Articles by Mandeep Kaur Narula
Chandigarh mayor suspends 13 AAP members over argument with MP Kirron Kher
Mayor Anup Gupta says action taken after AAP councillor Jasbir Singh used derogatory remarks against Chandigarh MP and PM Modi; AAP members accuse Kher of abusing Kejriwal first, triggering altercation
Updated on Jun 07, 2023 12:44 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh police to come closer to community with Samavesh
Programme, set to be launched in July, will comprise area-wise advisory bodies that will include local RWA members for better resident-police coordination and to address law and order complaints
Updated on Jun 05, 2023 12:57 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Set up integrated waste plant for 15 not 25 years, say Chandigarh mayor, councillors
This suggestion was made during a meeting of the high-power committee constituted by the Chandigarh administration to frame the project proposal.
Updated on Jun 03, 2023 02:52 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh sees a dip in carbon emissions
Chandigarh municipal corporation commissioner Anindita Mitra credits the dip to success of the public bike sharing project and adaptive traffic control system
Updated on Jun 02, 2023 01:51 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Green tribunal directs Chandigarh to set up facilities to process solid waste
Chandigarh has informed the tribunal that only 120 metric tonnes of the 550 metric tonnes is being processed daily and the remaining 468 metric tonnes is being disposed unprocessed in the Dadumajra landfill.
Updated on May 20, 2023 03:47 PM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
21% funds spent on managing solid waste: Chandigarh admn to NGT
In an affidavit submitted on the behalf of the Chandigarh administration, UT environment director Debendra Dalai said out of ₹611.33 crore budget, ₹132.7 crore have been spent so far
Updated on May 19, 2023 06:39 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: 50% dip in revenue after MC takes over parking lots
Parking lots in Chandigarh are divided into two zones – 32 in Zone 1 and 57 in Zone 2. In 2020, the MCC had auctioned both zones for three years for around ₹10 crore annually. Zone 1 was managed by contractor Ram Sunder, while Phase-2 was managed by Paschatya Entertainment.
Updated on May 16, 2023 01:50 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
MC House unites against mayor not given due importance by Chandigarh admn
Protests against the Chandigarh admn for making the mayor stand behind chairs during a group photograph at the IAF Heritage Centre inauguration
Updated on May 13, 2023 11:42 PM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Acid attack survivor braves challenges, scores 95% in CBSE Class 10 exams
A Class 10 student at Chandigarh’s Institute for the Blind Sector 26, who was the victim of an acid attack at the age of 3, aspires to become a civil servant.
Updated on May 13, 2023 06:19 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Bio-mining of 55% legacy waste completed at Dadumajra dump
Chandigarh municipal corporation is planning to complete bio-mining of entire 12.67 lakh MT legacy waste by year end
Updated on May 12, 2023 07:11 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh MC proposes to set up temporary composting plant to process wet waste
With Chandigarh municipal corporation dumping around 174 MT of unprocessed wet waste at Dadumajra dumping ground daily, another 2 LMT garbage dump mountain can be built up in two years
Updated on May 11, 2023 02:08 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh MC to delink garbage charges from property tax bills for commercial properties
Commercial property owners in Chandigarh will get the garbage charges with their bimonthly water bills; municipal corporation had started door-to-door garbage collection from commercial properties from April 1 this year
Updated on May 10, 2023 01:28 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh MC to invite new firms to maintain gaushalas
Chandigarh Mayor Anup Gupta, in a meeting, said after receiving complaints from local residents, he had made a surprise visit to the Sector 25 gaushala and had found that there was no water, and fodder for the stray cattle in gaushalas
Updated on May 07, 2023 01:28 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh losing one-third of daily water supply to leakage
At 35%, daily water wastage in Chandigarh is significantly higher than the 15% limit set under central norms
Updated on May 05, 2023 01:29 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh MC to use tertiary water to irrigate all green belts
On Tuesday, the state-level high powered steering committee accorded administrative approval for strengthening the tertiary treated water supply system in Chandigarh at an estimated cost of ₹97.25 crore
Updated on May 03, 2023 02:09 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
TIECON Chandigarh 2023 ‘Govt making efforts to convert Mohali city into start-up hub’
Punjab principal secretary, industries and commerce, Dilip Kumar said during the TIECON Chandigarh event that government is making efforts to convert Mohali city into a hub of business start-ups
Updated on Apr 30, 2023 01:14 AM IST
CCTVs recommended for vulnerable pockets in Chandigarh
The findings of the report, which focused on street lighting, traffic management and CCTV infrastructure, were shared by the ministry during the concluding day of the two-day “Smart cities CEOs conference on data and technology” in Chandigarh.
Updated on Apr 29, 2023 04:36 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Holding events at 3 Chandigarh grounds becomes costlier
At the finance and contract committee (F&CC) meeting held on Wednesday, it was decided to increase the daily rent to ₹25,000 for holding events in Chandigarh
Updated on Apr 27, 2023 02:26 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Soon, autos will have to park at designated stands
Chandigarh administration and municipal corporation have identified 123 sites for auto-rickshaw stands to minimise traffic snarls
Updated on Apr 26, 2023 01:28 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh’s Ward Number 35 to process its wet waste on its own
The ward, which houses a number of housing societies, will be getting the city’s first decentralised waste processing plant, where the area’s entire wet garbage will be processed in the ward itself
Updated on Apr 23, 2023 02:20 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Pvt parking staff yet to get salaries, MC cites glitch in portal
Municipal commissioner Anindita Mitra said the MC is disbursing salaries through government e-marketplace (GeM) portal, but due to some issues, the portal raised objections. “We are working to resolve the issues so that salaries, which amounts to around ₹39 lakh for one month, can be disbursed as soon as possible,” she added
Updated on Apr 22, 2023 10:19 PM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh MC deploys three more cattle catching units
The Chandigarh civic body had only one cattle catching unit and the MC has added three more units to ensure that cattle are caught in a humane way and housed at MC’s gaushalas
Updated on Apr 14, 2023 01:46 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Eating out at Chandigarh Night Food Street to cost more
Located near PGIMER and Panjab University, the Night Food Street primarily caters to students and attendants of patients through the night
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 03:43 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
It’s final, Chandigarh residents will pay for faulty water meters
Chandigarh MC House decides ₹2,000 cost will be recovered through water bills; consumers told to get meters replaced within a month or face penalty
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 03:43 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
MC Chandigarh meet: Green belts to RWAs, canine sterilisation on agenda
The meeting will table agendas from last general house meeting on March 6, adjourned due to ruckus over the alleged multi-crore parking scam, along with 14 new agendas
Updated on Apr 10, 2023 01:19 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
PGI governing body meeting: 2 nominated members from institute yet to be finalised
At the governing body meeting, agendas related to the institute’s academics, functioning and research are discussed and approved. All the agendas approved in the institute’s standing estate committee, standing selection committee, standing finance committee, and standing academic committee, are also mandated to be approved by the governing body for final nod.
Updated on Apr 06, 2023 12:19 PM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Vegetable prices soar as rain hits supply in Chandigarh
Capsicum prices in Chandigarh increased significantly, up from ₹40 per kg to ₹60 per kg, in a month, while Radish went from ₹10 to ₹40 per kg and spinach from ₹20 to ₹30 per kg
Updated on Apr 05, 2023 10:17 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh: Hope for gallbladder cancer patients not eligible for surgery
PGIMER Chandigarh has started trials of irreversible electroporation for treatment of late-stage gallbladder cancer; through the procedure, the cancer tumour is given short-term electric pulses with high voltage to break tumour cells, allowing healing
Published on Mar 19, 2023 05:03 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
3 in 5 people with obesity suffer from obstructive sleep apnea: PGIMER Chandigarh
PGIMER’s department of otolaryngology will also carry out a public awareness programme at Sukhna Lake on the occasion of World Sleep Day at 6.30 am on Friday
Published on Mar 17, 2023 01:27 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
Chandigarh planning to hire radiologists, anaesthetists on honorarium basis amid shortage
No regular radiologists available at civil hospitals in Manimajra, Sectors 45 and 22, leaving eight ultrasound machines unused
Published on Mar 15, 2023 06:36 AM IST
Mandeep Kaur Narula, Chandigarh
