hooda in favour of article 370
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda on Monday gave statement in favour of existing Article 370 that guarantees special status for Jammu & Kashmir. While talking to mediapersons, Hooda said that “It is to strengthen the country, hence it should be remained as it is”.
UT Admin relieves Sumit Kaur
Chandigarh: The UT Administration has relieved UT Chief Architect Sumit Kaur from her charges and has repatriated her to parent State —Punjab. Kaur had joined the UT Administration on deputation from Punjab in October 2008 for a period of one year. Since then, she had got several extensions to complete major projects of the UT Administration. During her tenure, Kaur played a key role in preparing UT Master Plan and the report of UT Expert Committee formed for giving suggestions for preserving of the heritage of Chandigarh along with preparing Chandigarh dossier to apply for UNESCO’s world heritage list.
1,150 metre FOB on NH near Dera Bassi
Chandigarh: Punjab chief parliamentary secretary, Industry & Forest, NK Sharma, said that a 1,150 metre long flyover bridge (FOB) will be constructed on National Highway near Dera Bassi. The flyover will facilitate the general public, local residents and will also facilitate ease in traffic. NK Sharma said that the design for the bridge has been prepared by National Highway Authority. This will start from Bhankharpur Railway over bridge and will end up near Sukhmani Engineering College. This bridge will help the authorities to control traffic on the very busy road of Chandigarh Ambala Highway, which remains occupied by heavy traffic and results in to traffic jams.
Four-week summer school by SPSTI
Chandigarh: A four-week summer school camp ‘The Prerana-2014’ for girls students, has started at Seth Banarsi Das College of education. The summer school camp is organised by the Society for Promotion of Science & Technology in India (SPSTI). Dharam Vir, former Chief Secretary, said that we have received overwhelming response this year as sixty two girls are attending the School. The main focus of the School is to improve and build conceptual foundation of the participants in science subjects and mathematics so that they can do well in Board examinations, entrance tests and get admission in good colleges for undergraduate courses.
online electricity connection mode popular
Chandigarh: The newly-started facility of applying for new electricity connection online is getting popular in Haryana. As many as 741 consumers of the Dakshin Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam and the Uttar Haryana Bijli Vitran Nigam have applied for new connection by using the online website, said Devender Singh, Principal Secretary (Power) and Chairman Haryana Power Utilities. He said that Discoms started the facility of online submission of forms for new electricity connections. The consumers can apply for new connections by using the website www.dhbvn.com and www.uhbvn.com.
application for ration card to start from June 4
Chandigarh: The UT Administration on Monday has announced to the general public of that the work of receiving the applications for preparation of ration cards will remain closed from June 4 till further orders. A spokesperson said that the orders have been passed due to the pending Physical Verification of the applications received for preparation of Ration Cards under the NFSA Act, 2013.
Artificial limbs & polio calipers camp soon
Chandigarh: A five-day ‘free Artificial limbs & Polio Calipers Camp’ will be organised by Max India Foundation, for the underprivileged people at Gurudwara Gur Shabd Prakash, Akal Ashram opposite, Sohana from April 7-11. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Mohini Daljeet Singh, Chief Executive, Max India Foundation, said that the camp aims to provide artificial limbs and polio calipers free of cost to over 500 deprived people who may have lost one or both of their limbs to an accident, injury, disease, electric shock or polio. Each limb and caliper will be custom made by skilled technicians from Mahavir Viklang Sahayta Samiti, New Delhi.