Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

COVID-19 or Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) has been declared as Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) by World Health Organization (WHO) under International Health Regulation (IHR). Following are the steps taken by Chandigarh Health Department to tackle the Novel Corona virus (nCoV) threat:- Preparedness :- Isolation wards and ventilators are in place at all the 3 major hospitals of U.T. Chandigarh i.e. PGIMER, GMCH-32 and GMSH-16 & Adequate stock of Logistics is available with State Surveillance Unit and all the designated government hospitals. Community surveillance and contact tracing : - Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme (IDSP) cell is fully engaged in surveillance and contact tracing in community as well as surveillance of foreign guests from affected countries in Chandigarh hotels. Special formats for reporting from hotels to be filled at time of booking. IEC Activities :- IEC activities are in full swing amongst general public as ...

Chandigarh, 5th March 2020: The first meeting of the reconstituted Heritage Item Protection Cell was held today under the Chairmanship of Sh.Manoj Parida,IAS,the Adviser to the Administrator, UT Chandigarh. The purpose was to take concrete measures to identify,protect,preserve,restore and reuse the heritage items such as furniture,tables,cabinets,chairsetc and formulate action plan in this regard. During the meeting representative of the Alliance Francaise informed that due to the efforts taken by Sh.Manoj Parida,IAS,a team of experts from France would be officially visiting Chandigarh in April 2020 to train our officials/people in matters concerning identification,preservation, protection and conservation of items having heritage value. Shri Manoj Parida directed the officials of the administration to identify 3 to 4 places of the city wherein the heritage items could be placed. This centralised effort would aid in protection, preservation and restoration of such heritage i...

Chandigarh, 3rd Marcg 2020: Chandigarh Housing Board recently introduced the facility of online payment of all kind of dues and now the allottees are not required to visit office of the Chandigarh Housing Board and they can pay their dues online by visiting website of the CHB www.chbonline.in. An auto-generated SMS is sent on every successful payment and receipt of the payment can be downloaded instantly. The online payments can be made through Net Banking, Debit Cards and Credit cards, without any extra charge: • Net Banking • Debit Cards • Credit Cards However a considerable number of allottees are still making offline payments by filing physical challans in different branches of HDFC. It has been observed that following common mistakes are being made during offline payments: • Using different challan than the prescribed one for the particular payment • Not mentioning some of the vital information • Mentioning wrong information about the dwelling unit number, nam...

Chandigarh. 2nd March,2020:The office of Union Territory Child Protection Society, Chandigarh, under the aegis of Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh in collaboration with Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights organised a ‘Sensitization Program on Foster Care Scheme’ at U.T Guest House, Sector 6, Chandigarh.   The purpose of the program was to generate awareness among representatives of civil society about Family Based Care in the life of children in the need of care and protection through   Foster Care Scheme of Govt. of India and to enlighten primary stakeholders on the modalities of Foster Care Scheme. Foster Care is a system of non-institutional family-based care under which a child lives with a family other than his/her biological family. The primary objective of Foster Care is to place a child with a willing family who shares a cultural or a community connection same to that of the child including friends of the parents, neighbours and members ...

Chandigarh, 28th February 2020: The Administrator today finalized a revised policy for PGs keeping in view the need for accommodation of students in private houses and the need for their safety and security.   In addition to the previous stipulations, certain new provisions have been added; such as mandatory Fire Clearance, Annual Renewal of License, Indemnity Certificate from PG owners etc.   It has been decided not to exempt the requirement of house owners staying in the PG accommodation.   However, shortly a new category of hostels will be introduced, where house owners can rent out buildings for hostels after meeting the statutory stipulations. Adviser Shri Manoj Parida, IAS has stated that the intention is not to close down the PGs, but to get them regularized through proper registration.   Registration counters have been opened by the Deputy Commissioner, which will remain open even on Saturday and Sunday this week.   Online applications will also b...

Chandigarh.28 th   February,2020: Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC) under the aegis of Department of IT, Chandigarh Administration and IxDA Chandigarh organised a one-day conference in the city on the theme of emerging technology under the Centre of Humane Artificial   Intelligence (ChAI)@SPIC   initiative for fostering   innovative ideas and discussion on the design and impact of emerging technologies on society. The event titled “Emergent Futures”, was held today at the EDC Building   located at Chandigarh IT Park. Emergent Futures featured thought-leaders from industry, academia and public sector for a day of informative talks and workshops on emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, AR/ VR , and User Experience (UX). Back in November  2019, Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC) had announced a launch of platform  entitled ChAI@SPIC to   focus on emerging t...

Chandigarh, 27th February 2020: A meeting of the Environment Standing Committee of Administrator’s Advisory Council was held  today at Paryavaran Bhawan, Chandigarh  under the Chairmanship of Sh.Pawan Kumar Bansal, Ex-Member of Parliament, Chandigarh wherein detailed discussion on various environmental issues such as Waste Management, Tertiary Treated water, Noise Pollution, Air Quality, Transportation, Free flow of traffic, Eco-sensitive zone around Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Protecting the Choes, Securing & enhancing the value of existing green/ open spaces & strict implementation of ban on polythene/ plastic carry bags, was held. The Officers from the concerned departments were present to update the committee with the latest action taken on the above points.  The committee showed its concern over the issue of Solid Waste Management, functioning of STP, proper maintenance and upkeep of the cycle tracks laid in the city and Engineering Department has been ...

Chandigarh.27 th February,2020:A meeting held under the chairmanship of Hon’ble Member of National Commission Sh.Jagadish Hiremani today with the officers of Municipal Corporation and other Senior Officers of Chandigarh Administration to discuss the various issues on service matters, provident fund and educational conditions of Safai Karamcharis, Manual Scavengers and their dependents and for visit in Safaikaramcharis Bastis in UT Guest House, Chandigarh.   The Hon’ble Member reviewed the issues regarding service benefits and implementation of Schemes/programmes for Safai Karamcharis and Manual Scavengers Act, 2013 as per their questionnaire.   The Commissioner MC informed that out of total 3327 Safai Karamcharis working in the Corporation, 734 are permanent (16 posts filled from compassion appointment) and 299 daily wager and 2294 are working on outsourcing basis.   At present 916 regular posts are vacant which has been filled on outsourcing basis as per Govt. of...