102 teachers from HP to visit Singapore on ‘education visit’
Shimla: More than 100 teachers from Himachal Pradesh will leave for a five-day tour of Singapore to become familiar with “new technologies in the education sector” under a state scheme, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu said on Thursday. Launching the ‘International Tour for Teachers’ programme here, Sukhu said that in the first batch, 102 teachers selected from across the state will leave for Singapore on Saturday. The trip will allow teachers the opportunity to be familiar with new technologies in the education sector and get acquainted with new methods of teaching, he said, according to a statement. Sukh also gave the teachers “foreign tour kits.” On March 15, the second batch of 98 teachers would be sent abroad, the CM said. The state slipped to 18th rank in education due to lack of interest of the previous government, he said. Sukhu said that the Rajiv Gandhi Day Boarding Schools being opened in the state were a unique initiative towards giving students qualitative education. In the next 10 years, they would emerge as the best schools, he claimed. He said that English medium would be introduced from class 1 in government schools from the next academic session.
CM Sukhu releases new version of Himachal Pradesh Land Code
Shimla: Himachal Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday released the new version of the Himachal Pradesh Land Code, which compiles 64 acts, 59 rules and about 340 notifications and guidelines related to revenue and other departments. He said the land code was first released in 1922 and had not been amended since then. However, numerous laws and guidelines related to land matters were amended and issued from time to time, he said. The chief minister said the land code book would be made available in the offices of the deputy commissioner, sub-divisional magistrate and in tehsil offices for updated information about all the acts, rules, notifications and guidelines. This will help the officers concerned in resolving revenue related matters efficiently so as to provide relief to the people, Sukhu said. The government has been organising Revenue Lok Adalats during the last two days of every month for speedy disposal of land related cases and since October 2023, a record 89,091 mutation and 6,029 pending cases of partition have been resolved on the spot through them, he added.
Streets for People' initiative of Smart Cities Mission
Chandigarh: To promote the 'Streets for People' initiative of Smart Cities Mission, Government of India, Chandigarh Smart City Limited, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh and Act Chandigarh Society collaborated to organize the 'VIBRANT STREETS & NEIGHBOURHOOD' workshop to demonstrate their shared dedication to community development and urban enhancement. The Streets4People Challenge was launched to inspire Indian cities to work with their citizens and experts to implement permanent walking-friendly infrastructure. Residents and University students participated in the workshop organized at Community Centre, Sector 19, Chandigarh. They were inspired to preserve the culture of walking and received insights on enhancing shared spaces such as parks and walkways to cultivate a more community-friendly environment.
UT Admn conducts mock earthquake exercise
Chandigarh: For disaster preparedness, the Chandigarh Administration, in partnership with the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, conducted a comprehensive Mock Exercise on Earthquake across five key locations in Chandigarh. In a statement, the UT official said that the exercise, aimed at enhancing the city's readiness to handle seismic events, took place at the following sites: UT Secretariat (Old Building), Sector 9; Govt. Multi-Specialty Hospital, Sector 16; Post Graduate Government College, Sector 46; Govt. Model Senior Secondary School, Sector 35; and DLF City Centre Mall, Rajiv Gandhi I.T. Park.
