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Chandigarh, Chandigarh

MCC organises sports activities for its Safaimitras

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 23, 2022

To add some relief and make their day more enjoyable, the 

The Municipal Corporation Chandigarh has taken an unique initiative to organise sports activities for its Safai Mitras.

Following the directions from Ms. Anindita Mitra, IAS, Commissioner, MCC, the Public Health wing organized Sports activities for the 1st time in history for its Safai Mitras, including games such as Kho-Kho, Kabbadi, Volley Ball, Pithu Gram, Carrom Board etc. at Sports Stadium Sector 42, Chandigarh.

 While briefing about the initiative, the Commissioner said that safaimitras remain busy in maintenance of sewerage network of city Chandigarh, such activities may add some relief in their hard jobs. She said the activities revived old /traditional games for the refreshment of employees under Swachh Bharat Mission.

She said about 50 Safaimitras participated in these games today and were found enjoying and full off cheer, laughter could be heard everywhere. This event was organized to uplift their morale and for appreciating their efforts being made for keeping the city clean, she added.

Winners were given rewards  and refreshments were also served to all the participants. These events shall be the part of future working of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh for better work culture, said the Commissioner.

Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana to adopt aggressive IEC activities to spread mass awareness about declining groundwater levels in State

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 17, 2022

In a bid to ensure community participation at large in the Atal Bhujal Yojana, Haryana Government has now planned to adopt aggressive and effective IEC strategies to spread mass awareness about declining groundwater levels in the State.

This was stated by Project Director, Atal Bhujal Yojana Sh. Satbir Singh Kadian while presiding over a review meeting regarding the progress of this ongoing project in Haryana held at Irrigation and Water Resources (I&WR) Department, Panchkula.

Sh. Satbir Singh Kadian said that the Atal Bhujal Yojana is a groundwater management scheme launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the 95th birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on 25 December 2019.

The purpose of the scheme is to improve groundwater management in seven states of India. Of the selected seven states, Haryana is one of them where Atal Bhujal Yojana is being implemented by the I&WR department. 14 districts (36 blocks covering 1669 Gram Panchayats) of Haryana have been identified for the planned intervention where the groundwater consumption and groundwater declining rate were higher, he added.

Sh. Satbir Singh Kadian  further shared that notably, Atal Bhujal Yojana(Atal Jal) is a Central Sector Scheme with an outlay of INR 6000 crore, out of which INR 3,000 crore is being provided as a loan from the World Bank and INR 3,000 crore as matching contribution from the Government of India (GoI). The funds under the scheme are being provided to the states as grants-in-aid. Funds under the scheme will be disbursed from the World Bank to the GoI based on the achievement of pre-agreed results, he added.

Sh. Satbir Singh Kadian shared that based on the same approach, a review meeting by the World Bank was called upon to check the progress and to discuss the way forward. For the effective implementation of the Atal Bhujal Yojana, it has been emphasized that relevant government departments executing schemes related to sustainable groundwater management must arrive at the same platform to bring in convergence.

Meanwhile, during the meeting, all the 14 selected districts under Atal Bhujal Yojana presented the progress report. Later in the meeting, the district-wise ranking was presented where Sirsa topped the list while Faridabad bagged the last spot.

Taking into consideration the learnings from previous schemes, Atal Bhujal Yojana has adopted Participatory Ground Water Management (PGWM) approach to engage the community in the planning and execution phase. This approach is important to inculcate ownership among the community members, shared Sh. Satbir Singh Kadian.

Task Team Leader, World Bank, Sh. Satya Priya and Sh. M.K Goel were present as a World Bank representative. During the meeting, XEN Atal Bhujal Yojana, representatives from the concerned departments, and SPMU and DPMU teams were also present.

Chandigarh, Chandigarh, Haryana

Haryana Govt to promote cultural activities in the state

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IEP CHANDIGARH JULY 03, 2022

Haryana Government has taken several steps to promote cultural activities in the state.  In this series, Art and Cultural Affairs Department of the state government is constituting a panel of experts in music, dance, theatre, painting and sculpture, so that training can be imparted to interested persons.

Giving information in this regard, an official spokesperson said that the senior artists who have been applying to participate in this panel should have at least 10 years of experience in the relevant discipline and should have minimum age of 40 years.  He said that the artists applying should have a Master degree or Diploma from a University recognized under the Government norms, having national and international level achievements in the relevant discipline in the last 5 years.

The spokesperson further informed that the tenure of the panel will be of 2 years and the last date for applying is August 9, 2022.