Chandigarh News: Haryana supports naming Chandigarh airport after Bhagat Singh

Haryana Chief Minister, Bhupinder Singh Hooda Saturday said that Haryana fully support the naming of the international airport of Chandigarh as Shahid Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh.

 

 The Chief Minister was addressing the media persons after inaugurating the Advance Hernia Surgery Centre and Advance Piles Surgery Centre of Diwan Hospital at  Ludhiana.

 

 Hooda said that it was a matter of pride that when today we were celebrating the 66 anniversary of Quit India movement, the International Airport of Chandigarh and two states of Haryana and Punjab was named after great martyr Bhagat Singh. He said that belonging to a family of freedom fighters, he was personally feeling happy on this development. He said that he had never raised objections or opposed the naming of International Airport of Chandigarh as Shahid Bhagat Singh International Airport, Chandigarh.

 

 Speaking on the facilities extended to the freedom fighters in Haryana, he said that the State Government had increased their pensions and they were also given Dearness Allowance.  He said that the families of freedom fighters should be given the status of families of Nation and they should be honoured on the occasion of Independence Day.

 

On the question of Separate Shiromani Gurdawara Parbhandak Committee, he replied that the committee which had been constituted under the chairmanship of Agriculture Minister, Harmohinder Singh Chatha had been told to submit its report within fifteen days. Any decision on this issue would only be taken after studying and analyzing  the contents of this report, he asserted. 

 

To improve the sex ratio, the Chief Minister said that several schemes were being implemented for the welfare of girl child so as to prevent the heinous practice of female foeticide. As a result of the strenuous efforts of the State Government, the sex ratio of female had increased from 819 per 1000  males to 867  per 1000 males and this had further been  improving.

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Chandigarh News: Residents’ panel criticise decision to abolish nominal fee on transfer of ownership of flats

The Chandigarh Social Welfare Council, today criticised the Chandigarh Administration's decision to turn down the proposal of the Estate Office to charge a nominal fee for the transfer of ownership of cooperative group housing society flats by General Power of Attorney holders (GPAs) holders.

 

In a joint statement issued in Chandigarh, S S Bhardwaj and Satish Chander Sharma, Co-Chairman and General Secretary of the Council, flayed the Administration for hefty charges on the GPA as unearned profit for transfer of flats in Cooperative Group Housing Societies and for having dismissed all pleas of the holders of GPAs in society flats for rationalising the charges for transfer of the flat in group housing societies.

 

"The council took very serious view of the decision taken by the officers of the Finance department in deference to the views of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, who had opined that Rs 10,000, Rs 20,000 and Rs 30,000 should be paid respectively for first, second and third transfer. It seems the Administration in its zeal is bent on breaking the rules that are contradictory, illegal and discriminatory," said the Council.

 

General Secretary Satish C Sharma said that the rule that is drawn from the Chandigarh Sites and Building Rules, 1960, to form the basis of the proposed unearned profit is sub rule 8-C of the Act.

 

However, this application is in isolation of the Rule 8. Rule 8 is not for House Building Cooperative Societies Act.

 

"Occupiers of flats in these societies neither own a site nor a building. Land is allotted to a Society as per the 'Land to Cooperative House Building Societies Scheme', 1991, for construction of dwelling units for its members. The sub-rule 8-C provides for registration of sale deed/transfer. The Punjab Cooperative Act, 1960, is applied to Chandigarh. If the rule is implemented, then Punjab will have resorted to its application to garner resources for its development programme," he said.

 

The council said if the Administration does not revert its decision, the members will be compelled to launch an agitation for the dues of GPAs holders.

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