Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

29 th  August, 2019.Chandigarh .  A Stakeholders Consultation Meeting was held today on  under the Chairmanship of Shri Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Home Secretary-cum-Principal Secretary (Science & Technology & Renewable Energy), UT Chandigarh for popularizing Rooftop Solar Power in Chandigarh. The stakeholders like CRAWFED (Chandigarh Residents Association Welfare Federation), FOSWAC (Federation of Sector Welfare Associations), Chandigarh Beopar Mandal, Hotels and Restaurant Associations, Industries Association of Chandigarh, Chamber of Chandigarh Industries were present in the meeting.  The officers from CREST, Chandigarh and Electricity Department were   also there.  At the outset, Sh.Debendra Dalai, IFS, Director (Science & Tech. & Renewable Energy) & CEO, CREST, UT Chandigarh welcomed all the stakeholders and highlighted the purpose of the meeting. He outlined the vision of Chandigarh Administration to make it the M...

Chandigarh, 29th August 2019:  On the National Sports Day, the official launch of “FIT INDIA MOVEMENT” was made today by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Sh. Narendra Modi. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is the nodal ministry for this campaign. In this connection, state level function was organised by the Education & Sports Department of Chandigarh at Tagore Theatre, Sector 18, Chandigarh. Hon’ble Governor of Punjab & Administrator UT, Chandigarh, Shri V.P.Singh Badnore was the Chief Guest at the occasion.  A live telecast of launching of Fit India Movement by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi was observed by students of schools, sportspersons and others officials at different locations of Chandigarh. Following the footsteps of Hon’ble Prime Minister, theFIT India Movement was launched in a huge way in all the 121 Govt. & Aided Schools, 74 Private Schools and 16 Colleges. The Sports enthusiasts and students of various educational insti...

28August2019.Chandigarh.POSHAN Abhiyaan “PM’s Overarching Scheme for Holistic Nourishment”, formally launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister from Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan on 08th March 2018.  Hon’ble Prime Minster has desired that the Mission should be converted into a JAN ANDOLAN for effective implementation and desired reach. Last year, Rashtriya POSHAN Maah was celebrated in the month of September, 2018 followed by POSHAN Pakhwada from 08th to 22nd March, 2019. Ministry of Women and Child Development now decided to further intensify its efforts and celebrate POSHAN Maah during September, 2019. As per guidelines of Ministry of Women & Child Development, Govt. of India, New Delhi, the month of September is to be celebrated as the Rashtriya POSHAN Maah across the country and U.T. Chandigarh will also celebrate Rashtriya POSHAN Maah from 1st September 2019 to 30th September 2019 to combat the challenge of malnutrition in convergence with line departments. A meeting in conv...

Chandigarh, 28 th    August 2019: The Chandigarh Housing Board has appointed HDFC Bank Ltd., as its Principal Bank to provide better services to its allottees. The main functions of the Principal Banker will be as under : 1.   Collection of earnest money, registration money,  possession amount, EMI, Half-yearly installments and ground rent and interest due thereon as per allotment letter. 2.      Acceptance of monthly licence fee collected by the staff of the CHB from allottees of flats  under slum Rehabilitation scheme of Chandigarh Administration at various locations spread over Chandigarh. 3.      Lump sum payment demand showing the balance amount payable by the allottees on a particular day/month/year end. 4.      Collection of Earnest Money from applicants in a new Housing Scheme and issue of cheques for refund thereof to unsuccessful appl...

 28 August 2019. Chandigarh : A meeting was held under the chairmanship of Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Chief Electoral Officer- cum- Finance Secretary, Chandigarh, today with  the officials of Department of Education, Department of Technical Education, Punjab University, Punjab Engineering College and all the Colleges of Chandigarh regarding the  Implementation of Electors Verification Program (EVP) under SVEEP plan. It was emphasized that the  Electors Verification Program (EVP)  will be launched from 1st September, 2019 to 30 September, 2019. This Programme (EVP) will be run to encourage citizens to come forward to authenticate existing elector details by giving a copy of any of the mentioned documents like Indian Passport, Driving License, Aadhar, Ration Card or any other document approved by the Commission. The citizens can also verify their electoral roll details through Voter Helpline mobile app, NVSP portal, by visiting Common Service  Center  or ...

Chandigarh, 27th August 2019:A computerized draw for allotment of specific dwelling units was held in the premise of the Chandigarh Housing Board today for 43 persons who were declared eligible by the Estate Office. 1. 32 persons were allotted flats at Maloya-I. 2. 09 persons were allotted flats at Dhanas 3. 01 person was allotted flat at Ram Darbar Colony 4. 01 person was allotted flat at Sector 38(West) They will be issued allotment letters within this week and thereafter physical possession of the flats will be handed over on completion of required formalities.

Chandigarh, 26th August 2019: Chandigarh Housing Board has demolished four fresh un-authorized constructions in Modern Housing Complex, Manimajra. So far the Enforcement Squad of the Chandigarh Housing Board has demolished 27 fresh un-authorized Constructions/Alterations and many more to be demolished in next few days. In many cases, allottees have themselves removed the violations.  CHB has also issued demand notices to the allottees where the demolitions were carried out in last few days to recover cost of demolitions ranging from Rs 4000/- to Rs. 42,000/- approximately per unit.  All the allotttess are again requested not to undertake any fresh violations otherwise the same is liable to be demolished on their risk and cost. Since these violations may lead to structure safety issues not only for the dwelling units but also for the particular unit and also for the adjoining unit also, the CHB is adopting zero tolerance policy.

Chandigarh, 23rd August, 2019: The City Beautiful has been awarded with 04 National Level Awards by the Ministry of Women & Child Development, New Delhi for exemplary performance and successful rollout of the POSHAN Abhiyaan. POSHAN Abhiyaan "India's flagship programme- was launched by the Honourable Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi on 8th March 2018 to reduce stunting, under-nutrition, anemia, low birth weight by 2%, to 3% per annum respectively and to intensify awareness generation on the importance of nutrition for good health. The  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  organized  the  Incentive BasedAwards Ceremony at National Level on 23rd August, 2019 at Hotel Ashok, New Delhi. U.T. Chandigarh has bagged 1st Position in the following two categories:- Excellence Awards at National Level                                 ...

Chandigarh, 25th August 2019: As a mark of respect to Sh. Arun Jaitley, Former  Union  Minister of Finance, one day State Mourning will be observed throughout the Union Territory on 26th August 2019, and the National Flag will be flown at half mast throughout the Union Territory, Chandigarh where it is flown regularly. In continuation to the same, there will be no official entertainment under Chandigarh Administration.

Chandigarh, 24 th  August 2019 : Punjab Governor and UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore expressed profound grief over the demise of senior BJP stalwart and former Union Finance Minister Sh. Arun Jaitley . In his condolence message, the Governor said in the death of Arun Jaitley the nation has lost a distinguished leader, prolific orator, able Administrator and a legal luminary. Sh. Jaitley possessed rare and exceptional qualities of head and heart, said the Governor. Terming it his personal loss, the Governor said the void created by the death of  Sh.Arun Jaitley was difficult to fill. His contribution as the India's Finance Minister was immense and unforgettable especially the economic reforms that took place during his tenure as Finance Minister.  His committed democratic attitude and dedication to the well-being of the people would be always remembered.  The Governor prayed to the Almighty to give strength to the family and friends of Arun Jaitl...

Chandigarh, 22nd  August 2019: The Administrator, Union Territory Chandigarh has constitute a committee to look into the menace of inter-state smuggling of liquor. A meeting of the Committee was held today with the Advisor to the Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh to discuss and deliberate on the issues relating to Inter- State Smuggling of liquor.Sh. M.P.Singh, IAS,Additional Chief Secretary , Punjab and Sh. Sanjeev Kaushal, IAS,Additional Chief Secretary, Haryana attended the meeting as special invitees. All the members of the Committee deliberated in detail on the issues and finalized: 1.    That there is a need to harmonize the excise duty structure and rationalize the price difference among all the member states/UT and all the relevantissues will be taken care of at the time of framing the Excise Policy for the coming year. 2.    The enforcement agencies of the States and UT will be strengthened to plug the smuggling of liquor an...

Chandigarh, 22nd  August 2019: During the month of June, 10 days special camps for collection of outstanding rent from Small Flats were organized by the Chandigarh Housing Board at 07 locations namely Dhanas, Ramdarbar, Maulijagran, Sector-38, West Sector-49, Sector-56 and at  Industrial Area Phase-I. Further 03 days mini-camps were organized at these locations during the month of July. Special Counters have also been provided in these locations to collect monthly rents. These efforts resulted into recovery of about Rs. 10 crores during the last three months but rent amount more than Rs. 20 crores are yet to be recovered from the allottees of the Small Flats. Here it is mentioned that monthly rent of the small flats is Rs. 800/- for first five years and the same is increased by 20% after every five years. Hence the monthly rent is highly subsidized and the allottees should have cleared their dues to avoid the actions like cancellation and eviction etc. The Chandigar...