Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 11th March, 2016:  The Adviser to the Administrator, U.T Chandigarh, Sh. Vijay Dev, IAS, today launched “e-Awaas", the Online Accommodation Management System" portal at the U.T Secretariat. The inauguration was done in the presence of senior officers namely, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary cum State Mission Director, Smart City, Dr. S. B. Deepak Kumar, IAS, Secretary (Upper) House Allotment Committee and Sh. Danish Ashraf, IAS, Secretary (Lower) House Allotment Committee cum Nodal Officer, Smart City Mission.  “First of its kind” web portal in India,  e-Awaas  is meant to give details of Govt. House Accommodation, wherein all applications, grievances and queries related to Govt. House Allotment will be received and resolved online. Developed by NIC, Chandigarh, this project has been designed by Sh. Danish Ashraf, IAS, Secretary (Lower) House Allotment Committee under the guidance of Dr. S.B Deepak Kumar, IAS, Se...

Chandigarh, 11 th  March, 2016:-   The Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh, Sh. Vijay Dev, IAS along with Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS Home Secretary cum Secretary Health today inaugurated the Digital X-Ray Machines installed at GMSH-16, Chandigarh. Sh. Vijay Dev, IAS appreciated the efforts of the Health Department of Chandigarh Administration in ensuring that all the government hospitals are well equipped with latest facilities to ensure that the citizens of the city face no hardships.  

Chandigarh, 10 th  March, 2016:-   To facilitate citizens of Chandigarh for provisions like electricity and water bill payment, pollution check, traffic updates, online polling and different e-services of different departments of Chandigarh Administration, a citizen engagement portal/website called “My Chandigarh” will be launched tomorrow by the Administration. This portal will be available on “Smart Chandigarh ” mobile application also. This project has been designed and developed by the team consisting of officials of “Smart City Mission” i.e. Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, State Mission Director and Sh. Danish Ashraf, IAS, Nodal Officer, Smart City Mission. Besides this portal, the Administration will also launch “e-Awaas” portal which is “first of its kind” portal in India meant to give details of Govt. House Accommodation. This project has been designed by Sh. Danish Ashraf, IAS, who is also Secretary (Lower) House Allotment Committee under guidance of Sh. S.B Deepak Kuma...

Chandigarh, 8 th March, 2016: On the occasion of “International Women’s Day”, which is celebrated worldwide on the 8 th of March, 2016, the Chandigarh Administration organized a series of events, seminar and celebrations throughout the city. In a tribute to the spirit of womanhood, celebrations were held at MCM DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, wherein, a seminar on the theme of “Empower Girls to Empower World” was organized by the Chandigarh Education Department, Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society and Yuvsatta in collaboration with State Cell-NSS. During the celebrations, Girl Star Awards 2016 was presented by the Chief Guest, Sh. Vijay Dev, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, U.T, Chandigarh to 17 girls from the city who have achieved remarkable heights in various fields. Among others present during the celebrations were Sh. Ujjal Singh Dosanjh, former Premier of British Colombia and Ex-Health Minister of Canada, Smt. Raminder Dosanjh- a women's rights activist from ...

Chandigarh, March 06, 2016:-  Sh. Ajit balaji joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh flagged off a marathon event named "Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao" today at Sukhna Lake, Chandigarh, in which Sunil Kumar an athlete is running 260 kms nonstop via haryana to reach Delhi to highlight the cause of women empowerment . He started his marathon from Sukhna lake, Chandigarh and will end up at Cannaught Place, Delhi. Sh. Ajit Balaji joshi, IAS, Chandigarh felicitated Mr. Sunnil sharma for his super human effort.  He also urged the masses to support the cause of "Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao" with best of their energies and focus. Overwhelmed supporters from Chandigarh and Nahan ( Sunil's hometown) thronged the grounds of Sukhna Lake to attend the event. Many retired army officers, soldiers, professional ladies of army officers reached to support the event which aims to made an impact on all sections of the society.

Chandigarh, March 04, 2016: In a Public Camp held today for residents of Sector-20, 21, 29, 30 & 31 at community centre sector-29 Chandigarh under the chairmanship of Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS,  Deputy Commissioner, UT, Chandigarh, issues of law and order, extra coverage, illegal activities in the sectors, sanitation and sewage were heard and resolved. Smt. Tapasya, IAS, SDM East, Chandigarh, Sunil Dutt , SHO concerned, Sh. Satish Kumar Kainth, Area Counsellor, and representatives of Municipal committees were present during the camp. An overwhelming enthusiasm was seen in the residents for getting a chance of directly putting their problems in front of the administration. A total of 16 requests/complaints were received and people were assured that once their complaints are verified, the administration would go to any length to provide them the best they can. Sh. Ajit balaji Joshi asked the nodal officers to submit the reports of the same at its earliest. His ongoing ...

Chandigarh, March 04, 2016:-  On the directions of  Dr. Tapasya Raghav, IAS, SDM(E), on 03.03.2016 a team consisting of Dr Vandana Bhatia, CD, Mauli Jagran, Chd, Dr Vandana Jamneja, Police Hospital, Chandigarh has conducted a surprise inspection of Ultrasound centres under PC&PNDT in New Diagnostic Centre, SCO-64, Sec-20  C, Chandigarh and has found discrepancies viz. In case of Arti W/o Sarabjit, # 1758, Phase-2, Ramdarbar USG done on 22.01.2016 signatures of Dr Inderjit Singh was not found on Form F and in case of ultrasound of Kiran W/o Manoj, #235, Block-C, Col No-4, Ultrasound was done on 28.01.2016 without any referral from doctor, Mrs Kiran W/o Manoj already have two female children. The team has also inspected Jindal Clinics, SCO-21, Sec-20 D, Chandigarh but no discrepancy has been found in the centre. Inspection form cum Spot Memo under rule-11 of PC&PNDT Act has been filled for both the Ultrasound Centres. Dr Tapasya Raghav, IAS, SDM(E) has proposed to...