Say No to Surrogate Advertising

After successfully achieving the Smoke-Free City status for Chandigarh, it is time to regulate the surrogate advertising. In a panel discussion at the Press Club today, the social activist Hemant Goswami of Burning Brain Society, Pallav Mukherjee, Municipal Councillor, Man Mohan Singh Kohli of Hotel Aroma & President, Tourism Promotion Society of Chandigarh, Capt Balwant Gurunay, a management trainer, and Renuka Salwan, Deputy Director BIS and chairperson of PRSI Chandigarh Chapter, decided to send a memorandum to the key people in the Ministry of I&B, to deglamorise the consumption of liquor and tobacco, by regulating the blatant use of surrogate advertising. Click here for more info.

eRevolution2007

The mega annual IT event of Chandigarh, eRevolution, will be held at Hotel Taj on August 2-3, 2007. The two-days events focusses on "Achieving Excellence through a 360 degree approach" and "Entrepreneurship" with leading experts and professionals participating in this meet.
The event is jointly hosted by the Chandigarh Administration, Govt of Haryana and Govt of Punjab along with Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), with the support of NASSCOM, Band of Angels, Indian Venture Capital Association, and The Indus Entrepreneur (TiE).
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Chandigarh to be No Smoking Zone

Come 1st July, and Chandigarh would be No Smoking City, the first one in the country. The Chandigarh Police has already started challaning the people smoking in the public places and restaurants. So smokers coming into the city beware please.

Chandigarh is the Cleanest City

Chandigarh has been declared as the cleanest city in India, by a survey conducted by A.C. Nielsen ORG MARG, covering 18 state capitals, including the metros, on the basis of the opinion of citizens on cleanliness in their cities.Chandigarh city emerged the best city with a score of 144, followed by Chennai with a score of 118 and Kolkata, with a score of 108. Others in that order are Bangalore, Bhubaneshwar, Lucknow, and Trivandrum. Delhi ranked 9th with a score of (99), which is below the all-city average of 100.The city cleanliness survey was commissioned by Lifebuoy.