HEALTH

Pulse polio drive on Dec 10, Jan 21
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 —The UT Administration will observe national Immunisation days (pulse polio) on December 10 and January 21. A meeting of the steering committee in this regard was held here today under the chairmanship of the UT adviser, Ms Vineeta Rai.

There will be 461 booths both in rural and urban areas, including 46 mobile teams. As many as 1,15,200 children of the age group 0- 59 months will be administered dose of OPV on these two days. For this purpose Chandigarh has been divided into three zones, each of which will be headed by a monitor, area supervisors and sector supervisors.

The administration will launch awareness campaigns for the same with special emphasis on slum and rural areas. Assistance of various NGOs and media units of Information and Broadcasting and of the Public Relations Department of the administration will be taken for the purpose.

ADMINISTRATION

Advisory Council meeting today
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 —VIP kids need to be checked and their behaviour in public whereby they try to become a law unto themselves needs to be curbed and countered, recommends, a sub-committee on law and order constituted by the Administrators Advisory Council.

This is just one of the several issues that are scheduled to be discussed when the Council meets tomorrow after a gap of five months. The seven sub-committees are on roads and transport, education, health, urban development and infrastructure, industry, tourism and labour, rehabilitation and encroachment and lastly law and order.

The sub-committee on law and order further says that the area SHO should hold a meeting with the public every week, while the DSP should hold one such meet every fortnight, and the SSP once a month. All committees have already presented their points and the Advisory Council will discuss them.

CITCO gets MD
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — Mr S.P. Singh, a 1988 batch Punjab cadre IAS officer has been appointed Managing Director of CITCO following an order issued by the Chandigarh Administration here today. A clearance in this regard from the Ministry of Home Affairs had come on Friday itself, sources said.

Mr Singh is expected to join within week, sources said. The post of MD CITCO had been lying vacant since Mr Satish Chandra , another Punjab cadre officer was reverted back to his parent state about five months ago. 

Zoning plans for petrol pumps
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The entry and exit to petrol pumps, having a frontage of 120 feet, will now be allowed to a width of 39 feet , up from the 30 feet allowed presently, a press release issued by the Chandigarh Administration said today.

The pumps owners can avail this facility by getting their zoning plans amended from the Chief Architect and Secretary, Department of Urban Planning, Chandigarh Administration.

Forest area demarcation next week
Tribune News Service

PANCHKULA, Oct 23 — The Forest Department, Haryana, will undertake the demarcation of the area under the protected forest area in the Madhna belt next week. Stating this the DFO, Mr Ved Prakash, informed that mining posed a problem in the area in the absence of any marking, and two forest officials were injured in a tussle while trying to stop mining in the forest area.

He said the Revenue Department would undertake the exercise in the presence of Forest Department officials and the markings would be made to their satisfaction. “There can be no permanent markings in the area since the monsoon rains wash these away. We were, earlier, contemplating putting up angle irons to demarcate our area clearly so that the employees of contractors do not venture into our area. This was discarded since monsoon rains would wash it away and nothing would remain,’’ he added.

Meanwhile, the contractors denied any mining activity in the area.

Satish Ahlawat
Tribune News Service

CHANDIGARH, Oct 23 — The Legal Remembrancer-cum-Deputy Secretary Personnel, Mr Satish Ahlawat, has been elevated to the post of Joint Secretary Personnel, as per an order issued by the Chandigarh Administration.