MC plans to rent out properties to generate revenue

PROPERTIES INCLUDE OPEN-AIR THEATRE IN SECTOR 48 AND MAHILA BHAWAN IN SECTOR 38; MC TEAM TO TAKE STOCK OF INFRA AND FACILITIES

CHANDIGARH : In a bid to generate revenue, the fund-starved municipal corporation is planning to rent out properties owned by it. Such properties include open-air theatre in Sector 48 and Mahila Bhawan in Sector 38.

A panel set up by the mayor to suggest ways to augment MC revenues has recommended booking of such properties be opened at the earliest.

The committee will visit the open-air theatre and Mahila Bhawan to take stock of infrastructure and facilities available there.

In a meeting held here on Friday, the panel retreated its recommendation to put up agenda in the general house meeting regarding levying green tax on commercial vehicles of other states entering into the city.

It suggested exploring possibilities to allow the petrol limit instead of providing separate vehicles to officers excluding senior officers in the civic body to avoid the expenditure on maintenance and services, etc.

Another recommendation discussed was to review the rates and policy on cable/optical fibre be put up in the general house and charges to be fixed for the cables/wires crossing through trees, road berms, and MC land.

It asked the MC officials to prepare a proposal to allow advertisements in all vehicles of the civic body to generate revenue.

The panel also suggested that a policy should be formulated to collect charges from the areas, where the shop owners encroached upon government land such as backsides and corners of booths, showrooms and bay shops etc. throughout the city.

The panel said a detailed survey should be conducted in this regard and charges be decided per square ft basis till the final policy is prepared and notified.

PLASMA CENTRE OPENED IN PANCHKULA

Assembly speaker Gian Chand Gupta on Friday inaugurated Haryana’s fifth plasma centre here in Panchkula.

The opening of the centre officially heralds the beginning of plasma donation in the district. What’s more, a shopkeeper of Rajiv Colony voluntarily donated plasma on the first day.

Dr Saroj Aggarwal, a consultant at civil hospital, said an antibody called Copla remains in the body even after a person has been cured, which can then be used for another patient even after 28 days. Plasma will be kept at the centre at a temperature of minus 40 degrees.

TWO ONLINE SCHEDULES DECIDED

There will be two online admission schedules—for UT pool and general pool outside UT. De-reservation of seats for leftover ones will be done college-wise from August 28 onwards. A registration fee of ₹70 will be charged for online registration.

Scanned copies of documents including Class 12 detailed marks certificate and matriculation certificate with date of birth will be required for online admission. Brar said that if any student faces difficulty in obtaining

BA ADMISSIONS TO GO ONLINE

In a first the admission procedure for bachelor of arts (BA) will also be carried out entirely online. The schedule for BA is identical for both government and privately-managed government-aided colleges. However, for BA the process will be noncentralised and for government colleges candidates will have to fill the forms separately for each college after registering on the DHE website. For private aided colleges, students will directly have to register on the college’s website.

There will be no physical counselling for BA. Online registration will be open from July 27 to August 3, and the final merit

SMS ALERTS FOR PAYMENT OF FEES

A new feature added this year is that the applicants will receive an SMS notifying them to deposit their fee after the college seat is assigned to them. This has been done so candidates don’t have to physically come to the college for this.

Applicants will have to give their contact numbers with Whatsapp and their working mail ID so that effective communication can take place. Every institution will have a special helpline number and email facility in place to answer applicants’ queries.

There are 12 colleges in the city offering undergraduate courses—six are government institutions, other six are privately managed.