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Munieshwer A Sagar is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh and reports on real estate.

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Chandigarh MC House meeting today: AAP, BJP likely to clash over repair of waste plant

The first Chandigarh MC House meeting after the mayor elections, scheduled for Monday, is set to be a noisy affair; one of the main thorny issues will be the agenda of repair/overhaul of the existing solid waste processing plant in Sector 25 at a cost of ₹6.33 crore

As per the agenda, the Chandigarh MC is proposing the overhaul/repair of the existing mixed waste processing plant to get it in working condition, so that dry waste can be converted to refuse derived fuel. (HT File)

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Updated on Jan 24, 2022 02:14 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Flats for Punjab, Haryana officials: Chandigarh admn may shelve project

Major stakeholders in the project, Punjab and Haryana are yet to deposit their share of funds, according to the Chandigarh Housing Board

The Chandigarh Housing Board has already finalised the architectural plans for the project, which is to come up on 6.73 acres at IT Park. (HT FIle Photo)

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Updated on Jan 23, 2022 01:32 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

CHB to auction off eight of its plots in IT Park

The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is planning to auction off eight of its plots in IT Park in a month’s time; the plots, with sizes varying from 3.5 to 6 acre, will be available for developers who in turn will be permitted to construct residential multi-storey buildings there

The CHB is working on the terms and conditions and deliberating on fixing the reserve price for eight of its plots in IT Park. (HT File)

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Published on Jan 20, 2022 01:31 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Soon, Chandigarh MC to name and shame waste segregation defaulters

City Beautiful’s Swachh rankings had seen a sharp decline last year, and one of the major reasons for this was its poor record in waste segregation. The city had also failed to properly process its wet waste, the reason for which was attributed to lack of segregation.

Chandigarh MC had taken over the door-to-door garbage collection last year through its two-bin vehicles. Earlier this year, these were converted into four-bins. In addition to dry, wet and hazardous waste, the MC will also collect sanitary waste in these vehicles. (HT File)

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Published on Jan 19, 2022 03:09 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Meet Chandigarh’s zero-waste warriors

From composting at home to recycling waste, these zero-waste warriors are showing the way towards regaining Chandigarh’s lost glory as the cleanest city in the country.

Chandigarh had slipped to an ignominious 66th rank in Swachh Survekshan 2021, thanks to poor waste management practices of the municipal corporation (MC) and lack of citizens’ participation. (HT File)

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Published on Jan 19, 2022 03:04 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh admn open to proposals on technology to be used for upgrade of waste processing plant

The Chandigarh administration is open to proposals regarding the technology to be used for the upgrade of the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25, near Dadumajra

Chandigarh officials said a different location for the waste plant may also be considered, if land requirement changes. (HT file)

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Updated on Jan 14, 2022 02:27 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC proposes new project to clear Dadumajra landfill

The Chandigarh MC decides to clear 7.5 lakh MT legacy waste, which is not covered under the ongoing smart city project, to completely remove solid waste from the Dadumajra landfill

The MC’s failure to clear legacy waste dragged Chandigarh down in Swachh rankings and was a key issue in municipal polls. (HT File Photo)

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Published on Jan 13, 2022 12:32 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh mayoral election: Chairs won, but running the House won’t be easy for BJP

Having won all the three posts of mayor senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, the road ahead won’t be easy for the BJP as the party is in a minority with 13 seats in the 35-member House

BJP councillor Sarabjit Kaur with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Kirron Kher and others after winning the mayoral election on Saturday. (ANI)

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Published on Jan 09, 2022 03:00 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar

BJP’s Sarabjit Kaur is Chandigarh mayor, Aam Aadmi Party cries foul

Aam Aadmi Party loses on counts of an invalid vote, cross-voting and bad luck as the BJP pips it for posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, too

Chandigarh mayor Sarbjit Kaur (seated) with city BJP president Arun Sood and others after the mayoral elections on Saturday. She defeated Anju Katyal of the Aam Aadmi Party by one vote. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

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Updated on Jan 09, 2022 02:49 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar

Decks cleared for Chandigarh power dept’s privatisation

Centre approves ₹871 crore bid by Kolkata-based RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, which is set to take over the Chandigarh electricity department in a month

The Chandigarh electricity department will now be bundled into a company and its shares transferred to the private company. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 08, 2022 03:58 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh mayoral polls today: In AAP vs BJP, SAD may prove game changer

With the Congress refusing to pick sides, the Chandigarh mayoral election can be anyone’s game, especially considering the strong history of cross voting in the mayoral polls

Debutant Aam Aadmi Party and the Bharatiya Janata Party are set to fight it out with 14 votes each, while the Congress,with its seven councillors, has decided to sit the Chandigarh mayoral election out. (Getty Images)

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Published on Jan 08, 2022 03:58 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh mayoral elections: AAP offers Congress to share chair alternately

As per the proposal, the AAP will have its mayor in the first year of the new Chandigarh municipal corporation House with Congress support, while the Congress will get the post in the next year

To avoid poaching, the Aam Aadmi Party on Monday moved its councillors to Delhi ahead of the mayoral polls. (HT Photo)

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Published on Jan 04, 2022 04:14 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC elections: Why parties will remain on tenterhooks in mayoral race

In the 25-year history of the MC, on several occasions, even a party with one or two seats, has ended up getting their councillor elected as the Chandigarh mayor.

The newly-elected councillors after the oath-taking ceremony in the municipal corporation house in Sector 17, Chandigarh, on Saturday. (Ravi Kumar/HT)

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Published on Jan 02, 2022 05:24 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

What the Chandigarh Municipal Election results signify

The AAP's surge in Chandigarh, the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, will serve as a much-needed morale booster for the party

Chandigarh, being seen by some as a microcosm of Punjab, cannot be considered the bellwether of the agrarian state(HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 30, 2021 03:16 PM IST

ByNavneet Sharma, Munieshwer A Sagar

After MC poll debacle, knives out against Chandigarh Congress chief Subhash Chawla

In Chandigarh once considered a Congress stronghold, the party has been outsmarted and out-campaigned by debutant Aam Aadmi Party which grabbed most of the anti-incumbency votes against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Congress could secure only eight seats, while AAP won 14 and BJP retained 12 seats in the Chandigarh municipal corporation elections.

Attacking Congress’ Chandigarh state president Subhash Chawla, senior party leader Devinder Singh Babla said it was the Congress which allowed the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to stand up and get so many seats. (HT File)

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Published on Dec 30, 2021 01:51 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Explainer: How a mayor will be elected in hung Chandigarh MC House

In a three-cornered race, which is the case now, Section 38 of the Punjab MC Act 1976 as extended to Chandigarh, detailing the procedure on how the mayor will be elected

A new mayor is elected every year in the five-year term of a Chandigarh MC House. In the first and fourth year, the post is reserved for a woman councillor. (HT File/Representational image)

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Published on Dec 29, 2021 02:28 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Horse-trading allegations fly thick and fast as power games begin in hung Chandigarh MC House

No party got a clear majority, of 18 seats, in the 35-member Chandigarh MC House, but the AAP emerged the single largest party with 14 seats, the BJP a close second with 12 seats and the Congress secured eight sea

AAP’s Punjab co-incharge Raghav Chadha addressing a press conference in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 29, 2021 02:18 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC poll: Anti-incumbency worked, but not the way Congress saw it

It is an opportunity lost for the Congress as it faced the second successive defeat in the Chandigarh MC poll; the party was banking heavily on anti-incumbency factor, but it was AAP that could exploit it

Gurbax Rawat of the Congress after winning from ward number 27 in Chandigarh on Monday. The Congress was banking heavily on anti-incumbency factor in the Chandigarh MC poll, but it was AAP that could exploit it. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 28, 2021 04:53 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC poll: BJP loses plot to AAP’s dream debut

BJP got a major reversal of fortune losing its thumping majority in the Chandigarh MC poll; reduced to second position after AAP, the BJP lost 40% of seats from the last election

Outgoing mayor Ravi Kant Sharma (right) leaves the polling booth at Sector 20 in Chandigarh on Monday. A strong anti-incumbency factor played a key role in the BJP’s defeat in the Chandigarh MC poll. It was reduced to the second position after AAP. (Keshav Singh/ HT)

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Published on Dec 28, 2021 04:49 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

‘Delhi Model’, tapping into sentiment against rivals did the trick for AAP in Chandigarh

Securing twice the absolute majority in Delhi Assembly, AAP could only come second in the last Punjab assembly elections. But this time around, AAP is in the pole position in Chandigarh municipal corporation, and set to elect its first Chandigarh mayor

AAP heavily banked on its ‘Delhi Model’, aggressively committing to deliver on its promises. A set of 23 guarantees, which mainly comprise a number of freebies, were offered to the electorate in Chandigarh. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 28, 2021 03:21 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC elections: AAPsurge, a hung house and setbacks

AAP wins 14 of 35 seats, but fell short of five seats for a simple majority; major drubbing for BJP as its incumbent mayor, two former mayors bite the dust

AAP candidate Neha Musawat who won from Ward 19 celebrating with party supporters in Chandigarh. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Updated on Dec 28, 2021 03:00 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar and Surender Sharma, Chandigarh

Debutant AAP wins Chandigarh civic body polls, setback for BJP

The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), meanwhile, was reduced to 12 councillors while the Congress won eight seats and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) managed one

Aam Aadmi Party supporters celebrate after winning Municipal Corporation poll at Sector 20 in Chandigarh on Monday. (Keshav Singh/ HT photo)

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Updated on Dec 28, 2021 03:28 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar and Surender Sharma, Hindustan Times, Chandigarh

Chandigarh gets into action for Swachh Survekshan 2022

In the Swachh Survekshan 2021, Chandigarh’s rank dropped from 8 to 16 among 48 cities with population above 10 lakhs, and overall, it stood at a lowly 66th rank in the country. Its score also dipped from 83% to 71%.

Swachh Survekshan will be undertaken for the period April 2021 to March 2022. Changing its strategy from the past years, the Chandigarh MC is now working to improve the city’s performance on all the 150-odd parameters in the survey. (HT File)

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Updated on Dec 26, 2021 03:18 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh municipal corporation elections see 60.7% voter turnout

Voting percentage highest in the past six municipal elections in Chandigarh; results to be declared on December 27

Elated first-time voters posing in front of the selfie zone at Saupin’s School in Sector 32, Chandigarh, on Friday. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Published on Dec 25, 2021 03:59 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh goes to poll today

6,33,475 voters set to elect municipal councillors for Chandigarh’s 35 wards, with Congress, BJP and AAP as main contenders

Polling staff collecting the electronic voting machines from Chandigarh College of Engineering and Technology, Sector 26, on Thursday. The municipal corporation elections will be held from 7.30am to 5pm. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Published on Dec 24, 2021 04:10 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC polls: Curtains on campaigning, stage set for three-cornered contest

Congress, BJP and AAP in race from all 35 wards in Chandigarh; Last day of canvassing sees candidates holding foot marches, door-to-door campaigning and public rallies

Police, along with CRPF personnel, carrying out a flag march in Hallomajra after campaigning concluded in Chandigarh on Tuesday. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 22, 2021 02:39 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC polls: Garbage takes centre stage as campaigning nears end

Among inflation, water tariff hike, taxes and corruption, it is Chandigarh’s garbage problems on which all parties are gunning against each other the hardest

Both the Aam Aadmi Party and the BJP have promised to completely clear the Dadumajra garbage dump in Chandigarh. (HT File Photo)

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Published on Dec 21, 2021 04:19 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC polls: Political parties rush leaders from other states to bolster campaigns

Star campaigners, members of legislative assemblies and mayors have been deputed in wards to give their campaigns impetus ahead of the Chandigarh MC polls on December 24

Union minister Anurag Thakur at a public meeting in support of BJP’s ward 35 candidate in Sector 48, Chandigarh, on Sunday. (HT Photo)

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Published on Dec 20, 2021 03:03 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

MC polls: Give AAP a chance, Kejriwal’s message to Chandigarh residents

AAP national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal says the BJP and the Congress ruined Chandigarh , but the AAP will make it the cleanest in Asia and eradicate corruption in MC

Delhi chief minister and AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal at a rally in Chandigarh on Sunday. AAP is contesting the Chandigarh MC polls for the first time and has fielded candidates on all 35 seats. (Keshav Singh/HT)

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Published on Dec 20, 2021 03:03 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh MC polls: Crusaders of the war room

As campaigning for the Chandigarh municipal corporation elections enters the final leg, HT takes a look at the core teams of the three main parties—Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Chandigarh municipal corporation elections are scheduled for December 24, in which Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) are the key contenders. (HT File)

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Published on Dec 19, 2021 03:28 AM IST

ByMunieshwer A Sagar

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Munieshwer A Sagar is a principal correspondent at Chandigarh and reports on real estate.

The first Chandigarh MC House meeting after the mayor elections, scheduled for Monday, is set to be a noisy affair; one of the main thorny issues will be the agenda of repair/overhaul of the existing solid waste processing plant in Sector 25 at a cost of ₹6.33 crore

Major stakeholders in the project, Punjab and Haryana are yet to deposit their share of funds, according to the Chandigarh Housing Board

The Chandigarh Housing Board (CHB) is planning to auction off eight of its plots in IT Park in a month’s time; the plots, with sizes varying from 3.5 to 6 acre, will be available for developers who in turn will be permitted to construct residential multi-storey buildings there

City Beautiful’s Swachh rankings had seen a sharp decline last year, and one of the major reasons for this was its poor record in waste segregation. The city had also failed to properly process its wet waste, the reason for which was attributed to lack of segregation.

From composting at home to recycling waste, these zero-waste warriors are showing the way towards regaining Chandigarh’s lost glory as the cleanest city in the country.

The Chandigarh administration is open to proposals regarding the technology to be used for the upgrade of the solid waste processing plant in Sector 25, near Dadumajra

The Chandigarh MC decides to clear 7.5 lakh MT legacy waste, which is not covered under the ongoing smart city project, to completely remove solid waste from the Dadumajra landfill

Having won all the three posts of mayor senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, the road ahead won’t be easy for the BJP as the party is in a minority with 13 seats in the 35-member House

Aam Aadmi Party loses on counts of an invalid vote, cross-voting and bad luck as the BJP pips it for posts of senior deputy mayor and deputy mayor, too

Centre approves ₹871 crore bid by Kolkata-based RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, which is set to take over the Chandigarh electricity department in a month

With the Congress refusing to pick sides, the Chandigarh mayoral election can be anyone’s game, especially considering the strong history of cross voting in the mayoral polls

As per the proposal, the AAP will have its mayor in the first year of the new Chandigarh municipal corporation House with Congress support, while the Congress will get the post in the next year

In the 25-year history of the MC, on several occasions, even a party with one or two seats, has ended up getting their councillor elected as the Chandigarh mayor.

The AAP's surge in Chandigarh, the shared capital of Punjab and Haryana, will serve as a much-needed morale booster for the party

In a three-cornered race, which is the case now, Section 38 of the Punjab MC Act 1976 as extended to Chandigarh, detailing the procedure on how the mayor will be elected

No party got a clear majority, of 18 seats, in the 35-member Chandigarh MC House, but the AAP emerged the single largest party with 14 seats, the BJP a close second with 12 seats and the Congress secured eight sea

It is an opportunity lost for the Congress as it faced the second successive defeat in the Chandigarh MC poll; the party was banking heavily on anti-incumbency factor, but it was AAP that could exploit it

BJP got a major reversal of fortune losing its thumping majority in the Chandigarh MC poll; reduced to second position after AAP, the BJP lost 40% of seats from the last election

Securing twice the absolute majority in Delhi Assembly, AAP could only come second in the last Punjab assembly elections. But this time around, AAP is in the pole position in Chandigarh municipal corporation, and set to elect its first Chandigarh mayor

AAP wins 14 of 35 seats, but fell short of five seats for a simple majority; major drubbing for BJP as its incumbent mayor, two former mayors bite the dust

The incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), meanwhile, was reduced to 12 councillors while the Congress won eight seats and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) managed one

In the Swachh Survekshan 2021, Chandigarh’s rank dropped from 8 to 16 among 48 cities with population above 10 lakhs, and overall, it stood at a lowly 66th rank in the country. Its score also dipped from 83% to 71%.

Voting percentage highest in the past six municipal elections in Chandigarh; results to be declared on December 27

6,33,475 voters set to elect municipal councillors for Chandigarh’s 35 wards, with Congress, BJP and AAP as main contenders

Congress, BJP and AAP in race from all 35 wards in Chandigarh; Last day of canvassing sees candidates holding foot marches, door-to-door campaigning and public rallies

Among inflation, water tariff hike, taxes and corruption, it is Chandigarh’s garbage problems on which all parties are gunning against each other the hardest

Star campaigners, members of legislative assemblies and mayors have been deputed in wards to give their campaigns impetus ahead of the Chandigarh MC polls on December 24

AAP national convener and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal says the BJP and the Congress ruined Chandigarh , but the AAP will make it the cleanest in Asia and eradicate corruption in MC

As campaigning for the Chandigarh municipal corporation elections enters the final leg, HT takes a look at the core teams of the three main parties—Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

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