Punjab for biometric updation in students’ Aadhaar
Chandigarh: Punjab School Education Department on Tuesday issued orders for making biometric updation in Aadhaar cards of the school students to ensure timely scholarship under various schemes. Spokesperson said that the Director General, School Education, (DGSE) has issued a letter to the District Education Officers (DEOs). Students must have Aadhaar card for various scholarship schemes, thus, instructions have been issued for students between five to 15 years. The process will begin from the new academic session (April 1, 2021).
World Consumer Rights Day celebrated
Chandigarh: World Consumer Rights Day was celebrated virtually on Tuesday at Chandigarh on the topic of ‘Sustained Consumer: Tackling Plastic Pollution’ by the Consumers Association Chandigarh and Department of Food and Supplies, Consumer Affairs, and Legal Metrology UT Chandigarh. Program began with an introduction by The Environment Society of India secretary and Consumers Association Chandigarh’s secretary finance NK Jhingan who conveyed the theme — tackling plastic pollution. Association chairman RK Kaplash demanded that the Government should provide alternatives of plastic to the people.
Mahatma Gandhi Fellowship: invited applications
Chandigarh: Skill Development and Entrepreneurship Ministry, in an initiative to upgrade the Skill of the Youth, has invited applications for the Mahatma Gandhi National Fellowship from across the country. In the course of their training, the fellows would be an asset and resource person for the District Skill Committee (DSC) to develop, manage, and coordinate the skill programmes at district level. The selection will be done by IIM Bangalore through a common ongoing admission process, and the last date for receipt of applications online is March 27.
Eco-Development programme at Kansal Gate
Chandigarh: To involve the local community in protection and management of forests in general and Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Chandigarh, in particular, an Eco-Development Programme was organized on Tuesday at Kansal Gate of Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. The villagers were informed about the role and responsibility towards conservation of forests. During the event, the
Department distributed pressure cookers to 70 families of Khuda-Ali-Sher and Kaimbwala villages to encourage them towards energy efficient cooking and reduce their direct dependency of fuel wood.
HP CS directs to remove black spots from roads
Shimla: Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Anil Khachi, presiding over a meeting regarding removal of black spots from roads in the State on Tuesday, directed all the agencies related to road construction to remove black spots on the roads in the State on priority so as to avoid any possibility of accidents. He said that engineering techniques should also be improved to eliminate any possibility of black spots during road construction.
“Efforts should also be made to sensitize all field agencies regarding black spots. The executing agencies should ensure proper inspection of the works during the construction of the roads,” he said.
DPS directs for arrangements for paddy season
Jalandhar: Distribution officers should put in their level best efforts and focus on result oriented arrangements for reliable and uninterrupted power supply to the consumers in the coming paddy season, DPS Grewal, director distribution PSPCL, said. Addressing a meeting of officers of Jalandhar and Kapurthala circles of north zone here, Grewal said that for the coming paddy preparations PSPCL has made elaborate arrangements for paddy preparation & to ensure uninterrupted power supply to consumers, regular maintenance of the distribution transformers and feeders are being carried out by the distribution officials for reducing outages time.
Punjab VB nabs Mining Inspector for taking bribe
Chandigarh: Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Tuesday nabbed a Junior Engineer-cum-Mining Inspector red handed while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000. Spokesperson said JE-cum-Mining Inspector Jaspal Singh, posted in Water Resources Department at Patiala, was arrested by vigilance team for accepting Rs 30,000 as bribe from the complainant Deep Kumar of Mansa city who had alleged him of demanding the amount for filling the soil in under construction new grain market, Shutrana, wherein the complainant contractor got the work on contract for earth filling.