Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 19th June, 2020: Directorate of AYUSH, Health Department, UT Chandigarh is celebrating 6th International Day of Yoga in collaboration with Government College of Yoga Education & Health on 21st June, 2020 through online mode with the citizens of Chandigarh.  The theme for this year is "Yoga at Home and Yoga with Family."  Due to the Covid 19 pandemic, International Yoga Day will be observed at home, no mass gathering would be encouraged this year. Hence, this year the ministry is encouraging people to practice yoga at their homes, with participation from the entire family. Prime Minister encouraged people to stay active and fit during the coronavirus lockdown. A series of various online activities have been organised in wake of 6th International Day of Yoga in UT Chandigarh as per details  given below:- 1. Yoga Protocol Camp 13th to 20th June 2020. 2. Poster Making Competition 15 June 2020 3. Asana Competition 16 June 2020 4...

In continuation of orders bearing No. 11/2/70-UTFI(4)-2016/10190 dated 09.07.2018, No. 11/2/70-UTFI(4)- 2018/23323 dated 20.12.2018, No. 11/2/70-UTFI(4)-2019/9717, dated 19.06.2019 and No. 11/2/70-UTFI(4)- 2019/19025 dated 27.11.2019 issued by the Chief Administrator, Union Territory Chandigarh and in view of the Chandigarh Building Rules (Urban) Amendment, 2018 notified vide no. 11/2/70-UTFI(4)-2018/10157 dated 06.07.2018, I, Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Chief Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, in exercise of the power conferred under Section 4 of the Capital of Punjab (Development and Regulation) Act, 1952, hereby order to extend the deadline for installation of mandatory Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant for existing residential and non-residential buildings in Chandigarh upto31st March, 2021. This shall be treated as last extension and no further extension shall be granted beyond aforesaid date and strict action can be taken against the persons failing to comply with the Building...

Chandigarh.19 June,2020:Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Sh. VP Singh Badnore today presided over Daily War Room meeting.  The meeting was attended by Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser, UT, Chandigarh and Sh. Sanjay Beniwal, Director General of Police at Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), Sh. AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, Sh. KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh,  Deputy Commissioners of Mohali & Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services and Director Principal, GMCH through Video Conferencing. WAR ROOM DIRECTIONS 1. Director, PGIMER stated that out of 475 samples tested, 07 have been found positive.  Similarly, Director Principal, GMCH stated that out of 124 samples tested, 05 were found positive. 2. Deputy Commissioner, Mohali stated that they have 63 active cases and Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula s...

Chandigarh, 18th June 2020: Due to lockdown, some of the migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists, students and other persons are stranded at Chandigarh. For smooth movement of these persons, the Chandigarh Administration has made elaborate arrangements to ensure comfortable and safe journey through Shramik Special Trains. Two Holding Centres have been set up at Chandigarh College of Engineering Technology (CCET) in Sector-26 where the persons are medically examined and provided packed lunch. Thereafter they are sent to Railway Station through buses. The stranded persons were allowed from 1st May 2020 onwards to register for movement either through Helpline or website of the Chandigarh Administration. A Help Desk has also been set up to receive calls from Migrant Labourers for moving out of Chandigarh. One day before the scheduled departure of the Train, telephone calls are made to registered persons asking them to reach the Holding Centre for medical screening and thereafter journe...

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC RELATIONS CHANDIGARH ADMINISTRATION PRESS RELEASE Chandigarh.16 June,2020: The Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration, distributed Take Home Ration in the form of Nutritious Weaning Food and Besan  Panjiri, at the doorstep of approx. 22,586 beneficiaries i.e, Children between the age of 06 months to 06 years, Pregnant Women, Nursing Mothers and Adolescent Girls,today. In addition to the Nutritious dry ration, eggs, bananas and milk were also distributed to the beneficiaries of 53 Anganwadi Centres i.e. Mouli village , Daria, Kishangarh,Sarangpur, Dhanas, KhudaLahora, Khuda Jassu, Khuda Ali Sher, Kaimwala, Behlana, Makhanmajra, Raipur Khurd and Raipur Kalan. Take Home Ration was also distributed to approximately 350 beneficiaries of the Slum Areas and Construction Sites at PGI, Dhanas, Sanjay Colony and Colony No-4. These are extremely vulnerable neighbourhoods, whose residents’ nutritional intake needs to be monitored constantl...

OFFICE OF ADVISER TO THE ADMINISTRATOR, UT-CUM-CHAIRPERSON, STATE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF STATE DISASTER MANAGEMENT AUTHORITY, UT, CHANDIGARH ORDER No.13180-HIII(5)/2020/6104   Dated 16/06/2020                 WHEREAS vide order No.40-3/2020-DM-I(A), dated 24/03/2020, the Union Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India had issued an order under Section 10(2)(1) of Disaster Management Act, stipulating lockdown measures for containment of COVID-19 in the country.              WHEREAS the same order was extended vide letter dated 14/04/2020 to remain in force till 3rd May, 2020 all over the country. WHEREAS the above lockdown order was extended upto 17/05/2020 by Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India vide order dated 01/05/2020 and was further extended upto 30/06/2020 vide order dated 30/05/2020. WHEREAS vide ...

Chandigarh.15 June,2020: World blood donor day is celebrated every year   to thank voluntary non- remunerated blood donors for their life saving gift of blood and to raise the awareness of the need for regular blood donation. The WHO theme for this year is “Safe Blood Saves Lives” with the slogan “Give blood and make world a healthier place”. As part of the celebration, one camp was held in Manimajra and an In-house voluntary blood donation camp was organized in Blood Bank, Govt Multi Speciality Hospital Sector 16,Chandigarh. The camp was inaugurated by Director Health Services , U.T ,Chandigarh Dr. G Dewan. He thanked all the blood donors and camp organizers who are the backboneofbloodbank.Thelivesofmanypatientssufferingfromsevereanemia,cancer, Thalassemia, accidents, obstetric patients etc. is dependent on safe blood. The regular donors were honored and thanked for their invaluable gift of life especially during the ongoing scenario of COVID 19pandemic. Also, awareness...

Chandigarh.15 June,2020:Sh. Shashank Anand, IPS, Deputy Inspector General of Police, Security & Traffic has been deputed by Chandigarh Administration as Nodal Officer for Chandigarh residents returning from abroad under the Vande Bharat Mission.   As per the Standard Operating Protocol (SOP) issued by Chandigarh Administration, all foreign returnees have to, immediately on arrival, undergo seven days of mandatory institutional quarantine at an approved facility on payment basis followed by further seven days of home isolation, in case the person tests negative for Covid-19 during the first seven days of arrival. Family members of persons who are arriving from abroad are requested to share their particulars in advance with the office of the Nodal Officer by email at psspst@chd.nic.in or by phone at 0172-274007 & 2749797 so that necessary arrangements for bringing the passengers to Chandigarh from airports and their institutional quarantine could be made in a timel...

Chandigarh.15 June, 2020:Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Sh. VP Singh Badnore today presided over Daily War Room meeting.  The meeting was attended by Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser, UT, Chandigarh and Sh. Sanjay Beniwal, Director General of Police at Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), Sh. AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, Sh. KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh,  Deputy Commissioners of Mohali & Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services and Director Principal, GMCH through Video Conferencing. WAR ROOM DIRECTIONS 1.The Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh Sh. VP Singh Badnore expressed his concern about the rising number of covid cases.  He directed health officials to focus on visitors coming from outside and also to take special care of co-morbidities cases.  He also appealed to ...

Chandigarh.12 th June,2020: A meeting of the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights (CCPCR) held today. The meeting was presided over by Sh. Yashpal Garg, IAS, Chairperson CCPCR. Dr. Monica M. Singh, Ms. Pooja Punchhi and Sh. Varun Beniwal members of the Commission were present.   Ms. Navjot Kaur, PCS, Secretary CCPCR was also present in the meeting. The Commission also deliberated on the issues arisen due to COVID and decided that: 1. Considering scarcity of labour due to migration there is need to keep a watch that Child labour is not used to meet the requirement. Surprise inspections need to be carried out in various industrial units/shops especially in the areas like Khuda Lohora, Raipur Kalan, Raipur Khurd and Daria. This exercise should be carried out jointly by the Labour Department and Social Welfare Department. The concerned department will submit their report to the commission for taking further necessary action. 2. Keeping in view the media ...

Chandigarh.12 th June,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, n...

Chandigarh.12 th June,2020: A meeting was held in UT Secretariat today to streamline coordination among the three districts in the tri-city.   Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary Health, Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, UT, Sh. Shashank Anand, Deputy Inspector General of Police and Sh. Abdul Qayum, Deputy Conservator of Forests attended the meeting alongwith Sh. Girish Dayalan, Deputy Commissioner, Mohali and Sh. M.K. Ahuja, Deputy Commissioner, Panchkula. Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser, UT reviewed the protocol being followed by the three districts regarding travellers reaching the city by road, rail and flight.   It was decided that both Haryana and Chandigarh authorities will screen the passengers at Chandigarh Railway Station.   At Chandigarh Airport, the existing system of screening by Punjab Government will continue.   As regards screening of bus passengers, all the three districts agreed that thermal screening will be done at the time of bo...

Chandigarh.12 th June,2020:Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh, Sh. VP Singh Badnore today presided over Daily War Room meeting.   The meeting was attended by Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser, UT, Chandigarh and Sh. Sanjay Beniwal, Director General of Police at Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), Sh. AK Sinha, Finance Secretary, Sh. KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation and Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, Deputy Commissioner, Chandigarh,   Deputy Commissioners of Mohali & Panchkula, Director-PGIMER, Director Health Services and Director Principal, GMCH through Video Conferencing. WAR ROOM DIRECTIONS 1.The Committee noted that most of the new cases are being detected in persons coming from outside Chandigarh or their immediate contacts. The Administrator expressed concern about such cases and desired that certain restrictions should be imposed and special care be taken to prevent infe...