Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 22 July 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. Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER stated that they have 80 serious covid cases.  The break-up is Chandigarh 32, Haryana 10, Punjab 30, Himachal Pradesh 03, Uttar Pradesh 02, Bihar 02 and Uttarakhand 01.  He further stated that they have tested 872 covid cases, out of which, 48 were fou...

Chandigarh, 21st July 2020: Hon’ble Governor-cum-Administrator UT Chandigarh launched Administrator’s Dashboard Chandigarh on 21.07.2020 at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Chandigarh in the presence of Advisor to Administrator Chandigarh, Finance Secretary Chandigarh, Special Secretary Finance Chandigarh and other officers of Finance Department besides the Officers of National Informatics Center (NIC).  The dashboard has been developed by the NIC with the inputs shared by the Finance Department, Chandigarh. The launching of Administrator’s Dashboard Chandigarh will facilitate and give an access to all the Government Departments of Chandigarh Administration to update the data of 81 Schemes/Services which are being implemented by them.  Once the data of schemes/services is uploaded/updated by the departments as per the frequency of the schemes/services, the same will be verified by the Finance Department and on its verification, the data automatically will be reflected on the Admin...

Chandigarh.21 July,2020: The Government Museum and Art Gallery has brought out a publication “Masterpieces” which features 60 iconic artworks of the museum from its rich collection. The book was released by Sh.Manoj Parida, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator in the presence of Harish Nayar, IAS, Special Secretary, Finance and Radhika Singh, HCS, Director Museum,today. The Adviser commended the efforts of the museum and suggested that the book should be made available at multiple tourist spots of the city to increase awareness about museum's rich collection. The publication has coloured illustrations and each artwork is accompanied by a textual description highlighting the aesthetic and historical significance of the masterpiece. Among those featured are Gandhara sculptures; miniature paintings from the courts of erstwhile Pahari and Rajasthani kingdoms; modern and contemporary Indian works by artists like MF Husain, FN Souza, Satish Gujral; decorative art; rare manuscripts; co...

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.          Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER stated that they have tested 600 covid samples, out of which 35 were found positive and 17 belong to Chandigarh.   Dr. BS Chavan, Director Principal, GMCH stated that they have tested 156 covid samples, out of which 15 were found po...

Chandigarh.20 July,2020: AYUSHMAN BHARAT Health and Wellness Centres have been envisioned with the objective of providing comprehensive health care services including dental to the beneficiaries of the area. UT Chandigarh has been a pioneer in restructuring the existing RBSK & RKSK and providing services of Dental medical officers and AYUSH at all the HWCs in daily basis. These HWCs have been strengthened further by providing Dental Chairs at the remaining HWCs also thereby making 100% provision of Dental screening facilities.   9 New Dental Chair have been installed at following locations 1.H W C Dhanas ( Milk Colony) 2.H W C Ramdarbar 3.H W C Daddu Majra 4.H W C Maulijagran 5.HWC sec 19 6.HWC sec 20 7.AYUSH HWC sec 47 8.Civil Hospital Mani Majra 9.Civil   Hospital sec 45.           These dental Chairs shall become a backbone for dental screening of residents and children of Anganwadis and Schools. ...

Chandigarh.20 July,2020: Government of India has contoured its journey towards achieving Universal Health Coverage by launching The National Digital Health Mission (NDHM). NDHM envisages a holistic and comprehensive health eco-system that will enable creation of a strong public digital infrastructure and digitally empower individuals, doctors, and health facilities, facilitate electronic signatures, make paperless registrations and payments, and provide opportunities to deploy systems to streamline healthcare information. The National Health Authority (NHA) is implementing the National Digital Health Mission (NDHM) under the guidance of the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. In this regards Sh. Dr Indu Bhushan, CEO, Ayushman Bharat cum NDHM visited Chandigarh and delivered a detailed presentation of NDHM implementation overview to   Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh Sh. V.P.Singh Badnore; along with Adviser to Administrator, Sh. Manoj Parida; and Sh. Arun...

Chandigarh, 17th July, 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, Sh. Arun Gupta, Principal Secretary (Home), Sh. Sanjay Beniwal, Director General of Police and Sh. AK Sinha, Finance Secretary at Raj Bhawan. The Administrator also interacted with 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.          Dr. Jagat Ram, Director, PGIMER stated that they have tested 459 covid samples from Chandigarh, Punjab and Leh, out of which 25 were found positive.   Dr. BS Chavan, Director Principal, GMCH stated that they have tested 174 covid sampl...

Chandigarh, 17th July 2020: Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator, UT Chandigarh has digitally inaugurated the state-of-the-art e-Challan System today at Punjab Raj Bhawan, Sector 6, Chandigarh.   It is a comprehensive digital solution for enforcement of Traffic rules delivered through an Android based mobile application. E-Challan is a Pan-India project of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) developed by NIC that provides a number of user friendly features, covering all major functionalities of Traffic Enforcement System i.e. issuance of Traffic e-Challan, on spot cashless payment, real time excess of Vahan and Sarathi Database, access to previous records, integration with DigiLocker and M-parivahan apps using Hand Held device.   With e-Challan, motorists will be able to pay fine at-the-spot using cashless means and from their homes using online payment gateway.   This project has been implemented in Chandigarh with zero cost to the Department i...