Chandigarh admn declares summer vacations in govt schools from April 15 to May 15

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 13

The UT Administration has declared summer vacations in all government and government-aided schools from April 15 to May 15 in view of Covid-19 pandemic.

However, the private schools will be advised to synchronise with the same.

This was decided in a meeting presided over by VP Singh Badnore, Administrator, UT, in the war room here today.

The Administration has also decided to defer the recovery of cess charges in electricity bills, payment of water charges and the recovery of property tax imposed by the Municipal Corporation till further orders.

During the meeting, the Administrator stressed upon the need of a common approach in the Tri-city regarding Covid-19.

He stated that neighbouring districts of Mohali and Panchkula must follow the restrictions strictly, so that it may be possible to restrict infection in the Tricity. “Since the entire area is geographically contagious and many residents move from one place to other in connection with the works and shopping, it will be difficult to hub variant policies in the Tricity,” he added.

Manoj Parida, Adviser, stated that he had requested the Chief Secretary, Haryana, not to allow too many officials to attend offices in Chandigarh and to restrict their entry in curfew. He also stated that the UT was running with skeleton staff and officers are mostly working from home.

The Administrator congratulated the doctors of PGIMER for the quick and efficient performance in treating a police Assistant Sub-Inspector from Patiala, who was injured in an unfortunate incident.

KK Yadav, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, informed that 67 teams, including 21 mechanical teams, are sanitising the whole city regularly.

Deputy Commissioner Mandip Singh Brar stated that 55,954 cooked food packets have been distributed among the destitutes and the needy people in various parts of the city. He also informed that a sum of Rs 1.53 crore has been received as donation to the local Red Cross Fund for fighting corona.

Dr G Dewan, Director, Health Services, stated that the screening teams have covered a total of 4,76,000 persons in the areas such as Bapu Dham Colony, Dhanas and Hallomajra.

Arun Kumar Gupta, Principal Secretary, Health, mentioned that Maloya and Faidan villages have been checked through medical teams.

The Administrator directed the health and MC officials to improve sanitization and fogging in all areas. He also directed the Deputy Commissioner to restrict the issuance of passes, so that the implementation of curfew remains effective.