Department of Public Relations, Chandigarh Administration

Chandigarh, 4th December 2019: The sculptural Pump House of the Sukhna Lake was recently repaired and restored and an interpretation Centre dedicated to the Sukhna Lake has been established in this landmark structure of the Lake. Sh. Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh inaugurated the centre in the presence of senior officers and eminent architects of the city to commemorate the 52nd Death Anniversary of Pierre Jeanneret. The proposal for setting up this centre was mooted by Deepika Gandhi, Director Le Corbusier Centre in May this year during a presentation to the Mr Manoj Parida, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh on the various issues that need to be addressed at the Sukhna Lake and its precincts. The Adviser fully endorsed the idea and on his directions The Engineering Department took up the restoration and repair of the brick structure. The structure is another example of the innovation and creativity of Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret which trans...

Chandigarh, 4th December 2019: A meeting was held in UT Secretariat today under the Chairmanship of Hon’ble Governor of Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh in the presence of Sh. Arun Goel, IAS, Secretary Culture, Government of India, Sh. Vikas Partap, IAS, Secretary Culture, Government of Punjab and other UT officers were present. The details regarding future utilisation of Press Building and Kalagram lawns were discussed.  A presentation was made on the concept of Vintage Car Museum and Corbusier designed Furniture Museum. The Administrator also reviewed the law and order issues and stressed on disposal of cases pending for the last several years in various police stations.  The DGP Chandigarh also mentioned about decreasing crime rate.  He also mentioned that the newly launched toll free No.112 was running successfully.  Recently, a trial was done by media persons and it was found working satisfactorily.  A notification regarding traffic violati...

Chandigarh, 29th November 2019: The Sports Department, Chandigarh Administration held the first meeting of Standing Committee of Administrator Advisory Council under the chairmanship of Sh. Sanjay Tandon, Chairman of the committee and President of Bhartiya Janta Party at UT Guest House today. During the meeting the committee members highlighted on key aspects like the infrastructure of Sports Department, human resource, policies on scholarships, cash awards, gradation, annual sports calendar. The Director Sports apprised the committee about the achievements of the academies. He also informed about the working of Sports Hostel in Sector 18 and 42. The committee also deliberated on the suggestions and feedback of the members.

Chandigarh, 30th November2019:The Chandigarh Administration organized a function in connection with the launch of Pension Week today at Government Museum and Art Gallery, Sector 10, Chandigarh. The Pension Week is being celebrated across India by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India from 30th Nov to 6th Dec 2019 for generating awareness and maximizing registrations under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maan-dhan(PM-SYM) and National Pension Scheme for Traders and Self Employed Persons(NPS) on Saturday, 30.11.2019. Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, IAS, Finance Secretary-cum-Labour Secretary, Chandigarh Administration was the Chief Guest and Sh. Mandip Singh Brar, IAS, Deputy Commissioner-cum-Labour Commissioner, UT, Chandigarh was the Guest of Honour on the occasion. The event was also attended by Sh. Manish Lohan, HCS, Joint Labour Commissioner, Chandigarh Administration. The function was attended in large numbers by the representatives of Chandigarh Beopar Mandal, Tr...

Chandigarh.29 November, 2019.There have been Reports in the press clippings of few newspapers on dated 26.11.2019 regarding declaring of Sukhna as Wetland in the year 1988 wherein it was stated that Sukhna is declared as ‘Wetland’ by the Chandigarh Administration in the year 1988 itself and the Chandigarh Administration was not aware of it and is planning to notify it again. It is hereby clarified that Sukhna Lake is in the process of being notified as ‘Wetland’ under the Wetlands (Conservation & Management) Rules, 2017 notified by the Government of India under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The draft notification declaring Sukhna as Wetland along with all Prohibited/Regulated/Promoted activities is  now under public domain for inviting feedback from various stakeholders. The Department of Forest & Wildlife, UT Chandigarh have earlier prepared a Brief Document on Sukhna Wetland and was submitted to the Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Go...

Chandigarh, 29th November 2019: The Chandigarh Housing Board has recently provided facility of online payment of all kind of dues by visiting its website www.chbonline.in . A good number of allottees/applicants have started making online payments through their Debit Card, Credit Card and online baking. There are no additional charges for making online payment. Still a considerable number of allottees are making offline payments by filing physical challans in different branches of HDFC in Chandigarh territory. However it has been observed while filling the challans, some of the allottees are making following common mistakes: • Using different challan then the prescribed one for the particular payment • Not mentioning some of the vital information • Mentioning wrong information about the dwelling unit number, name of the scheme and allottee name etc Above mistakes are resulting in delay in settlement of account and in some cases the difficulties are being faced to credi...

Chandigarh. 28th November, 2019:The Department of Social Welfare with the auspicious hands of Sh. V.P Badnore, Punjab and Administrator UT Chandigarh launched 02 Mobile Anganwadi Van for serving “POSHAN ON WHEELS” to the children of construction workers as they tend to get consistently left out of developmental initiatives and to provide the benefits of ICDS schemes to the uncovered population.  The main aim of these vans is to cover the uncovered marginalized population on the construction sites as, because of their unique migrant nature. The Department of Social Welfare Women and Child Development has always shown a great zeal when it comes about serving the society. The POSHAN Abhiyaan envisages earmarking funds for the development and implementation of innovations and pilots particularly showing the convergent nutrition action to achieve one or more desirable nutritional result. The Administrator of Chandigarh flagged off the Mobile Vans, embarking from Raj Bhawan, S...