IEP Chandigarh, November 11As part of the ongoing efforts to take education at par of the International level under the able guidance of Chief Minister (CM) Bhagwant Mann, Punjab School Education Department has constituted an International Education Affairs Cell (IEAC), said Punjab School Education Minister Harjot Singh Bains here on Friday.The eight-member Cell constituted under the chairmanship of Director SCERT, Punjab comprises Assistant Director (Survey Data Processing) as Member Secretary and State Coordinator (SDP & NAS), SCERT Punjab as Member Coordinator, while, Assistant Director (Academic, Quality and Training), SCERT Punjab, Officer or Finance Branch Incharge, SCERT Punjab, one DIET Principal and two DEO SE are members. The reporting officer of the IEAC will be the Principal Secretary/Secretary, School Education Punjab through Director General of School Education Punjab. Education Minister S. Harjot Bains said that the main objective of formation of IEAC was to prepare/examine proposal for Professional Development of teachers, school heads and educational administrators working at different levels in the Department of School Education through Indian and Foreign Organizations Institutions and to identify candidates for that purpose in an objective and transparent manner. S. Bains said that this cell would also help in building the capacity of teachers and send them on special visits to foreign countries to implement their improved policies in the Government Schools of Punjab. The International Education Affairs Cell will create a transparent system for the selection of officers and teachers, who can go on foreign tours for education purposes. The cell will prepare programs for capacity building of educational administrators, school heads and teachers of government schools working in various cadres and will also evaluate their capacity building through national-international visits.The Education Minister said that the selection of various national and international orientation programs by the department is to be done after applying on the portal being prepared, and after passing through the process of special written test and interview. In this process, if any teacher or official uses any kind of external or political influence, then departmental action will be taken against him/her and blacklist will also be made to deprive him/her of the selection of this process in the future.
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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT IS THE ESSENCE OF AAP GOVERNMENT, WE ARE COMMITTED TO ENSURE ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN UNDER THE ABLE GUIDANCE OF CM BHAGWANT MANN: BALJIT KAUR
IEP Chandigarh, November 11
In line with the commitment of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann led Punjab Government, effective implementation of various schemes related to economic empowerment of women is being ensured. The Social Security, Women and Child Development Minister Dr. Baljit Kaur while sharing this information, said that the Punjab Government is working sincerely to economically strengthen the women of the state and would take all possible steps for the economic empowerment of women. The Cabinet Minister also said that under the same objective, a workshop on ‘Economic Empowerment of Women’ was organized today at Mahatma Gandhi State Institute of Public Administration (Magsipa). The Cabinet Minister said that in this workshop, the processes and systems related to the smooth implementation of the ongoing schemes for the empowerment of women were discussed in detail. About 35 representatives from diverse fields participated in this workshop, including the officers of Social Security Department, Health Department, Rural Development Department, Education Department, Labor Department, Social Justice Department, Agriculture Department, Universities apart from the Research Scholars, legal experts, members of self help groups, district and block level officers. The Additional Secretary of Social Security Women and Child Development Department Vimmi Bhullar, Additional Director Lilly Chaudhary and senior officials of various departments were also present during this workshop.
MANN GOVERNMENT PREPARES ACTION PLAN TO CURB LUMPY SKIN DISEASE, MEGA VACCINATION CAMPAIGN FROM FEB’15
IEP Chandigarh, November 11
The Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann has chalked out action plan for early prevention of Lumpy Skin Disease in cattle to counter any other possible wave. The Group of Ministers (GoM) closely gauging the current situation and planning future strategies to prevent revival of LSD in the state, on Friday decided to start vaccination campaign from February 15, 2023. During the meeting of the GoM here at Punjab Bhawan, Finance Minister Advocate Harpal Singh Cheema and Animal Husbandry Minister Laljit Singh Bhullar directed the officials of Animal Husbandry department to start the vaccination drive from February 15 and vaccinate the entire 25 lakh cattle population in the state by April 30, 2023. The Ministers asked the officials concerned to make a foolproof strategy to complete this vaccination target in the given time frame. They also directed officials to immediately initiate the process for procuring about 25 lakh doses at cost effective prices from the Veterinary Biological and Research Institute, Hyderabad (Telangana). In the meeting, experts from the Guru Angad Dev Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (GADVASU) apprised the group of ministers that the national rate of buffaloes being affected by lumpy skin disease was around 1 to 1.5 percent. On this, the Cabinet Ministers directed to form a 7-member committee to decide on need of vaccinating buffaloes with goat pox vaccine. The committee would comprise 3 experts from GADVASU, 2 from Animal Husbandry Department, Punjab 1 each from Animal Husbandry Department, Government of India and Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Bareilly. This committee would submit its report and recommendations within 10 days. Meanwhile, during the review of the vaccination campaign for Hemorrhagic Septicemia (HS) disease and foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), the cabinet ministers were apprised that Animal Husbandry department has completed the HS vaccination drive, while the FMD vaccination campaign would be completed by November 30. Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema directed the officials to launch an awareness campaign to sensitise the farmers especially dairy farmers of the state regarding the prevention of deadly diseases in the livestock so that they can opt precautionary measures at an early stage. Mr. Vikas Pratap, Principal Secretary, Animal Husbandry Department said that no new case of Lumpy Skin Disease has been reported in the state. He said that so far about 9.21 lakh cattle have been vaccinated with goat pox while 94 thousand doses were available with department.
WAR AGAINST DENGUE TO BE INTENSIFIED, INCREASE FOGGING AND MONITORING IN AFFECTED AREAS: HEALTH MINISTER
IEP Chandigarh, November 11
Punjab Health Minister Chetan Singh Jauramajra on Friday called upon people to initiate joint efforts to contain breeding of dengue larvae with ensuring complete caution, awareness besides there should no stagnated water in the house premises, offices, open places and streets. Punjab government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann is already taking concrete steps against the increasing cases of dengue and health authorities have already been directed to ensure prompt treatment with requisite tests for effective prevention of the dengue, said the Minister seeking fulsome support and cooperation from general public in implementing all the precautions in larger public interest. Mr. Jauramajra said that directions had already been issued to all civil surgeons to setup dengue wards, intensify fogging activities in rural and urban areas. The Cabinet Minister said that the Health Department, with the support of the Panchayat Department and the Local Government Department, is taking immediate steps to prevent dengue by identifying dengue-prone sensitive areas in villages and cities. Work is being done to stop the breeding of dengue mosquito aedes agypti and to identify hotspot areas and conduct continuous monitoring of such areas. Mr. Jauramajra said that prevention of dengue is possible only by eliminating the source of dengue mosquito production. He said that instructions have already been issued to the officials of the concerned departments regarding the prevention of dengue and to prevent the increase of dengue cases in villages/cities. Officials have also been asked to sensitize the people to seek medical advice immediately if any symptoms appear. He said that people are being made aware of the precautions to be taken to protect against dengue and it is being ensured that public announcements are conducted in rural as well as urban areas. The Health Minister further said that the health department is continuously conducting activities regarding the precautions to be taken to protect against dengue and people are also being made aware regarding the symptoms of dengue. He said that more attention is being paid to the areas where cases are coming in large numbers. He said that in case of high fever accompanied by headache, pain in the back of the eyes and stiffness in the back, red patches on the body, one should get himself or herself tested for dengue and the number of platelet cells should be tested.
Chandigarh Admn starts work of recarpeting of cycle tracks
IEP Chandigarh
The Engineering Department of the Chandigarh Administration has started the work of recarpeting of cycle tracks on Mission Mode basis to provide comfort ride to the cyclists of the tri-city. The cycle tracks/stretches which were damaged due to the recent rain/leakage points due to passing of underground services has been given top priority for recarpeting. Out of total 52 Kms., of damaged cycle tracks found during the detailed survey, the recarpeting work of 17 Kms. cycle tracks have been completed and remaining work of recarpeting of 35 Kms. cycle tracks shall likely to be completed within 1 month’s time with a cost of Rs. 3.80 Crore.
The Engineering Department has recently finished the detailed survey of the cycle tracks/stretches of the whole city to judge the existing condition of the cycle tracks and accordingly the recarpeting work was undertaken on the damaged cycle tracks found during the survey. The random inspection was carried out by the Chief Engineer, U.T. along with concerned Superintending Engineer & Executive Engineer and it has been noticed that the area falling under the jurisdiction of Sh. Trilochan Singh, J.E. is not up to the mark and he has failed to maintain the cycle tracks in good condition. Accordingly he was suspended for dereliction of the duty. Further show cause notice has also been issued to the concerned area Sub-divisional Engineer.
Further, the instructions have also been given to the Executive Engineer, Sub-divisional Engineer & Junior Engineer of the Department to periodically check and monitor the cycle tracks of the city, so that these cycle tracks can be kept in good condition to offer best riding quality to the cyclists in the city.
Illegal structures under Periphery Control Act demolished by DC Office
IEP Chandigarh
Today the Enforcement Team led by Tehsildar Periphery carried out demolition drive in the periphery area of Chandigarh. Two godowns and one dhaba constructed unauthorisedly in village Daria and Mauli Jagran have been demolished today. These structures were demolished under the supervision of SDM (East) Nitish Singla. Building material being used for carrying out the illegal construction at these three sites has also been confiscated. This exercise was initiated on the directions of UT Deputy Commissioner Vinay Pratap Singh, who had asked all Sub-divisional magistrates (SDMs) to keep a check on unauthorised constructions in their areas and also in the periphery in their respective areas through enforcement teams.
Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra meets Haryana Chief Minister
IEP Chandigarh, November 11
Olympic gold medalist and Subedar Neeraj Chopra of 4 Rajputana Rifles, who brought laurels for Haryana by creating history for India in the sports world, today paid a courtesy call to Haryana Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal at his Sant Kabir Kutir Niwas in Chandigarh ahead of future competitions.
Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal presented Shrimad Bhagavad Gita to Neeraj Chopra and also invited him for the International Gita Mahotsav; commencing from November 19. Congratulating the Chief Minister for the successful organisation of ‘Khelo India Youth Games’, Neeraj Chopra described the sports policy of Haryana as the best sports policy.
It is noteworthy that on October 2, the ‘Champion of Change’ committee presented ‘Champion of Change Haryana 2021 Award’ to Chief Minister Sh. Manohar Lal along with 25 other personalities for excellent work in diverse fields including sports, education, agriculture, health, social welfare, music and cultural media. At that time, Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra could not attend the event due to his practice abroad and joined it virtually.
During the meeting, Neeraj Chopra expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, especially for the sports policies of the state.
Health Minister hands over appointment letters to 12 ward attendants
IEP Chandigarh, November 10
As per the commitment of chief minister Bhagwant Mann to provide employment to maximum youth of the state, today the Minister of Health and Family Welfare Punjab Mr. Chetan Singh Jaudamajra gave appointment letters to 12 youths for the job of ward attendants .
Congratulating the newly appointed employees at the Punjab Civil Secretariat here today after giving the appointment letters to them, Mr. Jaudamajra said that they should honestly render their services in public interest and make sure to adopt polite behavior with patients during duty.
Mr. Jodamajra further said that the state government is committed to provide quality health services to the people of Punjab. He said that the health department is soon going to recruit 634 specialist doctors so that best health services can be provided to the common people in the nearby government hospitals.
On this occasion Director Health and Family Welfare Punjab Dr. Ranjit Singh Ghotra and other senior officers of the department were also present.
CHIEF SECRETARY PUNJAB URGES FARMERS TO NOT BURN STUBBLE TO SAFEGUARD FUTURE OF THE COMING GENERATIONS
IEP Chandigarh, November 10
A high-level review meeting was held by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) through video conferencing with Punjab Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar Janjua and state government officials on Thursday. Adopting a strict attitude regarding increasing pollution, the NHRC took a detailed report on the stubble burning cases in Punjab. The NHRC expressed strong concern over stubble burning cases in North India, especially in Punjab as the air quality has turned ‘severe’ in many cities and has been affecting healthy of the people as well as putting seriously impact on those with existing illnesses.The commission said that incidents of stubble burning should be strictly curtailed. He said that if the situation was not improved, a heavy penalty would be imposed on the Punjab. On this occasion, the Commission meticulously reviewed the cases related to stubble management in Punjab from the Chief Secretary and also sought some data in this regard. The Chief Secretary said that under the leadership of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, the entire machinery of the state is sincerely putting efforts to reduce the incidence of stubble burning this year and farmers are being encouraged and made aware not to burn stubble. The stubble management machines were provided to the farmers on time and all the Deputy Commissioners have also reduced the incidence of stubble burning by adopting effective methods. The Chief Secretary said that every week a meeting is being held with all Deputy Commissioners and higher officials of Punjab for stubble management so that effective measures can be taken to prevent stubble burning.The Chief Secretary said that more focus has been given by the authorities on those hot-spots in the villages where the cases of farm fires were detected in the previous years. Apart from this, a senior IAS officer has been placed in-charge of each 23 districts of the state and they have been directed to work at grass root level to closely review the stubble management and prevent stubble burning cases, the Chief Secretary said. The Chief Secretary said that to encourage farmers, Punjab government is honouring farmers those are not burning the stubble burning. He said that the farmers were also sensitized through various awarneness campaigns including enrolling children studying in schools about burning menace.Apart from this, awareness appears are being made through religious places. The Chief Secretary appealed to the farmers not to burn stubble under any circumstances for the healthy future of children and youth and to cooperate with the government for its management.
PUNJAB GOVERNMENT TO ORGANISE “UDARIYAN-BAL VIKAS MELA” FROM NOVEMBER 14, DR. BALJIT KAUR
IEP Chandigarh, November 10
Minister of Social Security, Women and Child Development of Punjab, Dr. Baljit Kaur today said that “Udariyan-Bal Vikas Mela Week” will be celebrated in Anganwari Centers of villages across the state from 14 to 20 November 2022.
Different programs will organised in Anganwadi centers for overall development of children with special focus on kids living in remote and rural areas.
Divulging more details the minister said that this program will be held on all days during this period of celebration. On November 14th and 15th local NGOs will make the public aware about child nutrition and on November 16th a special message from the government will be shared after which Vikas Mela activities will begin in all Anganwaris. Poshan Day will also be celebrated on November 17 and Dada-Dadi, Nana-Nani Day on November 18. She further informed that Child Sarpanch Day will be celebrated on November 19 and Positive Parenting Day on November 20.
The Child Development Week will be celebrated with great enthusiasm by the Social Security Department with the help of the child’s parents, grandparents and general public. She said that activities related to child nutrition, play and story based development, safety and tools and positive parenting will be conducted in this program. Every child’s development will be encouraged by improving the child’s environment by meeting the basic needs of the children throughout the week.