New info kiosk at le Corbusier Centre
Chandigarh: Drawing a bead on making the city beautiful and more tourist-citizen friendly, the UT Administration will launch touch screen information kiosk at le Corbusier Centre Sector 19 here on Tuesday. Besides, new additions of Chandigarh souvenirs would be launched at the souvenir shop of le Corbusier Centre.
The 24 hours touch screen information kiosks will provide information about Chandigarh, Hotels, Tourist Attractions, Restaurants among others. The kiosks will display Chandigarh’s map besides giving information about various tourist attractions, shopping streets, hotels, forthcoming cultural events and information about other public amenities. The kiosk will also enable people to check vehicle registration number availability and to get information regarding tourist spots in the city. The touch screen kiosk would help people to learn about the registration numbers available in the ongoing as well as previous series. The kiosk would apparently make it convenient for the general public to choose the vehicle registration number for their vehicles. The touch screen kiosk has been modeled on the mobile application that was launched by the UT Department of Information Technology in September last. The software for this kiosk has been developed by the NIC – UT Chandigarh. Apart from this, the UT Tourism Department would also launch new souvenirs of Chandigarh at souvenir shop in le Corbusier Centre. With French Architect le Corbusier’s souvenirs selling like hotcakes, over 10 new memorabilia are likely to be introduced at the le Corbusier souvenir shops in Chandigarh from Tuesday. The new souvenirs to be introduced include drawings, paintings, glasses, mugs, framed pictures, I-phone covers among others. The new souvenirs are imprinted with the special features signifying the art works of le Corbusier. last year, the UT had introduced new souvenirs like cotton T-shirts, bookmark clips, plastic mugs, lunch box, pencils, trophies to catch the attention of kids in the shop. For youngsters, wrist watches, mobile covers and laptop bags were introduced last year. At present, three souvenir shops depicting French Architect’s le Corbusier’s innovative work in Chandigarh are offering over 60 different varieties of souvenirs. The replicas of extraordinary art creations of Swiss born Frenchman le Corbusier are finding scores of aficionados across the globe now. At the souvenir shops, one can explore mementos, depicting the work of city’s creator le Corbusier. The price range of souvenirs in the shops varies from Rs21 to Rs7000. The reproductions of original paintings are in high demand at the souvenir shop at the le Corbusier Centre in Sector 19. These paintings have a high-class clientele including IAS officers, Ministers living in Chandigarh and nearby areas. The replica cum miniature model of manhole covers depicting the master plan of the City Beautiful has also become preferred choice among visitors at the souvenir shops.
Mahant to pay more for lucky number
Chandigarh: Mahant Chotu Nath, the highest bidder during the auction of “CH01-AR” series would have to shell out more money for his lucky number “001”. Mahant, a priest in Chandigarh had bought “CH01-AR-0001” for Rs10.05 lakh for his car Audi Q7 worth Rs55 lakh during an auction held on February 18. After failing to deposit the amount last month, Mahant finally turned up on the last day of the deadline given to him for depositing the amount of Rs12.25 lakh. An RlA official said, “Since the deadline for depositing the fee is one month with penalty, Mahant would have to pay penalty now. So far, we have taken the amount including the road tax on the vehicle and we would soon calculate the exact amount of penalty to be paid by him. The reserve price for the vanity number was Rs25,000. And, Nath had bought the number after outbidding seven others in the race for “CH01-AR-0001”. Mahant heads the Nath sect 'dera' in Sector 19, has around 10 more 'deras' under him.