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Redefining Chandigarh
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- A new state of the art Education City is coming up, which will have world class
educational faculty and excellent infrastructure.
- PEC-Punjab Engineering College which is an autonomous deemed University will be
soon upgraded to IIT status, enabling delivery of more value added education.
- Setting up a IIM level Management Institute and a branch of the National Institute
of Design
- Partnership with Private Sector for providing IT education to young students. Infosys
has already launched the programme "Catch Them Young" whereby entrance test is conducted
in all the schools of the city and the students selected are given free of cost
inhouse training in Infosys. Intel Learn is providing IT education to teachers of
the Govt schools, who will inturn provide IT education in the rural areas. The Administration
is also in the process of upgrading select Government schools as Smart Schools,
where IT programmes would be launched for the betterment of the school going children.
- C-TOSS, a programme for upgrading the soft skills, for urban and rural areas enhancing
employability of students under PPP model.
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- Botanical Garden has been developed on 178 acres in village Sarangpur, which will
consist of 15 botanical sections and other features to promote eco tourism.
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- 3 Lakes, two along Patiala ki Rao and 1 along Sukhna Choe are being undertaken ,
as a part of environmental related initiatives.
- A Project for augmentation of the Water Supply has been prepared and sent to GOI
under JNNURM for approval. This will go a long way in contributing towards Rain
water Harvesting, Ground Water Charging and also reducing our dependence on pumping
out Ground water.
- Tertiary Water treatment plan is also under implementation which will cater to the
needs of supporting 2000 parks/gardens in the city.
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- To ensure harmonization between the old and new, we have activated the Chandigarh
Perspective which has representatives of all professional and social sectors and
includes members of Le Corbusier's initial team of eminent architects.
- Comprehensive Plans are in various stages of implementation in the field of Housing
especially to cater to the needs of the incoming IT professionals.
- FAR has been standardized across the city.
- Self Certification of Building Plans by registered Architects.
- Promulgation of suitably modified building byelaws which have redressed long standing
demand of majority of people. These byelaws also cover the conversion of Industrial
Areas into Commercial Areas so that it can be upgraded to the same level as the
new construction and this has had a very good response.
- Rehabilitation of slum dwellers is being undertaken in a massive way, which involves
construction of 18000 flats for which a complete new model has been worked out.
Past experience has been that the slum dwellers had to take loans from the unorganized
sector, who got into benami transactions, resulting in the flats going into wrong
hands. Under the new model, the slum dwellers would be allotted flats on rent basis
which shall be non-transferable. This project will also include a home for rehabilitation
of 1000 destitute children. We are also creating facilities for 1000 mentally retarded
children and 1000 crippled children, both of which will have a percentage of vacancies
for adults and destitute.
- Upgradation of Rehabilitation Colonies is proposed to be launched in a big way.
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Participation of Citizens in Decision Making
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Chandigarh Administration has instituted a consultative process as broad based as
possible involving people with varied expertise and experience in specialized subjects
in public affairs so that aspirations of all sections of the society are reflected
in governmental decisions. This initiative has successfully given a sense of participation
to citizens in decision making processes making them seamless and transparent. Such
initiatives include constitution of Administrator's Advisory Council including its
sub groups on various issues of public concern, Chandigarh Perspective and Environmental
Committee on Preservation of Ecology of Sukhna Lake.
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The burning issue of tackling corruption, needs our concentration. There needs to
be a wide spread campaign, at the National and State levels with important functionaries
of the Government at all levels introducing citizens charters and the Right to Information,
which should be widely publicized to increase awareness amongst the public so that
the general public is not forced to succumb to corrupt officials. Concrete steps,
like deterrent, punishment, as also incentives for honest officials, would also
be effective. The issue needs to be taken up at the national level, so that there
is a concerted effort among all levels of Government to rid the system of corrupt
officials in particular and corruption as a whole. The Chandigarh Administration
has incorporated all these measures to ensure a transparent, responsive and completely
accountable Government.
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