Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 21st October, 2016:  Today 14 cases of Dengue have been reported from various health institutions which bring the total number of Dengue cases to 662 in the city. No fresh cases of Chickungunya have been reported today. The overall details of 115 cases of Chickungunya detected in Chandigarh is; 34 imported, 31 wrong address and 50 from Chandigarh. To further strengthen the preventive activities, daily fumigation is being carried out along with strengthening of field activities which includes mass awareness, checking of breeding sources like coolers, containers, tyres and other sources. Today under dengue drive Sr.No Checked Checked Found positive ( for mosquitoes larvae) 1 Total number of houses 5434 2 Total number of coolers 1819 14 3 Total number of containers 8032 33 4 Total numbers of overhead tan...

Chandigarh, 21st October, 2016:   Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Hotel Management, Catering and Nutrition, Sector-42D Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, organised a two day Flower Arrangement & Bottle Gardening Workshop facilitated by Smt. Nandita Chaturvedi, Resource Person from “The All India Kitchen Garden Association, New Delhi.” The second day of the workshop commenced at an exhilarating note as Smt. Chaturvedi trained the students about the immaculate techniques of growing plants inside a bottle. She indoctrinated the audience about innovative uses of bottle gardening. “It is rightly said, you are never too old to learn and I feel delighted to be a part of this workshop”, said one of the faculty members from IHM Bangalore. The event progressed with the welcoming of the Chief Guest, Sh. R.K Popli, PCS, Director Technical Education, U.T Administration, Chandigarh   followed by his distribution of certificates. “This institute always takes the initiativ...

Chandigarh, 21st October, 2016:  Consequent upon the leave of Sh.  Baldeo Purushartha, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh from 19.10.2016 to 25.10.2016, the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to assign the charges of the following posts being held by him to Dr. S.B. Deepak Kumar, IAS, Secretary Technical Education, Chandigarh Administration, in addition to his own duties, till the officer joins back: 1.       Commissioner, Municipal Corporation 2.       Nodal Officer (Smart City) 

Chandigarh, 21st October, 2016:   Indian Red Cross Society, U.T. Branch, Chandigarh organized an awareness-cum-enrollment Camp today  at Community Centre, Sector 35, Chandigarh in the series of   unique venture   “ Doctor Aapke Dwar - Home Health for Elderly ”   with an aim of providing health care to the elderly at their doorsteps and helping them stay comfortably in their home environment. Smt. Kirron Kher, Hon’ble Member of Parliament graced the occasion as Chief Guest.   The Senior Citizens of nearby sectors attended the said camp where an interactive session was conducted by Dr. Manjit Singh from Govt. Multi Specialty Hospital, Sector 16, Chandigarh on Health Awareness, general diseases, their preventions and balance diet followed by an interactive session on Cancer Awareness by Dr. Minni Arora, Medical Officer, Chandigarh Hospice, Sector 43, Chandigarh. The Chief Guest appreciated the initiative taken by the Indian Red Cross Society, Chan...

Chandigarh, 21st October, 2016:  T he National Iodine Deficiency Disorders Control Program Cell, Health Department of Chandigarh launched a week long awareness campaign in the City to create awareness regarding Iodine Deficiency disorders. Students of 5 Government schools were given awareness on this problem. Numerous students were informed about correct use of iodized salt and about various disorders of Iodine Deficiency. In the same week, awareness through advertisement in papers, radio talks, messages on T.V. and advertisement through airing of taped messages on IDD too was done by the Iodine deficiency Disorders Control Program Cell.  Posters were given to each school for displaying at vantage points. Handbills, books and on the spot iodine testing kits too were provided to each school for awareness. Badges on IDD were distributed among children of various schools. Iodine Deficiency as presented by “Goitre” has prevalence rate of 7.3% in Chandigarh. At ...

Chandigarh, 20 th October, 2016: Today 8 cases of Dengue have been reported from various health institutions (till the release of press note) which bring the total number of Dengue cases to 648 in the city. Four cases of Chikungunya have been reported today which includes (2 imported and two from Chandigarh. The overall details of 115 cases of Chikungunya detected in Chandigarh is; 34 imported, 31 wrong address and 50 from Chandigarh. To further strengthen the preventive activities, daily fumigation is being carried out alongwith strengthening of field activities which includes mass awareness, checking of breeding sources like coolers, containers, tyres and other sources. Today under dengue drive Sr.No Checked Checked Found positive ( for mosquitoes larvae) 1 Total number of houses 4822 2 Total number of coolers 1611 4 3 Total number of containers ...

Chandigarh, 20 th October, 2016: On the orders of Commissioner Food Safety, a joint team of Food Safety Officers Sh. Bharat Kanojia, Sh. Surinder Pal Singh & Sh. Bhaljinder Singh was constituted in lieu of the coming festival season for conducting inspection and sampling of food articles in Chandigarh. Today the team inspected grain market, Sector 26, Chandigarh for the checking the quality of dry fruits and five samples of Almond, Cashew and Walnut were taken from the different shops. The said seized samples have been sent to the Food Analysis Laboratory for analysis & examination. The Food vendors were also instructed to keep hygiene and quality standards as per Food Safety & Standards Act, 2006.                                              ...