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The installation of the Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring stations (CAAQMS), finalisation of Emergency Response System and coordination with disaster management committees and Bio remediation of legacy waste dump site are among the nine agendas pertaining to the programme in Chandigarh.

Lawrence Bishnoi gang claimed responsibility for the murder on Facebook, terming it a revenge killing for the murder of former SOPU leader Gurlal Brar.

The tally of cases in the Chandigarh rose to 13,920, while the death toll increased to 214. There are 697 active cases in the city at present.

A government statement said the decisions were aimed at generating employment. These were announced after a virtual meeting of the Punjab Regional and Town Planning and Development Board (PRTPD) and Development Authorities headed by the Chief Minister.

The victim, Usha Sharma, a resident of PGI Society in Sector 49, reported to the police that the incident took place during the wedding function of her daughter at Hotel Sunbeam, Sector 22, on Thursday.

Among the new patients, 32 were men and 21 were women. As many as 1,140 samples were tested for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours. Till now, 98,981 samples have been tested for coronavirus in the city.

Adviser to the Administrator congratulated the Personnel department, Social Welfare department and NIC for resorting to innovative means to streamline the administrative machinery.

According to the professor, the last six months have proved to be a both a new learning and challenging experience amid the pandemic as he works out new strategies and schedules to ensure seamless coordination for effective and smooth operations at the institute and care for patients.

In a statement issued by the BJP on Wednesday, the state general secretaries were disappointed at the Municipal Commissioner's inability for not taking any action against Congress leaders over the incident of locking the Municipal Corporation office.

As professional golf too resumes in India with Chandigarh Golf Club co-hosting two PGTI tournaments next month and Jeev Milkha Singh Invitational in December, caddies will be expected to assist the professional golfers.

SSP Kuldeep Singh Chahal who had worked as an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) with the Chandigarh Police converses with Saurabh Prashar on the strengthening of the beat system and taking a preventive approach in dealing with professional criminals.

According to the agenda item, accessed by The Indian Express, it was stated that the user fee for collection, transportation, disposal of solid waste is to be collected from these specified areas as per their category and unit of each household

There is no mention in the agenda about water tariff hike that city residents will be burdened with. The water panel had recommended inclusion of discussion about the same in the agenda as there had been a lot of opposition by city residents due to three-fold hike.

According to the Chandigarh Pollution Control Board (CPCB), AQI of Chandigarh was the between category of Good to Satisfactory till September 25. On September 26, it was recorded at 106. Since then, it has remained between 106 and 131, on October 15.

According to Dr Amandeep Kang, Director, Health Services, all necessary measures were taken to maintain adequate physical distance and all patients were advised to wear masks.