Vivek Gupta
Vivek Gupta is a senior correspondent at Chandigarh. He covers Panchkula, besides writing on medical education.
Articles by Vivek Gupta
Monsoon a month away, only 10% road gullies cleaned in Chandigarh
By Vivek Gupta and Rajanbir Singh | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 27, 2020 10:58 PM IST
Municipal corporation sets target to clean all 30,000 road gullies by June 30, also asks UT to get seasonal choes cleaned
In corona times, water crisis adds to woes in Chandigarh villages
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 26, 2020 11:02 PM IST
Complaints of water shortage are also pouring in daily from other villages in the periphery—Daria, Hallomajra, Ram Darbar, Kishangarh, Palsora, Dhanas and Maloya
₹155 cr development works on agenda in Chandigarh MC House meet
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 25, 2020 11:01 PM IST
The meeting, for the first time, will take place through video conferencing
Ex-bureaucrat’s Covid positive son goes missing: Family on the run too
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Panchkula, Panchkula
UPDATED ON MAY 23, 2020 01:26 AM IST
Civil surgeon complains to police, also seeks legal action against family under the Epidemic Act for not cooperating with health authorities
Deadline of Chandigarh smart city projects extended by 2 months
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2020 12:46 AM IST
Web portal already launched, e-governance project likely by June 1
Chandigarh MC resumes road repairs, priority is stalled projects
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 21, 2020 12:26 AM IST
The civic body’s chief engineer said they are aiming at completing allotted works worth ₹30 crore before the monsoon sets in
Chandigarh gets just 3 stars in Centre’s garbage-free rating
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2020 12:40 PM IST
In 2019 when the rating was begun, the city got only two stars, but the MC was aiming for five-star this year and planning to achieve the highest seven-star rating next year
Centre turns down Chandigarh’s request to quarantine foreign returnees at home
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 18, 2020 07:59 PM IST
The UT administration was of the view that home quarantining foreign returnees was possible in Chandigarh since residents here were mostly well educated and houses were large enough to allow self-isolation protocols
MHA found no fault with admn’s curfew relaxations: UT adviser
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 17, 2020 12:20 AM IST
UT and MHA officials held a video conferencing meeting on Saturday in which the curfew relaxations were thoroughly examined, and MHA found no fault in UT’s orders, says adviser
Man confesses to raping 21-year-old daughter: Police
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Panchkula, Panchkula
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2020 08:48 PM IST
A marketing executive at a kitchen appliance company in Panchkula, the 49-year-old man used to force himself on his daughter mostly in an inebriated state, when other family members were asleep
Father held for rape as 21-year-old woman delivers stillborn baby in Panchkula
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Panchkula, Panchkula
UPDATED ON MAY 16, 2020 12:17 AM IST
Police say though the woman maintained that no other member of the family was aware of her plight, there were many gaps in her statement, as no noticed her nine-month pregnancy
Odd-even restrictions might be lifted for shops in Chandigarh’s neighbourhood markets
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2020 02:12 AM IST
Centre focusing on welfare of small traders, say sources, administration officials non-committal on other relaxations
Chandigarh seeks Centre’s nod on home quarantine of foreign returnees
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 14, 2020 12:47 AM IST
UT adviser Manoj Parida said he was optimistic about a nod from the Centre, as people of the city are well educated and houses are large enough to follow self-isolation protocols
After fear, uncertainty, homecoming sweet for foreign returnees in Chandigarh
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 14, 2020 12:43 AM IST
A 20-year-old had to borrow money for the super expensive flight ticket from Singapore to Delhi
Now, people returning from abroad can rent a place for ₹100-10,000 a day in Chandigarh
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 13, 2020 01:12 AM IST
First batch of 5 passengers reached UT late Tuesday; Covid testing made mandatory for all returnees
Chandigarh admn allows home isolation of mild Covid patients after 10 days of hospitalisation
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 13, 2020 12:00 AM IST
Only those patients who have adequate facilities for home quarantine and can follow proper isolation and social distancing will be released under this move
Just 12 houses in Chandigarh’s Bapu Dham Colony account for three-fourths cases
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 11, 2020 12:22 AM IST
People sneaking out of containment zone remains a challenge for authorities; 1,000 residents under home quarantine
Drop in number of fatalities as civic bodies struggle to update data due to Covid-19 lockdown
By Eeshanpriya M S, Vivek Gupta, Ranjan, Urvashi Dev Rawal | Edited by: Amit Chaturvedi | Hindustan Times, Mumbai/Chandigarh/Bhopal/Jaipur
UPDATED ON MAY 10, 2020 10:48 AM IST
Municipal officials in many other cities Hindustan Times reporters got in touch with did not provide any data on the deaths citing lockdown restrictions.
Chandigarh residents coming from abroad to be brought back home
By Vivek Gupta Rajanbir Singh | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 10, 2020 02:27 AM IST
Around 5,000 NRIs are expected to return to Chandigarh; They will be brought here in buses and housed in quarantine facilities
Property tax: 1 lakh assessees in Chandigarh to get advance notices by May end
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 10, 2020 02:03 AM IST
Payment with rebate can be made between June 1 and July 31, following which 25% penalty will be imposed
MC works worth ₹400-crore approved for 2020-21 unlikely to be finished in Chandigarh
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 10, 2020 09:25 AM IST
MC’s 2020-21 budget cleared in February had outlined ₹443 crore for capital expenditure in which major focus was on roads, waste management, water storage capacity augmentation, better civic amenities in villages and changing of the defunct storm and sewerage lines.
Fresh case in Panchkula after 18 days, count reaches 19
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Panchkula, Panchkula
PUBLISHED ON MAY 09, 2020 12:25 AM IST
Last case was reported from Pinjore’s Nava Nagar village on April 20.
32% spike in non-Covid deaths of senior citizens in April in Chandigarh, admn to examine trend
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 05, 2020 11:08 PM IST
Last year, 118 deaths of senior citizens were reported in April, which increased to 156 this time, as per data obtained from the municipal corporation’s birth and death control department
Chandigarh’s ‘super spreader’ cries foul, seeks to clear name
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 04, 2020 10:35 PM IST
The GMCH-32 medical attendant denies throwing a party leading to spread of virus in Bapudham; police, too, said they found no evidence of a party
Chandigarh curfew to be lifted at Sunday midnight
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON MAY 03, 2020 12:55 AM IST
Containment zone curtailed to six pockets, wider relaxations in remaining city under new odd-even experiment for shops, vehicles from tomorrow
Fresh Covid cases in new areas giving Chandigarh administration nightmares
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 01, 2020 11:27 PM IST
A major cause of worry for the administration was the discovery of fresh cases in erstwhile unaffected area of Sector 15 and resurgence of a new case in Sector 38 with no links to the existing Covid patients
After Bapu Dham Colony, Sector 30 emerges as second biggest Covid hotspot in Chandigarh with 16 cases
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON MAY 01, 2020 01:36 AM IST
The locality’s 600 households are home to approximately 4,000 people living in multi-storey 2 marla houses
How Bapu Dham Colony became Chandigarh’s first major hotspot
By Vivek Gupta and Shub Karman Dhaliwal | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON APR 30, 2020 05:38 AM IST
Since April 24, 23 cases have been reported in the area
Free ration rumour triggers commotion in Chandigarh’s Hallomajra
By Vivek Gupta | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON APR 27, 2020 11:05 PM IST
Police dispersed crowd that had gathered near a government dispensary in the area, where 3,000 beneficiaries have been awaiting free ration from the administration for days
MHA order on opening shops brings no respite to Chandigarh
By Vivek Gupta, Chandigarh
PUBLISHED ON APR 25, 2020 11:56 PM IST
Order does not allow commercial establishments to open in cities declared containment zones