Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 5 th April 2017: In exercise of the powers conferred by Section 101 (1) (b) of the Punjab Panchayati Raj Act 1994, as extended to Union Territory of Chandigarh and all others powers enabling him in this behalf the Administrator, Union Territory of Chandigarh is pleased to determine the extent of area of the Panchayat Samiti constituencies, which have been formed by bifurcating the Gram Sabha areas, as under:- Constituency No. Village (s) included in the Panchayat Samit constituency Extent of area under the jurisdiction of Panchayat Samiti Constituency. 3. Mauli Jagran-I Area   situated on western side of the village enclosed by circular road starting form Gurdwara and ending at CITCO sheds, on the one side and the street starting form                          ...

Chandigarh, 4 th   April, 2017:   Activities conducted for three days i.e. from 2nd – 4th April, 2017 during Pulse Polio Campaign ‘Do Boond Zindgi Ki’ to win the war of eradicating Polio from the society and to immunize the children in the age group of 0-5 Years with Oral Polio Drops were successfully completed today. The campaign was held for three days in which Day 1 was dedicated for Booth Round and Day 2 & 3 were planned for door to door visit to immunize all children of Chandigarh in this age group with Oral Polio drops. A total of 1, 00, 236 children were immunized with oral polio drops during pulse polio activity and 929 teams visited 2, 65, 042 Houses and immunized Children with oral polio drops on day 2 and 3. 'X’ houses will be covered in the coming days too to track the unimmunized children and give them polio drops. Department of Health, Police, Social Welfare, Transport and NCC Volunteers from different colleges of Chandigarh joined hands together in the...

Chandigarh, 4 th   April, 2017:   The process for receiving tenders for the allocation of liquor vends in Chandigarh, begun on 02.04.2017 and ended today where the bidders submitted their applications at the Additional Town Hall Building, Sector-17, Chandigarh. The Administration had advertised 77 licensing units to be allotted for the year 2017-18. As per the details, a total of 80 bidders have submitted their applications against 53 licensing units.                     The year saw a massive exercise carried out by the Department of Excise and Taxation, Chandigarh for identifying the existing liquor vends and locations that could not be put under allocation during the year 2017-18 owing to the recent Judgement of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India wherein the sale and service of liquor within 500 meters of the National and State Highways has been banned. After a detailed exerci...

Chandigarh, 3 rd April, 2017:  Consequent upon the renovation work in the office of SDM (East), Industrial Area, Phase-1, Chandigarh, the work of registration of new vehicle relating to that office was shifted to the main office of Registering & Licensing Authority in Sector-17 w.e.f. 01.11.2016. Now the renovation work has been completed and the office of SDM (East) at Industrial Area, Phase-1, Chandigarh has started functioning normally. As a result, the work of registering new vehicle under the jurisdiction of SDM (East) has also now shifted to the SDM office in Industrial Area with effect from 05.04.2017. Public may take notice that hence forth all work relating to registering of new vehicle under the jurisdiction of SDM (East) will now be done at their office in Industrial Area, Phase-I only.                              ...

Chandigarh, 3 rd April, 2017:  H.E. Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor Punjab and Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh today inaugurated the Audio Guide at the Government Museum and Art gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh in the presence of Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh Administration, Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, Smt. Kriti Garg, IAS, Director Museum and Art Gallery, Sh. Manoj Arora, Director, PEC University, Sh. Kapil Setia, Chief Architect, Chandigarh Administration,  Sh. S.D. Sharma, Senior most Architect and other officials of the Chandigarh Administration. The students of PEC University Chandigarh developed the Audio Guide with 25 stops lasting to 45 minutes, which offers the visitors high quality audio at very modest price. The audio can be selected in three languages: English, Hindi and Punjabi as desired by the visitors. H.E. Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor Punjab and Administrator, U.T. Chandigarh addr...

Chandigarh, 3 rd April, 2017:   The Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to assign the charges of the posts to the officers, with immediate effect, in addition to their own duties, as under:- Sr. No. Name and Designation of the officer Charge assigned Remarks      1.        Sh. Amit Talwar, PCS, Additional Secretary-cum-Director Transport 1.      Additional Secretary (Estates) Relieving Sh. Kuljit Paul Singh Mahi, PCS of the charge      2.        Smt. Navjot Kaur, PCS, Director Public Relations 1.      Director Rural Development & Panchayats 2.      Chief Executive Officer, Zila Parishad 3.      Agriculture Census Officer Consequent upon relieving of Smt. Ranjit Kaur, HCS w.e....

Chandigarh, 2 nd  April, 2017:   Pulse Polio Campaign April round started in Chandigarh today in booths setup at different locations. Dr. Rakesh Kashyap, Director Health & Family Welfare, U.T Chandigarh observed the campaign activities at various booths installed in Chandigarh and guided the teams to conduct the activities effectively. Sh. Maheshinder Singh Sidhu, Advocate and Councillor, Sector 8, Chandigarh also participated in this campaign by immunizing the children with Oral Polio Drops at Polio Booth installed at Sukhna Lake, Sector 1, Chandigarh.  Dr. Anu Chopra Dosajh, District Immunization Officer was also present. Day 1 of Pulse Polio Campaign is completely dedicated for booth activities and door to door activities will be done in next two days of campaign. The children who are left on day one through Booth Activity will be covered by door to door activities on 2 nd   and 3 rd   day i.e. April 3 & 4, 2017. Department of Health, Police...