Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 30 h December, 2016: Consequent upon proceeding on training programme from 09.01.2017  to 13.01.2017 by Smt. Kavita Singh, IAS, Managing Director, Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development Corporation Ltd., Chandigarh, the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh is pleased to order that the charges being held by her will be looked after by the following officers, in addition to their own duties, till the officer joins back:- Sr. No. Name and Designation of the Officer Department assigned 1.        Dr. S.B. Deepak Kumar, IAS, Secretary Technical Education i)                    Managing Director, Chandigarh Industrial & Tourism Development Corporation Ltd. ii)                 Secretary-cum-Director In...

Chandigarh, 29 th December, 2016: It has been made to appear to Sh. Ajit Balaji Joshi, I.A.S., District Magistrate, Chandigarh that there is mushrooming of BPOs, prominently known as Call Centres, Corporate Houses, Media Houses, Companies, Organizations and firms in Chandigarh and near-by areas, offering employment opportunity to youth. The employees including women from various parts of the neighboring states are staying in different parts of city and other adjoining cities/villages. Their employers are providing cab services for the purpose of picking and dropping them from their places of stay to office and back. As these organizations are functioning round the clock, the cabs are ferrying employees even at late night hours. These cabs are hired on contract and their operators and drivers are not properly monitored to ensure safe & secure transportation of employees, resulting in grave danger to human life, safety & security of employees, especially women employees. It ha...

Chandigarh, 29 th December, 2016 : In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of Sub-Section 3 of Section 4 of the Punjab Municipal Corporation Act, 1976 as extended to the Union Territory of Chandigarh by the Punjab Municipal Corporation Law (Extension to Chandigarh) Act, 1994 (Act No.45 of 1994), the Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, is pleased to nominate the following persons as Members (Councillors) of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh namely:- 1.        Sh. Charanjiv Singh, H.No.14, Sector 21 A, Chandigarh 2.        Sh. Ajay Dutta, H.No. 726, Sector 40, Chandigarh 3.        Sh. Sachin Kumar Lohtiya, H.No.273, Sector 46 A, Chandigarh 4.        Sh. Haji Mohd. Khurshid Ali, 1229, Phase-II, Ram Darbar Chandigarh 5.        Dr...

Chandigarh, 27 th December, 2016:   The 402 nd meeting of the Chandigarh Housing Board was held on 26.12.2016. The following is a gist of the major decisions that were taken by the Board:-                               1. Citizens’ Charter of Chandigarh Housing Board The Board has approved the New Citizens’ Charter. The New Citizens’ Charter is a statement of objectives and guiding principles for a transparent, responsive and public friendly Board. The Chandigarh Housing Board’s vision is to provide affordable, good quality housing for the residents of the Union Territory of Chandigarh and to improve the quality of life by establishing self contained urban communities with state-of-the art amenities, in harmony with the environment. Mission :- 1.     To provide good quality and eco-fr...

Chandigarh, 22 nd  December, 2016.   A function was held today in PEC University of Engineering Auditorium to mark the celebrations of Chandigarh attaining universal Aadhaar saturation as per the estimated population figure of 2015. Chandigarh is fifth in the country to achieve this feat after Delhi, Telangana, Haryana &Punjab. As against the estimated population (year 2015) of 11,15,584 as of now 11,21,085 residents of Chandigarh have acquired Aadhaar . The population of Chandigarh as per census 2011 is 10,54,686 . Chandigarh is the first UT to launch Aadhaar Linked Birth Registration (ALBR) Programme. Under this programme Aadhaar is being linked with birth certificate of new born babies. For its successful implementation in UT Chandigarh,  Health Department has procured tablets in Chandigarh. The tablets have been deployed in all the Government hospitals. Private hospitalshave also been linked .    The Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT...

Chandigarh, 17 th  December, 2016:  The State Election Commissioner Sh. S.K Srivastava, IAS along with Secretary State Election Commission Sh. S.S Gill today visited the counting centre at CCET Sector 26, Polling Booth No.135, 136 &139 At GMSS sector 19 and counting centre at Govt. College Of Education, sector 20. During the visit Sh. S.K Srivastava, IAS met the Returning Officers of the wards. He further inspected the arrangements for the elections and interacted with the polling parties and enquired about set up and if any difficulties are faced in polling arrangements. The Commissioner encouraged all the staff deputed to help the voters to cast their vote.

Chandigarh, 15 th December, 2016: Chandigarh State AIDS Control Society had organized two days Induction cum Refresher Training for peripheral staff working under AIDS Control program. All staff working in the service centres in the entire city were trained on the ways to identify Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) and give proper and timely treatment. Private practitioners regularly in contact with High Risk Groups also attended the training. It is important to detect all Sexually Transmitted Infections as they are completely curable and anyone with this condition has ten times more chance of getting HIV.             The Induction cum Refresher training was inaugurated by Dr. Rakesh Kashyap, Director Health Services, U.T., Chandigarh along with Dr. Aman Kumar Singh, National Program Officer, STI, NACO and Dr. Vanita Gupta, Project Director, CSACS. Dr. Aman Kumar Singh, National Program Officer, STI, NACO discussed the Na...