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UT team to study e-seva centres Chandigarh, February 25 The team comprises the Deputy Commissioner, Mr Arun Kumar, the Joint Secretary Finance, Mr Dalip Kumar, and the Superintending Engineer, Mr Paramhans Singh. Chandigarh plans to have computerised offices at seven locations across the city to collect various taxes, levies, bills, registration of new vehicles, driving licences and even make bus passes or birth and death certificates. The Administration has already approved the selection of the 10 departments for the first phase of the project which has been named “sampark” and the offices will be known as “sampark centres”. |
Elections to MC panel in March Chandigarh, February 25 The elections to the water supply and sewerage disposal, roads, sanitation and electricity committees will be conducted on March 4. Elections to the Environment and city beautification, fire services, slum development and enforcement committees are scheduled for March 5. On March 8, elections will be held for the legal affairs, apni mandi, arts culture and sports and resource generation committees. |
MC seeks
cleanliness report Chandigarh, February 25 The report was sought at a meeting to make proposals for the massive sanitation drive announced in January by the Mayor. |
CE’s appointment challenged Chandigarh, February 25 He had filed a petition before the Punjab and Haryana High Court earlier seeking directions for quashing of an order whereby Mr Bhardwaj was given current duty charge of the Chief Engineer’s post. Taking up the petition, a Division Bench had requested the UT Administrator to decide a representation submitted to the authorities in this behalf. Mr Sharma had submitted that Mr Bhardwaj had been wrongly and illegally promoted as Executive Engineer and thereafter wrongly and illegally promoted as SE. He had added that the petitioner had requested the authorities for a probe into the appointment of Mr Bhardwaj. In spite of the petitioner’s request, current duty charge was given to Mr Bhardwaj. |
30 autorickshaws impounded Chandigarh, February 25 Most of the autorickshaws owners booked were those plying between Mohali and Chandigarh without valid permits. The crackdown on the autorickshaws will continue for another day. The police today put up special pickets at the Poultry Farm chowk and the Sectors 34, 35, 43 and 44 chowk. The drive followed an accident in which a student of Manav Mangal School was killed when he fell off from an auto-rickshaw. However, the drive was not specifically targeted at the auto-rickshaws carrying children as the pickets were put up in the evening. |
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