Chandigarh Municipal Commissioner KK Yadav said that at the moment, Chandigarh generates about 550 to 600 metric tonnes (MT) of waste daily and with the machinery employed at the plant, the civic body is able to process only up to 70 metric tonnes daily.
Chandigarh news|Manisha Gulati on Monday urged Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to put in place a mechanism to deport those defrauding innocent Punjabis
Chandigarh news| A traffic jam was also witnessed in Zirakpur where vehicles remained stranded for one hour at the Patiala Road. The rain water also created problems for shopkeepers as areas remained submerged.
Chandigarh News| These smart cards, which are capable of recharge through QR code too, were designed by the Society for Promotion of IT in Chandigarh (SPIC). Smart passes are being used in Chandigarh but these passes lack digital qualities.
The BJP leaders questioned the efficiency of the Chandigarh Police. BJP leaders organised a symbolic protest march from party office Kamlam, Sector 33, to Governor House.
The debut novel of senior journalist Aditya Kant, 'High on Kasol', which is a crime thriller in the backdrop of drug trafficking, was formally launched at Chandigarh Press Club Sunday.
The situation on the ground is not what is being shown on papers. Be it sectors 19 and 22, Manimajra, or other crowded markets, the condition of public toilets is so bad that people don't even prefer to step in.
"Putting on hold the hiked water tariff has caused the civic body a loss of Rs 90 crore in ten months and the same should be compensated," the Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has written in a letter to the UT administration.
The petition filed by Amit Sharma, a resident of Sector 27, has claimed gross violation of fundamental rights of over 50,000 citizens living in the vicinity of the Dadu Majra garbage dump.
