IEP Chandigarh, September 28

The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has distributed Paper Bags made from discarded paper and newspapers, patsan and flour based glue under “Raddi Se Pragati” initiative with support from a local NGO Prasanchetas Foundation.

The initiative under ‘Swachh Amrit Mahotsav’ was flagged off by Sh. Dalip Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor and Ms. Isha Kamboj, Joint Commissioner, MCC. The launch was made in Sabzi Mandi Sector 26 with field support of  NSS volunteers for creating awareness sensitization among local buyers and sellers.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

Banwarilal Purohit, Governor, Punjab and Administrator, UT, Chandigarh today inaugurated the project of legacy waste bio-mining and land recovery at Dadumajra dumpsite, here today in the presence of Smt. Kirron Kher, Member Parliament, UT, Chandigarh, Smt. Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor, Sh. Dharm Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, UT, Chandigarh and other dignitaries and prominent persons of city beautiful.

                The work of bio-mining measuring 8 acres of land fill site having 7.67 lacs metric tons of legacy waste dumped therein will be completed within 43 months from the date of start by M/s Akanksha Enterprises, a Karnal-based firm at project cost of Rs. 68 crores.

          Addressing the gathering, the Governor said that the project will giva a big relief to the residents from the foul smell and leachate oozing out of the garbage dump, which is been a major cause of the spread of various diseases, flies and dust nuisance. He said that it is a happy moment to not only the local area residents but also the councilors of Chandigarh who are working together towards Swachhta above party lines.

He said that Solid waste management is one of the biggest challenges in the country and the idea of Swachh Bharat Mission could not be achieved until the Municipal Corporations go for the scientific way of disposal for Municipal Solid Waste.

Smt. Kirron Kher, Member Parliament said that the Dadumajra dumping ground spread over an area of 45 acres used for dumping of garbage since 40-50 years and under Solid Management Rule 2016, it is necessary to bio remediate the legacy waste and to recover the valuables out of it. Accordingly the one land fill site of 20 Acres, wherein 5 lakh metric tons of legacy waste was lying since long, 4.21 lakh metric tons has been processed so and in the coming months 15 Acres of land will be re-claimed and the entire work will be completed by 31.03.2023.

She said that another, land fill site measuring 8 Acres has 7.67 Lakh metric tons of legacy waste dumped therein and the project for bio-remediation of the same has been allotted which will be completed in stipulated time frame. She appreciated the team of MCC for treatment and processing of waste in a segregated manner and lots of efforts have been made into this.

She said that people’s participation is a must for the city to regain its place as the cleanest city in the country. She added that the legacy mining would not only help residents in Dadumajra but also people residing in nearby sectors.

 Smt. Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor Chandigarh said that the existing MC Solid Waste Plant is being upgraded to process 200 metric tons of dry and wet waste which will start functioning by next month. The capacity of treatment of wet waste will also increase from 120 tons per day to 200 tons per day. Whatever remains which cannot be processed further, will be collected into a sanitary land filled site being constructed over an area of 8 acres, along with construction of a Leachate Treatment Plant which will start functioning by shortly.

She further said that in order to treat horticulture waste, MCC is constructing a Horticulture Waste Processing Plant of 20 Tons per day capacity in Sector 47, Chandigarh wooden briquettes produced after process used as fuel for the cremation purpose and extra briquettes will be sold to furnaces as fuel. Similarly 10 metric tons coconut shells which used to be part of wet waste are being shredded to produce coconut husk which is being sold as RDF.

While addressing the gathering Sh. Dharm Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator said that for a long term solution of Solid Waste disposal, the process has been initiated for setting up of the State of the Art dry and wet waste treatment and waste processing plant in a period of next 2 years.

He said that the Administration is fully dedicated to give much sought after respite to the residents of Dadumajra from the fuel smell, flies, legacy waste problem and to prevent diseases by bringing clean technology for treatment of solid waste and by getting rid of huge quantity of legacy waste from the dump site.

Earlier, Sh. Kuldeep Kumar, area councilor welcomed the Chief Guest and all the guests among dignitaries of the city. Sh. Nitin Kumar Yadav, IAS, Home Secretary, Sh. Debendra Dalai, IFS, Chief Conservator of Forest, Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, Sh. Vinay Partap Singh, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, Sh. Dalip Sharma, Senior Deputy Mayor, Sh. Anup Gupta, Deputy Mayor, other councilors and prominent persons were present during the occasion.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

The Foreign Cooperation Department (FCD), Haryana and Saskatchewan India Office, High Commission of Canada jointly organized Haryana-Saskatchewan Round Table Conference at Chandigarh to identify, facilitate, support, strengthen and enhance opportunities and strategic partnerships in the areas of mutual interest and benefit between Haryana and Saskatchewan province of Canada.

Notably, under the leadership of the Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal, the State Government is making constant efforts to increase foreign investment in Haryana, for this, the State Government has constituted a separate Foreign Cooperation Department.

The department is continuously in touch with foreign countries and various programmes, and meetings are held with investors to promote investment in the state. In this episode, the Haryana-Saskatchewan Round Table Conference was organized.

“The State Government of Haryana is committed to strengthening relationship with Saskatchewan in fields such as Skill Development, Academic research, trade, export and parliamentary exchanges and full support would be provided to Canadian companies willing to invest in Haryana as well Investors from Haryana willing to invest in Canada,” said Additional Chief Secretary, Foreign Cooperation Department, Sh. Yogender Chaudhry.

Setting the context of the roundtable, Director General and Secretary, Foreign Cooperation Sh. Anant Prakash Pandey, said that the Haryana-Saskatchewan Round table conference is a step forward towards the Memorandum of Intent (MoI) signed between the Foreign Cooperation Department and the Ministry of Trade & Export Promotion of the province of Saskatchewan, Canada signed earlier this year in March 2022.

This roundtable provided the right platform for the stakeholders to come together in furthering the objectives of MoI and instituting strategic action points under the said agreement, he added.

“Saskatchewan and Haryana share a lot of commonality in their growth story and there is immense potential to leverage each other’s strength to meet the common goal of economic growth across several sectors,” said Assistant Deputy Minister Richelle from Canadian Mission in India. She also thanked FCD for supporting the partnership between both regions.

Director General, Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Department, Sh. Hardeep Singh, Adviser, FCD, Sh. Pawan Chaudhary, Chairman, Haryana Traders’ Welfare Board, Sh. Ram Niwas Garg and representatives of CII, Indo-Canada Chambers of Commerce and other Industry leaders from different sectors attended the roundtable conference.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

The Brampton city Municipal Corporation, Canada today named a park ‘Shri Bhagavad Gita Park’ in ward 6 of the city. The park is spread over 3.75-acres of land.

As per the plan, the park will be beautifully landscaped and will have sculptures of Lord Krishna and Arjuna on a Chariot (Rath), the two main characters of the Gita besides some other Hindu deities.

Lauding this initiative of renaming the park, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that this park will become symbolic in further spreading the eternal message of universal brotherhood love and harmony as taught in the holy Bhagavad Gita.

Speaking at the event, Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton said, “I believe in the teachings of Gita and strongly regard the message that Does your actions and doesn’t think about the outcome.”

“We are very grateful for our Hindu community and this park is a symbol of that friendship,” Brown said in a statement released on August 29, 2022.

The Gita Park is probably the only park outside of India to be named after the Holy scripture Shri Bhagavad Gita. This is truly a moment to be proud of for the community in Canada. A large number of Sangat including Saints and Mahatmas remained present in this programme.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

The Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (HSGPC) and the State Government will be organizing Akhand Path Sahib at Gurdwara Sri Nada Sahib on October 7 to thank the Almighty after the Supreme Court announced its verdict to uphold the validity of Haryana Sikh Gurdwara (Management) Act, 2014. On this occasion, HSGPC and Sikh Sangat will also felicitate Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal.

Meanwhile, a meeting of HSGPC under the Chairmanship of MP, Karnal, Sh. Sanjay Bhatia was held at Chandigarh Haryana Niwas.

After the meeting, the Committee members also expressed their gratitude to the Chief Minister, who while respecting the sentiments of the Sikhs, strongly defended the formation of a separate Gurdwara managing committee for Haryana in the Supreme Court.

The members said that Akhand Path Sahib will be held at Nada Sahib on October 7 and Bhog ceremony will be held on October 9.  Sikh Sangat from across the state will attend the Path.

The Chief Minister said that the State Government is continuously working for the interests of the Sikhs. 

“After the decision of the Supreme Court, now all 52 Gurdwara Sahibs of Haryana will do social service work under the supervision of HSGPC. I am hopeful that the entire Sikh Sangat will now work in the spirit of harmony and brotherhood and will do its best for the interest of society,” added Sh. Manohar Lal.

The Chief Minister also assured that as per their expectation, Sikh Sangat will be given complete support from the state government and together they will work for the betterment of society.

Notably, Haryana Government, while respecting the sentiments of the Sikhs, strongly defended the formation of a separate Gurdwara managing committee for Haryana in the Supreme Court. As a result of which the Supreme Court announced its verdict in favour of the Sikh Sangat of Haryana.

After this verdict was announced Sh. Manohar Lal visited the main Gurdwaras across the state to offer prayers and took the blessings of Guru Sahib.  

The Chief Minister paid obeisance at Gurdwara Sri Nada Sahib, Gurdwara Sri Manji Sahib at old Sarafa Bazaar, Karnal and Gurdwara Sahib Pehli Patshahi in Panipat and Gurdwara Sri Bangla Sahib in Rohtak.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

The Brampton city Municipal Corporation, Canada today named a park ‘Shri Bhagavad Gita Park’ in ward 6 of the city. The park is spread over 3.75-acres of land.

As per the plan, the park will be beautifully landscaped and will have sculptures of Lord Krishna and Arjuna on a Chariot (Rath), the two main characters of the Gita besides some other Hindu deities.

Lauding this initiative of renaming the park, Haryana Chief Minister, Sh. Manohar Lal said that this park will become symbolic in further spreading the eternal message of universal brotherhood love and harmony as taught in the holy Bhagavad Gita.

Speaking at the event, Patrick Brown, Mayor of Brampton said, “I believe in the teachings of Gita and strongly regard the message that Does your actions and doesn’t think about the outcome.”

“We are very grateful for our Hindu community and this park is a symbol of that friendship,” Brown said in a statement released on August 29, 2022.

The Gita Park is probably the only park outside of India to be named after the Holy scripture Shri Bhagavad Gita. This is truly a moment to be proud of for the community in Canada. A large number of Sangat including Saints and Mahatmas remained present in this programme.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

The real estate regulatory authority (RERA), Gurugram, on Tuesday dismissed a plea demanding revocation of a RERA registration certificate issued to housing project Araville of Supertech Limited by the authority early this year.

The RERA bench led by Chairman, Dr. KK Khandelwal and the three members dismissed complainant’s plea after detailed arguments and scrutiny of documents in the full quorum view.

The authority noted that the complainant failed to produce before the bench the requisite documents to substantiate its own plea despite being given adequate opportunities of hearing since May this year.

The authority issued RERA registration certificate to Araville in 2019 and Supertech has moved a fresh application for renewal of the registration challenged by the complainant.

The authority put on record the final arguments on Tuesday that the complainant’s challange that the title of the land on which the project is proposed is unclear and self explanatory, devoid of supporting documents and the authority has no reason to revoke the registration certificate.

“So the complaint stands dismissed,” said the authority.

Dr. KK Khandelwal said, “We gave enough hearing opportunities to complainant to produce facts of land title dispute on which the project is proposed but the complainant failed repeatedly.”

To decide the title of the land does not fall in the RERA purview noted the authority dismissing the plea.

Supertech is developing a premium housing project Araville on land admeasuring ten acres at Sector 79 on Golf Course extension road near Kherki Daula toll.

Supertech is the developer collaborator in the project and Tirupati build plaza private limited is the licencee in the project.

It was alleged by the complainant that Tirupati build plaza private limited did a forged-mutation of 10 acres land in its favour to obtain licence from the TCP department government of Haryana.

“That for the purpose of obtaining the licence Tirupati forged a sale deed wherein the description of land was changed, so authority (RERA) is requested to revoke the registration certificate,” said the complainant’s plea.

The authority also noted that the complainant’s plea was dismissed by the TCP, revenue department and the civil court already and an inquiry into the allegation also did not corroborate the land title dispute claim of complainant.

The first hearing in the matter took place on May 9 this year and subsequently seven hearing followed.

“As many as eight hearings took place in the authority and all efforts of scrutinising papers all end up in dismissal of the plea since it was self explanatory and it was waste of time,” said Khandelwal.

RERA on Tuesday entertained more than 100 complaints.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

 Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann today urged the Government of India to start more international flights from Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport to facilitate the Punjabi diaspora across the globe. The Chief Minister, while addressing a function to rename the airport here today, urged the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to flag this issue with the Prime Minister and her counterpart in Civil Aviation. He said that today is the 115th birth anniversary of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and this day has been made memorable with the decision to name airport after the legendary martyr. Bhagwant Mann said that the Union government must start more flights from this airport. The Chief Minister said that Punjab Diaspora from across the globe has been demanding such  flights to ensure air connectivity from the state to Canada, America, Australia and other parts of the world. He said that besides commuters from Punjab these flights will also benefit the commuters from Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Jammu-Kashmir and other states. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government has made concerted efforts for renaming this airport after name of Shaheed Bhagat Singh. The Chief Minister profusely thanked the Union government for naming the airport after Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh. Bhagwant Mann said that a long lending demand of the entire country has been filled adding that heart of every Countryman is filled with joy. Paying floral tributes to Shaheed Bhagat Singh, he said that the young martyr is remembered not only for his heroism but also for his philosophy of socialism and fight against injustice. The Chief Minister said that the life and philosophy of young martyr will always inspire the young generations to serve the country with patriotic zeal. He said that today is a red letter day in history of state as this airport has been named after the great son of soil. Bhagwant Mann said that the state government is making concerted efforts for realising the dream of Shaheed Bhagat Singh and no stone is being left unturned for this noble cause. Earlier, Union Finance Minister accompanied by Governor Punjab Banwari Lal Purohit, Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann, Union Minister General (Retired) VK Singh, Member Parliament Kirron Kher, Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Haryana Minister Anil Vij unveiled the plaque to name the airport after Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

IEP Chandigarh, September 28

Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday made an important announcement on the occasion of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh’s birth Anniversary. The Chief Minister announced that the Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh Award, which has been suspended for the past several years, would be revived. On the instructions of the Chief Minister, the Youth Services Department has invited applications from the youth of the state for the award.

Punjab Sports and Youth Services Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hare while thanking the Chief Minister for this decision on the occasion of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s birth Anniversary, said that to make the youth a partner in the development of the state and to empower them, it has been announced to restart this award, which has been suspended for many years. The State Government is making continuous efforts to take forward the thought of Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh and prepare the youth for the leadership of the state, as a result of which this big decision has been taken.

Divulging the details, Meet Hayer further said that eligible youth for the award can apply to the Department of Youth Services till November 30. After this, the department will scrutinize them and select 2 youths between the age of 15 to 35 years from each district. A total of 46 youth from the state will be given this award. In this award, a cash amount of Rs. 51,000, a medal, a scroll, a blazer and a certificate will be awarded. The youth will be given this award on the occasion of Shaheed Bhagat Singh’s Martyrdom Day, March 23.

The Youth Services Minister further informed that Shaheed-e-Azam Bhagat Singh State Youth Award was started in 1985 but this award was lying dormant since many years. For this award youth welfare activities, NCC, NSS, social services, cultural activities, sports, tracking, national unity, blood donation, awareness against drugs, scholastic merit, heroic deeds, scouts and guides activities would be the criterion. And this award will be given by selecting the youth according to their merit from amongst the youth participating in adventure activities.