Chandigarh, 22nd
January 2019: The Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Sh. VP
Singh Badnore held a second meeting of Apex Committee of Tricity in the
presence of Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, Smt. Keshni Anand, Chief Secretary Haryana, Sh. Karan Avtar,
Chief Secretary Punjab and other senior officials of Punjab and Haryana.
At the outset, the
Administrator thanked everyone for their active participation in this Tricity
meeting whose main objective is to work for the coordinated development of
Chandigarh and the satellite cities in Punjab and Haryana. The Chief Secretary,
Haryana expressed gratitude towards Chandigarh Administration for the
additional water supply through Kajauli Waterworks.
The Coordination Committee discussed about
various Law and Order issues like the participation of both the neighbouring
states in tackling the crimes committed by the interstate gangsters, snatchings
and thefts in the tricity. The DGP, Chandigarh suggested the use of emergency
response support system (Control Room no.112), E-beat book extension in
tricity. It was decided that the three DGs will meet once in three months and
three neighbouring SPs will meet once in a month for better coordination and the
field officers will meet even more frequently for better coordination and
cooperation.
The issue of beggary was also highlighted
wherein the DGP, Chandigarh stressed on working together for tackling this
issue. It was also proposed that the security audit of public places for women
safety shall be done on various safety parameters like Lighting, Openness,
Visibility, Security, Public Transport and setting up of powerline for women
and child safety and adopt the best practices on same lines from other states
including Uttar Pradesh.
Major concerns like Eco- Sensitive zone of
Sukhna Lake, Outer Ring Road, Renaming of Airport, also came up for discussion
and more information was sought on these subjects to be put up in the subsequent
meetings. It was also decided that the
Committee under the Advisor to the Administrator, Chandigarh will look into and
resolve the Health and Transport issues of the Tricity. The Administrator
directed that this Committee should meet more frequently.
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