Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 11 th November, 2016 : Today 2 cases of Dengue have been reported from various health institutions which bring the total number of Dengue cases to 824 in the city. 2 cases of Chikungunya have been reported today out of which all are from Chandigarh. The overall details of 229 cases of Chikungunya detected in Chandigarh is; 45 imported, 53 wrong address and 131 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 5223 2 Total number of coolers 1402 0 3 Total number of containers 6057 12 4 Total num...

Chandigarh, 10 th November, 2016 : Under the guidance of Hon’ble Justice Shiavax Jal Vazifdar, Chief Justice of Punjab and Haryana High Court and Patron-in Chief, State Legal Services Authority, U.T., Chandigarh and Hon’ble Justice Surya Kant, Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge and Executive Chairman State Legal Services Authority, U.T., Chandigarh, the SLSA, U.T, Chandigarh bagged two prizes in the National Commendation Ceremony held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi, as part of observance of Legal Services Authority Day on 9 th November 2016. The DLSA, Chandigarh was adjudged as best DLSA among all the Union Territories and small states in India. Further Sh. Ishmeet Singh, PLV was declared as the best PLV’s working in the Union Territories and small states of India. Sh. Mahavir Singh, Member Secretary, State Legal Services Authority, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh. Balbir Singh, District and Sessions Judge-cum- Chairman, DLSA, Sh. Amarinder Sharma, CJM-cum-Secretary DLSA and Sh Ishmeet Singh...

Chandigarh, 10 th  November, 2016:    The seventh day of 8th Annual Chandigarh National Crafts Mela, which is being jointly organized by the Chandigarh Administration and North Zone Cultural Centre (NZCC) at Kalagram witnessed huge crowd of visitors, with people from tricity and nearby areas visiting the Mela to experience the rich culture of Rajashtan. Thousands of visitors daily feel delighted to revel in the colors and flavours of distant corners of the country. A one stop destination, the Rajasthan themed Crafts Mela has  vibrant stalls, dance performances by folk artists, mouth-watering cuisines, melodies streaming from musical instruments and breathtaking artifacts from all parts of the country that are the highlights of the Mela.  The main attraction of the seventh day of the Crafts Mela was the electrifying performance by the renowned Punjabi singer, Satwinder Bugga. A boon for music and dance lovers, the eight day of the Crafts Mela...

Chandigarh, 10 th November, 2016 : The Education Department, Chandigarh Administration is all set to organize the prestigious 62nd National School Games in the discipline of Baseball w.e.f.  11 th  to 15 th  November, 2016. The 62nd National School Games will be organized under the aegis of School Games Federation of India. Around 500 players and officials are expected to arrive in the city from 9 th  November onwards. These will comprise players from different 14 states, UTs and units of School Games Federation of India. The opening ceremony of the games will be held at Govt. Model Sr. Secondary School, Sector-37 B, Chandigarh. Four Schools have been shortlisted as stay venues i.e. GMSSS -37 B, GMSSS -37 D, GMSSS -35 D and GMHS - 42 where round the clock arrangements have been made for the comfortable stay and play environment. Five play venues for tournaments have been shortlisted i.e. GMSSS- 35, GMSSS-37 B, GMSSS-40, GMSSS...

Chandigarh, 10 th  November, 2016 : Sh. V.P Singh Badnore, Administrator, U.T Chandigarh today launched the grievance redressal call centre at the Punjab Raj Bhawan. The launch saw the august presence of Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, U.T Chandigarh, Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, U.T Chandigarh, Sh. Arjun Sharma, IAS (P), Sh. Rajiv Gupta, PCS, Additional Deputy Commissioner, along with other senior officials of the administration.  The newly launched Call Centre project for Chandigarh Administration with the Vision and Scope of Work will serve as a front end. A Call centre solution is being developed to take all the queries and complaints of the citizens of Chandigarh. Various departments of Chandigarh Administration have been integrated under single Call centre unit like:  ·  Food & Supplies & Consumer Affairs ·Deputy Commissioner Office (Arms, Marriage, certificate Society Registration, miscellaneous) ...

Chandigarh, 9 th Nov, 2016: 7 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 814 in the city. 5 cases of Chikungunya have been reported today out of which all are from Chandigarh. The overall details of 223 cases of Chikungunya detected in Chandigarh is; 45 imported, 53 wrong address and 125 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 6052 2 Total number of coolers 1812 0 3 Total number of containers 8003 9 ...

Chandigarh, 8 th November, 2016 : A two day workshop on Smart City began today at U.T, Guest House, Chandigarh where the team from Nottingham City Council would be giving presentation on three main segments- Waste Management, Incubation and Transport. On the first day of the workshop, presentation was given on Waste Management and Incubation. Sh. Parimal Rai, IAS, the Adviser to the Administrator, U.T, Chandigarh, Sh. Baldeo Purushartha, IAS, Commissioner Municipal Corporation, Sh. Manoj Khatri, HCS, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, representatives from Punjab University, Punjab Engineering College, officers from other related areas were present during the workshop. The Adviser to the Administrator asked the team of Nottingham City Council to share their ideas and proposals citing that Chandigarh is already a beautiful place, but we need to make more efforts to make Chandigarh a better place to live. “We would like to learn from your experiences in all the three a...