Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 18 th  January, 2019:  A meeting was held today under the Chairmanship of Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, IAS, Additional Chief Electoral Officer-cum-Deputy Commissioner, U.T. Chandigarh, with the representatives of Political Parties to discuss SVEEP activities (Systematic Voters’ Education and Electoral Participation), polling station locations and take suggestions from them on how to increase voter turnout during the General Elections to Lok Sabha-2019. The main areas of focus during the meeting were Electoral Roll Management, EVM/VVPAT and ways to achieve informed, ethical and enhanced participation of citizens in the upcoming elections.  During the meeting, Sh. Mandip Singh Brar informed all the representatives on the efforts being undertaken by the Chandigarh Administration for maximum citizen participation namely Enrollment of PwD electors, Multi-Media communication for awareness, setting up of as many polling stations for the convenience of people, re-verifi...

Chandigarh, 18 January, 2019: It is for the information of general public that under the National Leprosy Eradication Programme (NLEP), free of cost treatment is provided to all leprosy cases diagnosed through general health care system including NGOs at GMSH-16, PGIMER, GMCH-32, CH-MANIMAJRA and CH-45, Chandigarh

Chandigarh, 14 th  January, 2019:  On the occasion of National Dietetics Day with the theme of  “Anemia Mukt Bharat” , Dietetics Department in association with Blood Bank, GMSH-16, Chandigarh organized a Blood Donation camp today.  The aim to celebrate the day was to generate awareness regarding anemia in the society. India is one of the countries with high prevalence of anemia in the world. Nutritional anemia is a major public health problem in India and is primarily due to Iron deficiency. Dietetics Department stressed on the role of diet to improve the iron status. Iron rich recipe brochures and diet chart to curb anemia were distributed to patients during the camp. Donors were provided with gift hampers containing energy and protein rich dietary supplements.  To detect the donors eligibility for blood donation, haemogram and weight of all candidates were checked. It was seen that donors should be fit and healthy with a hemoglobin and weight (more th...