Skip to main content

Press Conference of Chandigarh Carnival 2016 and Chandigarh Cyclothon.

Chandigarh, 23th November, 2016: A joint press conference was organized today by the Department of Tourism, Chandigarh Administration chaired by Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS, Home Secretary cum Secretary Tourism in regard to the Chandigarh Carnival 2016 and the 5th Edition of the Chandigarh Cyclothon.
The Chandigarh Carnival 2016 themed ‘Fantasy’ will be inaugurated on 25th November by the Adviser to the Administrator, U.T Chandigarh Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS. The carnival will be organised from 25th November to 27th November.  The three days extravaganza will showcase performances by famous Bollywood and Punjabi singers like Babbu Mann, Himesh Rashamiya and Neeraj Shridhar. Looking at the current demonetisation Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS said, “ We have ensured that the residents face no difficulty and enjoy the carnival for which debit card swipe facility will be available at all the stalls during the carnival so that the visitors face no trouble”. Further addressing the media Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS said Neeraj Shridhar will perform on day one and Punjabi Singer Babbu Mann will perform on day two and Himesh Reshamiya will perform on the concluding day and will enthrall the audience with their performances.
The 5th Edition of the Chandigarh Cyclothon themed ‘Organ Donation’ encouraging all the participants to pledge organ donation is organized in association with Avon Cycles and will be held on 27th November 2016 wherein more than 100 professional cyclists from across the country would participate. Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS while addressing the media during the press conference said, “this year Chandigarh Cyclothon has a theme of Organ Donation, as the administration is aiming to make it as a mass campaign across the city”.
The Chandigarh Cyclothon has already received 2000 entries and more entries are welcomed as registration desks will be set up in Elante mall as well from 24th November. Sh. Anurag Agarwal, IAS addressing  the media requested that the family members of the participants must attend the Cyclothon and encourage them.


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Administrator Launches Website of Sports Department Chandigarh

Chandigarh, 18 th  December 2018:  The website of Department of Sports, UT Chandigarh  http://www.sportsdeptt.chd. gov.in  has been launched today  by Hon’ble Governor Punjab & Administrator, U.T, Chandigarh, Shri. V. P. Singh Badnore, in the presence of Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to UT Administration,  Sh. J.M. Balamurugan, IAS, Secretary to Governor of Punjab, Sh. Arun kumar Gupta, IAS, Principle Secretary Home, Shri. Jitender Yadav, IAS, Secretary Sports. With launch of this website, Department of Sports, Chandigarh has taken leap in the direction of digital India by making their key services like; booking of stadiums, applying for membership, applying for scholarship,  applying for  sports  gradation  certificate  and also applying for cash  awards  online for the students ,  sports bodies  & sportsmen . Now everybody can avail these services with a click of the button. In the case of bookin...
Post a Comment
Read more

Pulse Polio Campaign

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...
Post a Comment
Read more

E auction of various commercial, residential and industrial sites to begin in Chandigarh

7th January 2019: Chandigarh Administration is about to begin the e auction process of various commercial, residential and industrial sites in Chandigarh. 10 residential sites on freehold basis,13 commercial sites on leasehold basis and 1 industrial site on leasehold basis are proposed to be e auctioned. The auction will be made public on 9th January 2019 at 9:00 AM and the documents can be submitted/EMD can be paid from 9th january till 23rd January 2019. Document/EMD approvals will be given from 24th January till 30th January. In addition to this the Estate Department will create a help desk at Estate Office Chandigarh on the above dates to create digital signatures of the applicants. Bidding will begin from 31st January (9:00 AM) till 4th February 2019 (till 4 PM)
Post a Comment
Read more