Chandigarh - Sh. V.P. Singh Badnore, Governor of Punjab and Administrator U.T. Chandigarh has unveiled a special report titled as “Combating Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), A Case Study of Chandigarh in the presence of Sh. Manoj Kumar Parida, I.A.S., Adviser to the Administrator, Smt. Raj Bala Malik, Mayor, Chandigarh, Sh. Arun Kumar Gupta, IAS, Principal Secretary Home and Local Government, Sh. Ajoy Kumar Sinha, Secretary Finance and Sh. K.K. Yadav, I.A.S., Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
During the release, the Governor appreciated the efforts of Municipal Corporation towards documentation and also suggested to work in smaller team in the community to assist and people to come forward for creating self awareness and testing.
The report was compiled with an objective to document the process involved and practices initiated by the corporation under the visionary and dynamic leadership of worthy Mayor and Commissioner so as to make aware the fellow officers and staff for lessons learned during the COVID crisis to meet out similar situations in future.
The report has covered initiatives undertaken by various branches of the corporation vis-à-vis Medical Officer of Health, Horticulture, Public Health, Building & Roads, DAY-NULM, Vendor Cell and Grievance & Redressal Cell of the Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh.
The report has also highlighted the various social and community works undertaken by Municipal Councillors, experiences of officers and staff, various innovative initiatives like Humanitarian Relief Campaign by partnering NITI AYOG affiliated Civil Society Organizations, establishment of IT based COVID 19 Command Control Centre, Integral Convergence with other departments of Chandigarh Administration, sharing of municipal best practices on Global Webinar hosted by World Economic Forum, Mass Preventive Measures, Challenges versus Preparedness & Readiness for future, role of fourth pillar of democracy i.e. media and ethics and values.
The comprehensive report was prepared simultaneously with the field operations by a team of Capacity Building, Training and Research Cell of Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh including Vivek Trivedi, Nodal Officer, Sanjeev Kumar Sharma, Asstt. Public Relations Officer, Mrs. Anshu Chandna, Monitoring Cell and Hitesh Kumar Gulati (External Consultant).
Sh. Anil Kumar Garg, P.C.S., Additional Commissioner, MCC-cum-Nodal Officer (DAY-NULM) and Sh. Vivek Trivedi, Social Development Officer, DAY-NULM, MCC were also present on this occasion