Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 21st June 2019:  A review meeting of Ayushman Bharat - Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana was held under the chairmanship of Sh. Sachin Rana, Additional Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh with the officials of Implementing Support Agency (ISA). The Agency officials shared that as of now golden records 29668 beneficiaries from 8538 families have been generated against the targeted data of 23678 families that comprises around 1 lakh individual beneficiaries. In U.T. Chandigarh, 10 private and 5 government hospitals are empanelled under this scheme. Till now, cashless health care services worth Rs. 73.90 lakh have been provided to the U.T. beneficiaries through these Empanelled Health Care Providers. The Agency has set up Arogya Mitra counters at all secondary level government hospitals for golden record generation and issuance of scheme card to the listed families. The beneficiary families can visit these Mitra Counters to get any information or assistance rega...

Chandigarh, 19th June 2019:  Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) in collaboration with Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh organised Clay Modelling workshop on the Concluding day of Art & Design Workshop for the children of Snehalaya, Maloya, Chandigarh. On the concluding ceremony, Sh. Bheem Malhotra, President, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh was the chief guest. Senior Artist of Tricity, Ms Gurmeet Goldie and Sh. Kamal were also present.  Sh. Sanjeet Kumar and Ms. Jyoti, Young Sculptors of Tricity were the resource persons for the event. They gave a demonstration on clay modelling to the children and Children created beautiful figures, models, landscapes and objects. While appreciating the works Sh. Bheem Malhotra, President, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh said he has never seen such beautiful creation at the first-time attempt. Looking at the talent of the children, he offered them to introduce and give opportu...

Chandigarh, 18th June 2019,  Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) in collaboration with Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh has organised Two days Art & Design Workshop for the children of Snehalaya, Maloya, Chandigarh. Today, the workshop was inaugurated by Sh. Bheem Malhotra, President, Chandigarh Lalit Kala Academy, Chandigarh in the presence of Ms. Harjinder Kaur, Chairperson, CCPCR. Senior Artist of Tricity Sh. Ravinder Sharma, Ms. Gurmeet Goldie and Sh. Kamal were also present.  The students of Chandigarh College of Architecture Ms. Arpita & Richa Katoch were the resource persons for the event. Thirty (30) Children of Snehalaya participated in the workshop. They created beautiful designs, landscapes and figures on the disposal plates. Children were very innovative while doing the art work. They were also given a talk on the architecture of Chandigarh.  The artist was honored by the Commission. The concluding ce...

Chandigarh, 18 th June, 2019: In exercise of the powers conferred under section 64(3) and other related provisions of the Electricity Act 2003, the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission (JERC), Gurugram has passed Tariff Order on 20 th May, 2019 in Petition no. 267/2018 with regard to determination of Aggregate Revenue Requirement (ARR) of FY 2019-20 for the Union Territory of Chandigarh. The Tariff Schedule and its salient features are as under:- S. No. Consumer Category Fixed Charge INR/kW/month Energy Charge INR/kWh 1. DOMESTIC SUPPLY (DS) I. LT Domestic a. 0-150 kWh per month 10.00 2.75 b. 151-400 kWh per month 4.80 c. Above 400 kWh per month 5.20 II. HT Domestic 10.00 4.80 2. COMMERCIAL/ NON RESIDENTIAL (NRS) ...

Chandigarh, 18 th June 2019 : A computerized draw was conducted on 18.06.2019 for allotment of 52 dwelling units’ small flats under Slum Rehabilitation Programme at Maloya Housing complex. The eligibility of the applicant was recommended by the Estate Office of the Chandigarh Administration. Another computerized draw was conducted for 02 applicants of the Oustee Scheme under which both the applicant got dwelling units at Sector-63. To maintain transparency, both the computerized draws were held in presence of applicants and under the supervision of senior officers of UT Administration as independent judges. Result of the draw has been uploaded on the website of CHB i.e. www.chbonline.in .                                                 ...

Chandigarh, June 17, 2019: 75,144 children’s were immunized during two days of Sub National Immunization Day (SNID) Polio Round held on 16 th and 17 th June, 2019 in UT Chandigarh . Chandigarh, the dream city of India's first Prime Minister, Sh. Jawahar Lal Nehru, was planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier is catering the populations of approx 10.55 lakhs. The basic geographical area of Chandigarh is 114 sq kms. Union Territory of Chandigarh was declared as the polio free city in year 2006. To maintain Polio free status in Union Territory of Chandigarh, Sub National Immunization Round (SNID) Polio June 2019 was scheduled in U.T. Chandigarh on 16 th and 17 th June, 2019 and it was a two days House – to – House activity which was conducted to focus on High Risk areas/ vulnerable areas only. Irrespective of heat waves and killing summer weather, teams of Health Department and volunteers from various organizations   visited the vulnerable areas like Khuda Laho...