Kejriwal's roadshow in Haryana's Adampur cancelled
Chandigarh: Aam Aadmi Party leader and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's roadshow in Haryana's Adampur on Monday for the upcoming bypolls has been cancelled in view of the Morbi bridge collapse in Gujarat. Kejriwal was to take out a roadshow in Adampur, a day before the campaigning ends for the November 3 bypolls there. The bypolls were necessitated after Kuldeep Bishnoi, the younger son of former chief minister Bhajan Lal, resigned as MLA from the seat and switched sides from the Congress to the BJP in August. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann had earlier campaigned in Adampur for AAP on Wednesday.
35 new appointees given appointment letter during Rozgar Mela 2022 in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Rozgar Mela 2022, Chandigarh was organised on Monday at UT Secretariat where appointment letters were distributed to 35 new appointees by Administrator Banwarilal Purohit. Amongst those were 32 candidates recruited as Constables in Chandigarh Police Band.
Mobile water testing lab flagged off in Chandigarh
Chandigarh: To ensure safe and potable water supply in the city, Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor, Chandigarh on Monday flagged off mobile water testing laboratory from MCC office premises in the presence of Anindita Mitra, Commissioner and other officers of MCC. The lab, funded under the AMRUT scheme will help onsite testing of different water quality parameters. Mitra said that to provide best quality potable water to the residents of Chandigarh by upgrading the water testing lab under AMRUT scheme located at water works sector 39 Chandigarh to ensure the quality of water as per BIS10500. She said that the mobile water testing lab van has been introduced to check and ensure the water quality being supplied to residents in Chandigarh. The mobile water testing van will be able to get the physical test of water done on site to identify any initial indication of poor water quality, so that immediate appropriate action can be taken for rectification of water quality.
MC Chandigarh employees take pledge during vigilance awareness week
Chandigarh: The employees of Municipal Corporation Chandigarh on Monday took pledge during the Vigilance Awareness week which started from October 31 to November 6 in MCC office premises. Gurinder Sodhi, Joint Commissioner, MCC administered oath to all the MCC employees. The Corporation will observe vigilance awareness week from 31st October to 6th November, 2022 with the theme “Corruption Free India for a Developed Nation” as per the instructions of Vigilance Commission, Government.
Haryana CM expresses grief over bridge collapse incident in Gujarat
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday expressed deep condolences on the unfortunate cable bridge collapse incident at Morbi in Gujarat. He has expressed condolences to the families of all the deceased who lost their lives in this accident on his and behalf of all the people of the State. The Chief Minister has prayed to the Almighty to give peace to the departed souls. He said that in this hour of grief, the entire State stands with the bereaved families. Notably, on Sunday evening, the cable bridge built over the Machhu river in Morbi, Gujarat suddenly collapsed.
Haryana Police arrest kingpin of cattle thieves’ gang from Hisar
Chandigarh: Haryana Police on Monday arrested the kingpin of cattle thieves' gang of Uttar Pradesh region, who stole cattle from Haryana and Punjab areas, from Hisar district. A reward of Rs 25,000 was declared on his arrest. Haryana Police spokesperson informed that the accused had been identified as Arshad aka Data, a resident of Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh. The arrest of the accused has helped the police to solve many cases of buffalo theft registered in Hisar, Bhiwani, Jind, Hansi, Ambala, Panipat and Sonipat districts, he added. He further said that the investigation revealed that he along with his associates had stolen cattle from Bathinda, Rampura and Barnala areas in Punjab.
4 brave heart families donate organs at PGIMER in October
Chandigarh: In the month of October, the magnanimous gesture of organ donation by four brave heart families amid their own grim tragedy, kindled new hope in 15 patients including 9 end-stage organ failure patients and 6 corneal blind patients here in PGIMER. Paying a rich tribute to the departed souls, Prof Vivek Lal, Director PGIMER said, “This noble act of all the four donor families is beyond any words of appreciation. It is really crucial for everyone to understand that even in times of grief, one positive response too can change the lives of multiple strangers and bring a smile to many faces. It was a very courageous decision taken by the donor families, even as they were grieving the sudden demise of their dear ones.”
Khattar launches CM dashboard, showcasing live monitoring of departments
Chandigarh: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Monday launched the CM dashboard, a IT platform having real-time data of all the departments. "Live monitoring of every department at the block, district and Panchayat levels would be done. Along with this, minute-to-minute details of the working of the government functionary would be done," said Khattar. The portal will also have information about the high-level decisions taken by the administrative wing on all the major schemes. This will enable tracking of the methodology and analysis of the reports and further will help in valuable comparison between the old and new data, he added. This dashboard has been developed in-house with state-of-the-art Business Intelligence software. This portal would be greatly beneficial in taking the state government's ambition of good governance. He also launched a dedicated e-Upphar portal to auction the gifts received by him. Various gifts received by the Chief Minister would be put up for auction on the CM-Upphar portal. The base bid amount would be fixed and the payment would be directly transferred to Chief Minister Relief Fund and the same would be used for the welfare of the people of the State.