic items etc. by Self Help Groups and Street Vendors. The stage was decorated with colourful lights and traditional “Jhandian” flags. East meets West as the streets fill with musical sounds, with everything from traditional folk, beats of Dhol and Teej diya Bolliyan to fusion of Giddha and Bhangra.

Besides this, stalls of various services of MCC were showcased including Fire & Emergency Services, Safaimitra, Swachh Bharat Mission, DAY-NULM and Street Vendor Cell where the general public were sensitized about the services.

“Pind Di Nuhar”, a rural setup was the main attraction, where potter wheel taught children and other visitors to make clay pots and coloring the pots. A selfie point was also made with the rural set up, which was very popular spot for the visitors.

Tomorrow morning the Mela will began with folk dances and other shows including Been Jogi, Kal Beliya and Ghumar etc besides Magic Show by famous artist Pardeep Kumar. A culture evening will also be organized by Resham Singh Anmol.

Smt. Darshna, area councilor will be the Chief Guest during cultural programmes on 7^th August at 11.30 am and all the Women Councillors of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh will be the Chief Guests during Cultural Evening at 5.30 pm.

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Felicitates Street Vendors at SVANidhi Mahotsav organised at Chandigarh

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Chandigarh, July 31:- Sh. Banwarilal Purohit, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh said that Street Vendors have been an essential part of country’s economic growth story with linkages with the formal economy and have always played a significant role in reducing cost of living, by providing goods and services at affordable rates. He was addressing the Street Vendors at SVANidhi Mahotsav– a cultural festival for celebrating the success of PM SVANidhi Scheme and SVANidhi Mahotsav, as part of the Azadi Ka Amrut Mahotsav, at Rani Laxmi Bai Mahila Bhawan, Sector 38, here today.

Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Sh. Dharm Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. Vinay Pratap Singh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Isha Barak, Assistant Director, Ministry of Housing Affairs and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.

While addressing the street vendors and other dignitaries, the Governor said that the Municipal Corporation has organised ‘SVANidhi Mahotsav’– a cultural festival for celebrating the success of PM SVANidhi Scheme and the beneficiary street vendors & their families, which is a part of 75 cities across 33 States/UTs of the country. He further said that SVANidhi Mahotsav was a festival for celebrating and recognizing beneficiary street vendor’s growth story and their contribution towards Indian economy. The festival aims to celebrate 75 years of India’s independence with these nano-entrepreneurs, honoring their journey under PM SVANidhi scheme for demonstrating credit discipline, digital behavior and displaying their astute business acumen, he added. 

He said that the PM SVANidhi scheme was launched during 2020 to facilitate working capital loans to the street vendors to help them restart their businesses which were adversely impacted due to the lockdowns imposed during COVID-19 pandemic. He further said that this scheme was the first comprehensive effort for financial inclusion of the street vendors. Prior to this Scheme, street vendors were dependent on the informal credit channels paying high rates of interest, he added.

The Governor said that the event was engaged the street vendors & families in the esteemed presence of dignitaries and other stakeholders. He welcomed the street vendors of Chandigarh to be a part of SVANidhi Mahotsav.

He felicitated PM SVANidhi street vendors beneficiaries for digital on boarding and promotion of digital transactions, bank officials for performance under PM SVANidhi, Certificate of Vending to LOR Street Vendors, Parichay Boards to PM SVANidhi beneficiaries and Area Level Federation/city Level Federation and SHGs for their exemplary work under DAY National Urban Livelihood Mission.

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Earlier, Smt. Sarbjit Kaur Dhillon, Mayor, Chandigarh welcomed the Chief Guest and other dignitaries to be part of the SVANidhi Mahotsav.

Street Vendors have stalled Food Vending Stalls and SHGs under Social Mobilization and Institutional Development component have showcased their products in an exhibition at Mahila Bhawan. Also, PM SVANidhi, DAY NULM, SBM and Lead Bank PNB with SBI have showcased their work by putting up their respective stalls for extending on the spot services to beneficiaries including DIGISHALA for digital empowerment of street vendors.

The Svanidhi Mahotsav comprised of vibrant cultural and recreational activities planned with the family members of Street Vendors, Self Help Groups (SHGs) and other beneficiaries of DAY NULM including Musical Chair, Antakshari, Street Play and Skits, Regional Dance Performances, Folk Art Performances, Magic Show, Bioscope etc. In addition, few awareness sessions were also organized on Single Use Plastic Bags, Segregation of Waste, Home Composting for Street Vendors and women SHG members.

Also, a session on Street Vendors Bye-laws was also conducted for generating awareness on Do and Don’ts by street vendors by involving TVC members from street vendor’s community.

It was a Zero Waste event, organized by the Municipal Corporation, where no plastic item was used. Cutlery used for refreshment including glass, plates, bottles etc. No plastic flowers were used. The venue was decorated with fresh natural flowers, which were disposed off through composting after the event.