Chandigarh, 8th January 2020: The Governor of
Punjab and Administrator, Chandigarh Sh. VP Singh Badnore pedaled from Raj
Bhawan to UT Secretariat Building today
with Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator and all the senior
officials of Chandigarh Administration to promote cycling as an
environment-friendly mode of transportation and healthy lifestyle .
The Administrator took
this initiative to encourage residents of City Beautiful to adopt cycling and
help the Administration in reducing environmental pollution. Riding bicycle is
safer and greener alternative that would reduce traffic congestion in the city. The move will usher in an era
where green transportation like cycles will become fashionable and will be
widely used. With the expanse of cycle tracks in the city, the bicyclists can
easily divert themselves from other vehicular traffic.
The Administrator
further held a meeting with the officials and deliberated upon significant
issues. In a meeting with Secretary Transport, A K Singla, it has been decided
that there will be a 5% increase in the fares of AC and Non AC buses of both
local and long routes buses to neutralize GST.
The Chandigarh Administration has opposed the
proposal of Punjab Government that was sent to Government of India wherein the
width of Eco Sensitive Zone from the boundary of Sukhna Lake is recommended
only 100 Meters. The Eco Sensitive Zone
around Wildlife Sanctuary is essential to act as a shock absorber. In 2017,
Chandigarh declared Eco Sensitive Zone around Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary in the
area that falls within the boundary of UT, Chandigarh. The width of this Eco
Sensitive Zone in Chandigarh ranges from 2 - 2.75 Kms. The area that falls
under Punjab has not yet been decided as the Eco sensitive zone, which is why the
Government of Punjab has sent a proposal to Government of India by recommending
100 meters width from Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. The Chandigarh Administration
is of the view that this would immensely damage the wildlife and have adverse
impact of the health of Sukhna Lake.
Further, the
Administrator met the Director PGIMER, Prof. Dr. Jagat Ram to discuss upon
various issues pertaining to the institution wherein the support of
Administration is required. The Director PGIMER highlighted the increase in number
of patients in the OPD, on which the Administrator decided to give extra land
to PGIMER to decongest the OPD. In addition to this the director has also shown
his keen interest in buying two towers from Chandigarh Housing Board for
Doctors accommodation. On raising the concern of dirt while conducting Langar
outside PGIMER, the Administrator has ensured that the officials will
deliberate upon shifting of Langar to some other place.
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