Chandigarh, July 29: Chandigarh College of Engineering & Technology have
invited applications for Lecturers and PTI posts.
Three Lecturers and one PTI will be recruited. One post of lecturer is
for Electronics & Communication Engineering, Production Engineering and
Computer Engineering respectively. The last date for filing
applications is August 17. The date of interview will be intimated to
the candidates through separate letters after scrutiny.

Chandigarh, July 29: Written test for School English and Mathematics
Masters/Mistresses will be held on August 6 for the applicants of Sarv
Sikhsa Abhiyan (SSA) Society, UT. Chandigarh. The written test will be
held at 10 am to 12:30 pm for English and 2 pm to 4:30 pm for Mathematics
teachers.
The roll nos. for the written test to all the eligible candidates have
already been dispatched. In case the candidates have not received the
roll numbers for the test, the Project Director, SSA, Mr. Ashwani Kumar
has asked them to contact Superintendent SSA, Government Model Senior
Secondary School, Sector 22-A, Chandigarh on any working day between 9
am to 1 pm by August 5. The schedule for holding of written test for
the remaining post will be notified later on.

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Chandigarh July 28:- For the proposed Theme Park to be set up at
Sarangpur, various eminent, groups/companies made presentations before a
Committee chaired by Home Secretary, Chandigarh Administration, Sh.Krishna
Mohan today at U.T. Secretariat, Sector 9, here. The Deputy Commissioner,
Sh.R.K.Rao, Chief Architect, Ms.Renu Sehgal, Joint Secretary Finance,
Mrs.Raji P Shrivastava, Director Tourism, Sh.Vivek Atray, Superintending
Engineer(P.H.), Sh.S.R.Aggarwal and Senior Town Planner, M.L.Arora and
Consultants SBI(Caps) were present.
The delegations, who made presentation before the Committee were from
Appu Ghar Limited, EMMAR/MGF Limited, Unitech Limited, Pantaloon
Limited, Parsavnath Limited, Writers & Publishers Limited and DLF
Limited.
The representatives of these companies made detailed presentation about
the profile of their companies and activities proposed to be held in the
Theme Park. The Committee will make its recommendations shortly.]

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Chandigarh July 28:- The Finance-cum-Panchayat and Rural Development
Secretary, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh.S.K.Sandhu today disclosed that the
students of 10+2 and above of the Village Daria would be imparted
Chandigarh Training of Soft Skills(C-TOSS) Programme so that they could
easily get job in Information Technology(IT) companies coming in the Rajiv
Gandhi Chandigarh Technology Park.
While interacting with the Sarpanches, Panches and villagers of the
village here, on the occasion of a Free Health Check-up-cum-Awareness
Camp, Sh.Sandhu further said that a Jan-Sampark Centre would also be
opened in the village for the convenience of the villagers. Through the
Centre, the villagers would be able to deposit their water and
electricity bills, get bus passes, tenant verification forms, passport
forms etc.
For further improving the sanitation in and around the village and to do
away with the menace of polythene, Sh.Sandhu asked the villagers to
collect and sell the used polythene bags to the Engineering Department
so that it could be used in making roads. While soliciting the
cooperation of the villagers for the upkeep of their village, Sh.Sandhu
asked them to send him their problems and demands through a
representation. He also asked the Joint Director, Rural Development and
Panchayat, U.T., Chandigarh, Sh.Ankur Garg to fix up a meeting with the
villagers so that their problems and suggestions are taken care of.
The Sarpanch of the village, Ms.Jasbir Kaur demanded that the Government
High School be upgraded, a full fledged dispensary should be set up and
necessary steps be taken to improve the sanitation.
On this occasion, the Deputy Commissioner, Sh.R.K.Rao and the Sub
Divisional Magistrate(East)-cum-Secr etary, U.T. Red Cross Society,
Ms.Swati Sharma were also present among others.

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Chandigarh, July 27:- The Collector Excise, U.T., Chandigarh has imposed a
penalty of Rs. 1 lakh on L-2 Licensee M/s Sai Finlease Pvt. Ltd., Sector
45/ Burail, Chandigarh under section 80 (2) of the Punjab Excise Act,
1914.
On an inspection conducted by the Excise Department, 238 bottles of
Kingfisher Strong Premium Beer were seized from licensed premises
without the legend “For sale in Chandigarh only”. The licensee also
failed to produce Sales Stock Register and Inspection Notebook at the
time of inspection.
The licensee was issued a Show Cause Notice for breach of terms and
conditions of his license and he admitted his fault of bringing beer
unauthorisedly.
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Chandigarh July 27: - The Food Craft Institute(FCI) will now also provide
degree classes as it has been upgraded. The U.T. Home-cum-Education
Secretary, Mr.Krishna Mohan inaugurated the commencement of B.Sc degree in
Hospitality and Hotel Administration.
While addressing the students, Mr.Krishna Mohan said, “There is a
boom in
service sector, Hospitality and Tourism sectors have got bright future”.
With the pace of growth of Chandigarh, the opportunities are also growing
manifold.
Mr.Mohan hoped that by the time the students will pass out from the
institute, they will have 2 to 3 job offers with them. He told the
students that the U.T. is being developed in a planned and progressive
way. It is becoming a leading knowledge city and sought after tourist
destination.
The Home Secretary praised the institute management and assured all
support from Chandigarh Administration side.
The Director Tourism and Public Relations, U.T., Mr.Vivek Atray and
Principal, FCI also congratulated the students on the occasion.
The Food Craft Institute is one of its kind in India as it have the
honour of running degree as well as diploma specialization courses. The
Institute will very soon be getting a training hotel within the premises
for better job practical training of the students.

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CHANDIGARH, JULY 24:  With a view to develop the southern sectors of the City, the Punjab Governor and Administrator, Union Territory, Chandigarh, Gen. (Retd.) S.F. Rodrigues, PVSM VSM, today inaugurated Government Senior Secondary School, Sector 56 complex at a brief and impressive ceremony. There was a display of the school band, well orchestrated welcome song by school children and interaction with the teachers, children and senior residents of the area, by the Administrator.Elegantly structured and designed, the three-storeyed building complex constructed at a cost of Rs.211 lakhs on an area of 48560 sq. ft., in a record time of one and half years by the Engineering Department of Chandigarh Administration, have class rooms, staff rooms, laboratories, musical rooms, NCC sports wing and other modern supportive infrastructure, equipped with all facilities for the teachers and students.  Accompanied by the senior officers of the Administration, the Governor went around the complex and support facilities and made various suggestions to make it more useful. Impressed by the innovative design and lay out, General Rodrigues asked the Management of the School to evolve a system to ensure the proper maintenance of the building and other infrastructure.  He also asked the Secretary Education to add a Gymnasium, with Indoor sports facilities and an auditorium in the area for training the students in various cultural,drama and other extra-curricular activities.   Stressi ng the need for paying special attention towards extra-curricular activities, besides quality academic education, General Rodrigues asked the Education Department to institute an Annual Cultural and Sports Competition among the different schools of Union Territory and institute a running trophy to the best school.  He said that adequate infrastructure must be created in every school to provide opportunities to our young boys and girls to develop their potential and achieve proficiency in different areas of human resource development. He said that the expertise, commitment and interest of the teachers will guide the endeavour of young minds and they must work hard to take the institution on top in the academic and other fields of endeavour. Interacting with the senior residents of the area, General Rodrigues appealed to them to fully involve themselves as active partners in the development of the school.  He told them that the Administration has focused on measures to further improve education standards in the rural and urban areas of the Union Territory, Chandigarh and launched various innovative programmes, for upgrading the professional skills and talent of children.  It is the parents and teachers who have to work in complete unison, with sincerity and abiding commitment, to help in the implementation of these programmes

Chandigarh July 24:- The District Magistrate, Mr.R.K.Rao has directed all
the Landlords/tenants/owners or Managers of Commercial establishment/
paying guest keepers to inform the concerned S.H.O. in writing about the
particulars of their tenants & paying guests.
The District Magistrate Office has apprehended and noticed that tenancy
and paying guest arrangements are being abused by some anti-social
elements, who can hide themselves in the city and can cause breach of
peace and disturbance of public tranquility.
The District Magistrate has issued these orders under Section 144
Criminal Procedure Code. These orders will be effective till September,
22.

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Chandigarh, July 21:Mr. Neel Rattan, Executive Director Business
Solutions, Price Waterhouse Coopers, said that need of the hour for
country like India is to put citizens first, and empower them and focus on
governance rather than the technology, which is just an enabler.

Speaking on the first plenary session of e-revolution 2006 on global
trends in e-governance, he emphasized that public-private partnership can
speed up the process of delivering services to the citizens effectively
and efficiently.

Mr. Vinesh Paperwala, District Manager South East Asia, Intel, said that
in order to implement the e-governance issue and take the transformation
in the fields of health, education, training, rural is no longer rural,
since it concerns citizens all across the country, Intel was involved
working closely with the state governments and had been at the forefront
in training over 550,000 teachers in various states including Panjab.

He informed that Intel was engaged in localizing the technology to meet
the needs of each country and said that special PCs are being developed in
their facility in Bangalore which are rugged and can face the rigours of
operating them in rural environments, and similarly new tablet computer is
being developed, again in Bangalore, for children in school.

Niraj Prakash, General Manager Solutions and Technologies, Oracle India,
informed that the company was working on various software solutions for
the state and central government departments not only to manage the rural
and urban development projects but also enabling internal efficiency
within the departments.

Dr. Jai Menon, Director IT and Innovation, Bharti Airtel Limited, said
that number of telecom users are on the rise but average revenue per user
continues to decline. We are one of the lowest in the globe in terms of
the revenue per minute, which is fantastic for the Indian masses making it
affordable. This has helped integrate government services to the
citizens through telecom innovations.

Mobile is no longer a communication devices it is about complete portal
and a handheld pc available with the citizens to access host of services
they need irrespective of the fact whether they are in urban or rural
areas using diverse technological resources at the back end bringing
together truly integrated innovative utility model, said Menon.

Vijay Shekhar, Country Manager, India & SAARC, Cisco, speaking about
wireless mobility-expanding reach to enable eGovernance, especially
through rural broadband. Cisco has developed solutions for remote access
through secured wireless systems

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Chandigarh July 21:- The Education Department, U.T., Chandigarh has
invited applications for reserve as well as general category candidates
for change of school/stream and for fresh candidates few vacant seat in
reserve as well as general category. On the pattern of centralized
admission to XI(2006-07) as was done in the first phase of counseling,
applications for Reserve as well as General category candidates for change
of school/stream (on plain paper) and on prescribed form for fresh
candidates complete in all respects as per guidelines laid down in
prospectus 2006-07 of Education Deptt., U.T. Chandigarh can be submitted
on or before 25.7.2006 upto 1.00 P.M. in GMSSS-23, Chandigarh against a
few vacant seats in reserve as well as general category in almost all
Govt. Sr. Sec.Schools.

--- The Forms/Prospectus will be available in GMSSS-23, Chandigarh w.e.f.
22.7.2006 from 8.30 A.M. to 1.30 P.M. on all working days.

--- Merit list of these applicants, counseling schedule and other details
will be put up on the Notice Board of GMSSS-23 on 27.7 .2006(Thursday).

--- Counseling date will be 28.7.2006

Date Category Reporting Time

28.7.2006 Reserve 8.15 A.M

28.7.2006 General 10.15 A.M.

--- Seats will be offered to candidates purely in order of merit displayed
keeping in view the cut off percentage fixed in the 1st phase of
counseling in respect of the school where the applicant desires to go.

--- Original documents and Fee receipts already issued should be brought
on the day of counseling.

--- All rules and regulations will be as per prospectus for Govt. Sr Sec.
Schools, 2006-07.

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Chandigarh July 21: - The Chandigarh Administration will honour the newly
selected candidates of Chandigarh and nearby places in the Indian Civil
Services. The felicitation will be held at Hotel Mountview tomorrow at
4.00 pm.
The Home Secretary, Mr.Krishna Mohan and other senior officials will be
present on the occasion. Twelve candidates from the region have
successfully passed the IAS examination. Gurneet Tej scored second rank
in the All India Examination

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Chandigarh, July 20: Mr. Srinivas Polysetty, Innovation Head, CSC India,
lamented the lack of research and development work in the country
compared to US where the young engineers find working there as much more
satisfactory and enjoyable.
"New Thinking about Innovation Making Changes Work for You", was chaired
by Mr. Vivek Atray, Director Public Relations and Tourism, Chandigarh,
Mr. Ravi Bapana, Associate Professor, Indian School of Business, and
Executive Director, Centre for IT & Network Economy, Hyderabad, addressing
the session on "New Thinking about Innovation: Making Changes Work for
You" moved from USA having seen a big gap a global research network and
the bourgeoning IT industry.
Mr. Vibhu Sharma, Director R&D, Quark Media, said that desire for
originality, resilence to failure, confident consciousess, and
specialization are essential ingredients required in an individual to
innovate. He asked the IT professionals to work on open-source projects
that would help lead to creative thinking.
Mr. Partap Aggarwal, CEO, IDS Infotech, chaired the session on "Effective
Strategy for Emerging Companies", literally brought together professionals
who started very small and created world-class IT companies, in Mr.
Sanjeev Bhikhchandani, and Mr. Praveen Kanikariya.
Mr. Sanjeev Bhikhchandani, founder and CEO, naukri.com, in his
presentation based on his own experience, "wisdom in hindsight", said that
success of the enterprise depends on your offerings which must be based on
a customer insight, backed by a great team who share ownership, and be an
early mover.
Mr. Praveen Kankariya, CEO, Impetus Technologies, advising on the ideation
process said that one need to keep on the look out for the customer needs
and fill in those gaps.
Mr. Alok Mittal, Executive Director, Canaan Partners, said that strategy
is all about making choices by an emerging businesses need to make, the
first one being, is the objective of being in business, and the
expandability of the idea, and to be customer-focussed.
In the last session on 'Emerging Opportunities in New Growth Areas',
chaired by Mr. Sameer Jain, CEO, Netsolutions, focused on the new emerging
technologies that need to be deployed to meet the challenges of the new
global economy.
Mr. Simarpreet Singh, CEO and MD of Compare Infobase, said that the
extensively growing internet users base with need for quality audio and
video contents, Internet 2.0 is on its way which would enable distant
learning, digital and telematic choreography, live music classes, and
learning of regional languages.
Mr. Puneet Vatsayan, Director, Mobera Systems, said that besides the need
to harness the new technologies for efficient and effective organizational
improvements, it was going to have a major impact on the lifestyles of the
people, especially the new generation of consumers, who want everything
conveniently and immediately.
Mr. Bishan Kishnani, System Engineer Emerging Technology, Juniper
Networks, said that all businesses are looking at integrating their entire
operations and employees, and reduce operational costs.

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Chandigarh, July 20: Nasscom has complimented the Chandigarh
Administration for the successful initiative of promoting the region as
I.T. Destination.
Speaking at the inaugural function of the e-Revolution 2006, Mr. Kiran
Karnik, President, Nasscom also cautioned the city to bear itself for the
success and avoid the pit falls that Bangalore is facing these days. He
said that it was heartening to see steps being taken to improve air
connectivity by upgrading the international airport, but it was time to
look for the possibilities of establishing a very high speed train between
Delhi and Chandigarh which can traverse the distance in 60 to 90 minutes.
Mr.Karnik also called upon the administration to set up a regional center
for training and research in cyber crime, in which Nasscom would be
willing to associate, since data security and intellectual property rights
were the areas of deep concern. He informed that Nasscom was already
training various enforcement agencies to tackle such incidents.
Nasscom President pointed out that human resource is an area of deep
concern for the IT industry and with current scenario by 2010 we might
need half a million professionals. He said that it was also an
opportunity for the country to provide employment to millions of
unemployed.
Advocating more liberalization in education system, Mr.Karnik suggested
that education system must be liberated from the stranglehold of
bureaucracy and institutes of higher learning should be set up with public
private partnership which could provide world class education and skills
to the people, required by the industry. Such institutes must also
provide academic industry interface.
Mr.Karnik said that IT industry was immensely contributing to the general
economic development of the country, but the need was to percolate
technological benefits without the need for the common man to interface
directly with the technology.
IT can help a common man and we need to do that how we can help him
without his direct interaction or interface with technology. Many more
such applications like railway reservation need to be brought in, he
further added.

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Chandigarh July 19:- As many as 90 cases were taken up and 74 were
settled at a Special Lok Adalat held to settle outstanding dues of various
branches of the Centurion Bank of Punjab at Additional Deluxe Building
here today and a sum of Rs. 9.10 lakh approx. were awarded.
It was done under the noble guidance of Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amar
Dutt,Judge, Punjab & Haryana High Court-cum-Executive Chairman, State Legal
Services Authority, Chandigarh. This Special Lok Adalat was presided
over by Sh. R.K.Sharma, Member Secretary–cum-Judge Permanent, Lok Adalat,
Chandigarh Shri R.K. Sharma, has further highlighted that any person from the
general public before going to the court, can submit an application to get the
dispute settled through Lok Adalat without paying any court fee etc.
i.e. in respect of family disputes, recovery of loans, labour problems,
property dispute, landlord – tenant dispute, claim petitions,
compoundable criminal cases, disputes of electricity bills, water bills and
telephone bills etc. It was further revealed that Legal Services Authority is
providing free Legal Aid to the various sections of the society whose
income is less than Rs.50, 000/- per annum or to the persons belonging
toScheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes, persons in custody, women,
irrespective of their annual income. He further stressed that the main object of
thisAuthority is to serve the people through settling their dispute in
amicable manner and without wasting their time, energy and hard-earned
money with a view to achieve its title “Access to Justice for All”.
It is further disclosed by the Member Secretary, that the Authority is
also organizing more Special Lok Adalats pertaining to , Centurian
Bankof Punjab, Airtel, Hutch, ICICI and HFCL in the months of July and
August,2006.

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Chandigarh, July 19:The e-revolution 2006 curtain raiser evening opened with both the states of Haryana and Panjab along with the Chandigarh Administration unraveling the roadmap of this region's growth in the field of information technology.

Mr. S.K. Sandhu, Secretary IT and Finance, UT, Chandigarh, informed that numerous initiatives have been planned for the region to develop it into an attractive knowledge hub in the country.

A Regional Centre for Cyber Security is a major initiative planned in association with Nasscom, at the upcoming Entrepreneur Development Centre being set up at a cost of USD 3.5 million in 80,000 sqft area.

Mr. Sandhu said that the first priority of the government is to develop human resources by setting up an Institute of Management and other centres of excellence including film city, multimedia park, animation, gaming, etc. He also informed that a major biotechnology park, an entertainment theme park  spread over 10 acres, a hardware park in 100 acres, financial centre, etc., are being planned. On the infrastructure front, extensive work is in progress to set up flyovers, mass transit system, interntional airports, and WIMAX facility, three artificial lakes, etc. Mr. N.S. Kalsi, Secretary IT, Panjab, informed that Mohali-Chandigarh was being developed as the knowledge region by facilitating setting up of knowledge and service industry, professional educational institutes, through an independent Greater Mohali Development Authority set up for the purpose. Mr. Kalsi outlined that state's e-governance initiatives under the National e-Governance Plan under which Panjab wide area network would be set up linking the entire state upto the district, subdivisional, block and village levels.

Mr. P.K. Chaudhery, Principal Secretary IT, Haryana, said that since the state had promised contribution to the growth of this region in the last e-revolution event, Haryana has already speeded up the work on establishing the technology park in Panchkula, and the work on four-laning of the national high way has been taken up at war footing to increase road connectivity to the city.  

Mr. Chaudhaery also informed that a knowledge city is being set up by Haryana very close to Chandigarh which would help in the growth of next generation of knowledge industry in this region.

Mr. Omkar Rai, Director Headquarters, STPI, said that the country has embarked upon a major IT initiative to make country a leading power in IT, in the world in next ten years, in which STPI was playing a major role to facilitate the growth by putting up state-of-the-art data communication facilities and gateways at reasonable cost.

He said that the share of software exports from STPI units has been 90 percent in the country's total exports last year.

The program culminated with the presentation of the Software Exports Awards by Mr. Lalit Sharma, Advisor to the Administrator, UT

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Chandigarh July 19:- The Adviser to the Administrator, U.T., Chandigarh,
Sh.Lalit Sharma today gave away prizes for Software Development Exports
and Information Technology Enable Services Exports(ITES) at Hotel Taj,
Sector 17, Chandigarh here.
In Software Development Exports category, Infosys Technologies Limited,
Quark Media House and Second Foundation(I) Private Limited bagged first,
second and third positions respectively.
In ITES Exports category, Dell International got first prize whereas
second and third prizes went to IDS Infotech and Universal Cyber Infoway
respectively.

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Chandigarh July 18:- The concerted efforts made by the Department of
Tourism, U.T., Chandigarh, for promotion of tourism and attracting
domestic and foreign tourists, have resulted in considerable increase in
the arrival of the tourists during the last six months as compared to the
same period during the year 2005.
This was stated today by the Director Tourism, Sh.Vivek Atray while
adding that as many as 319233 domestic tourists arrived during January
to June 2006 against 307046 for the corresponding period of 2005. It
has resulted in 4% increase in the domestic tourist arrival. Similarly,
12020 foreign tourists arrived in between January to May 2006 as
compared to 11367 for the period January to May 2005, thereby increase
of 6%.
In the year 2004, 606333 domestic tourists arrived whereas 17133
foreign tourists arrived in the City Beautiful. In the year 2005, the
figure of the domestic and foreign tourists were 614176 and 23284,
respectively.
As a part of a campaign launched by the Chandigarh Administration to
promote tourism, a single window system has been provided to facilitate
international tourists to grant permission to visit architecturally
famous buildings of Chandigarh designed by Le-Corbusier. For tourists’
information, a variety of tourist literature has been brought out to
facilitate them. A pool of tourists guide has also been made for
providing assistance to the tourists besides introduction of AC Taxi
cabs to brighten the tourism scenario of the City Beautiful. There is
also a provision to welcome foreign tourists by the Department of
Tourism at its Information Offices at ISBT, Plaza, Sector 17 and Tourism
Head office, Sector 9.

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Chandigarh July 18:- The Chandigarh Administration today demolished 30
structures at Village Khuda Lahora and gave possession of the land
measuring 15 acres to the Engineering Department as the owners of the
unauthorized structures on the acquired land has lost their legal right of
possession of the structures at all the levels. The deputy Commissioner,
U.T., Chandigarh, Sh.R.K.Rao said.
It is worth while to mention here that the land measuring 227.81 acres
was acquired in Village Khuda Lahora, for the “the development of
institutional projects”. Out of the aforesaid area, about 15 acres land
was under structures. Some of the owners of these structures filed
Civil Writ Petitions in the Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court. The
Hon'ble Court granted stay against dispossession in C.W.P. No. 19966 of
2004 on 03/01/2005. On 11/05/2006, the Hon'ble Court dismissed their
Writ Petitions with the direction to vacate the acquired land by
31/05/2006. The petitioners filed S.L.P in the Apex Court against the
orders of the High Court. The Hon'ble Supreme Court dismissed their
appeal on 29/05/2006 with the observation that petitioners may approach
the High Court for extension of time for dispossession. Some of the
petitioners again approached the Hon'ble Punjab & Haryana High Court for
extension in time. The Hon,ble Punjab & Haryana High Court has
dismissed their appeal, vide order dated 09/06/2006.

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Chandigarh July 18: The Engineering Department, Chandigarh Administration
carried out a special drive to remove kundies with the help of Police in
Dadumajra village and colony and Sector 38 (West), in EWS colony Sector 56
and in Kumhar Colony and Janta Colony.
650 premises were found stealing electricity by putting kundies in the
above said colonies. Accordingly 200 kundies were removed in Dadumajra
and Sector 38 (West), 300 kundies were removed in EWS colony Sector 56
and 150 kundies were removed in Janta and Kumhar Colony during this kundi
removal operation.
The department has requested the residents to approach the department for
regular electricity connections and not to resort to illegal kundi
connection. The department has warned of strict action like lodging of
FIRs and imposing of heavy penalties shall be taken against residents
found indulging in theft of power

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Chandigarh July 18: Keeping in view the long pending demand of the
residents of the City Beautiful, the Chandigarh Administration has allowed
a maximum of 3 feet projection or cantilever on first and second floor of
marla houses in front courtyard.
It has been allowed subject to the condition that it should be at least 3
feet away from the common wall, not exceeding half the width of the plot
and not exceeding 3 feet from the building line. The relaxation has been
allowed subject to structural stability whereas no projection has been
allowed at the terrace level and provision of glazing or windows on
projection has also not been permitted.
The Administration, while further giving major relief, has allowed
coffers/pergola up to 9 inches below RCC Slab of the projection at the
first and second floor level in frame control marla houses provided it is
sanctioned in the building plans.
Earlier, additional covered area upto 150 sq.ft,. inclusive of the area
of existing permissible green house, were allowed in the rear courtyard
in marla houses and one kanal houses as per the architectural standard
design. Now, it has been permitted as per the requirement of the house
owner provided it conforms to the minimum area of the courtyard and
there is a provision of light and ventilation and the building plan
shall be sanctionable by the Plan Approval Committee (Lower). The
architectural standard design which was mandatory earlier shall not be
compulsory now. However, it can be adopted as an option and shall
continue to be valid if the building plan is sanctioned according to it.
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