Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 20 th February, 2016: National Immunization Day(NID) Pulse Polio Campaign February round is scheduled from  21 st to 23 rd February 2016.As per the previous practice, on  day 1 i.e 21 st February 2016,more than 480 booths are set up to cover more than one Lakh children in the age group of 0-5 Years. The children, who are left on day 1, will be covered by House to House Activities on 2 nd & 3 rd Day. This programme is an excellent example of interdepartmental coordination where teams comprising of Persons from Health department, Police department NSS volunteers from the education department, department of Social Welfare along with transport department work tirelessly to make it a success.

Chandigarh, 19 th February, 2016:   The State Adoption Resource Agency (SARA) under Union Territory Child Protection Society (UTCPS) under the aegis of Department of Social Welfare, Chandigarh Administration organized a One Day State Orientation Programme on Adoption 2015 and CARINGS for Chandigarh in collaboration with the Central Adoption Resource Authority (CARA), a statutory body under the Juvenile Justice  (care and protection of children) Act, 2015. The Indian parliament has recently passed the newly amended Juvenile Justice (care and protection of children) Act, 2015 which has come into effect from 15 th January 2015. Among other changes, a renewed focus has been put on Adoption and other forms of non institutional care services. Also, the Ministry of Women And Child Development (MWCD) has rolled out Adoption Guidelines 2015 to strengthen the capacity of all stakeholders and encourage adoption. The workshop was therefore organised to provide orientation and stre...

Chandigarh, 19 th February, 2016:  The Hon’ble Supreme Court in the case of Savelife Foundation and another V/s. Union of India and another in Writ Petition   ( Civil) No. 235 of 2012 vide its order dated 29 th October, 2014, interalia, directed the central government to issue necessary directions with regard to the protection of Good Samaritans until appropriate legislation is made by the Union Legislature;           The Central Government considers it necessary to protect the Good Samaritans from harassment on the action being taken by them to save the life of the road accident victims and therefore, the Central Government hereby issues and following guidelines to be followed by hospitals, police and all other authorities for the protection of Good Samaritans, namely:-

Chandigarh, 19 th February, 2016:  Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society participated in the Rose Festival held from 19 th February to 21 st February, 2016, at Rose Garden and Leisure Valley, Sector-10, Chandigarh. Two awareness stalls were put up one at Rose Garden and one at Leisure Valley creating awareness about HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Infections and importance of Voluntary Blood Donation. The fair was inaugurated by Ms. Kirron Kher, Member of Parliament Chandigarh along with other dignitaries. While her visit to the fair she was apprised about the awareness activities being  taken up during the fair to make people aware about HIV/AIDS and Voluntary Blood Donation by Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society. She appreciated the innovative way of creating HIV/AIDS awareness. On the first day of Rose festival more than 2000 youngsters, housewives and professionals were sensitized and it was made sure that all young people have access to accurate and timely info...

Chandigarh, 18 th February, 2016:  The need based changes have been allowed by CHB as per the 13 clauses detailed below: 1. Balconies projecting 914mm ( 3 feet ) along the length of apartment on the front and back where not provided originally, supported on end wall extensions, dove-tailed well with the main building so as to be structurally safe, may be constructed only when all apartment owners in a building agree to execute it together.

Chandigarh, 18 th February, 2016:  Today, Smt. Kirron Kher, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Chandigarh inaugurated 10 kWp Grid tied Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic Power Plant at Government High School, Sarangpur, UT Chandigarh. The function was also attended by  Sh.Santosh Kumar, IFS, Director (Science & Tech), Sh.Birendra Choudhary, IFS, Deputy Conservator of Forests, Ms. Arpana, IFS, ACF and Sh. Chanchal Singh, Deputy Director, School Education and Principal of the School and other Senior officers/ officials of Chandigarh Administration. On this occasion, Hon’ble Member of Parliament appreciated the efforts taken by Chandigarh Administration in developing Chandigarh as Model Solar City thereby installing Rooftop solar plants on 128 Govt. buildings of total capacity of 6.2 MW.

Chandigarh, 18 th February, 2016:  As per the action plan prepared by Dr. Rajinder K. Sharma, Designated Officer I/c Food Safety Administration, Chandigarh Health Department, a joint team of Food Safety Officers Sh. Bharat Kanojia & Sh. Surinder Pal Singh on 18-02-2016 inspected all the multinational branded stores  in Elante Mall, Industrial Area, Phase-I, Chandigarh i.e.  McDonald , KFC, Domino's, Pizza Hut and Burger king and five samples of different food articles like Burger, Chicken, Pizza, Pasta & Mutton burger were taken for analysis & examination.  The Food Business Operators were instructed to adhere to the norms of Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006 and Rules, 2011. They were also educated about the common adulterants found in such food articles.