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Updated On : 30 Jul 2021 | 2:07 PM IST

Chandigarh admin allows reopening of schools for classes 9-12 from Jul 19

The Chandigarh administration on Tuesday said schools can reopen for classes 9 to 12 from July 19 and cinema halls and spas can operate with 50 per cent occupancy. Coaching institutes will also be allowed to function physically from July 19 on the condition that all eligible students and the staff have been administered at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine, it said. "The schools will start functioning physically from 19th July, 2021 for 9th to 12th classes subject to parents' consent for sending their wards to the schools," an official statement issued here said. Online mode of teaching will continue, it added. The decisions were taken at a Covid review meeting chaired by Chandigarh Administrator V P Singh Badnore. Number of guests for social gatherings like weddings will be increased to 200 or 50 per cent capacity of the banquet hall, whichever is less, the statement said. All adult guests and the staff of the hotel or the banquet hall need to have received at least one dose of

Updated On : 13 Jul 2021 | 9:50 PM IST

Omaxe sells commercial, housing properties worth Rs 2,051 cr last fiscal

Realty firm Omaxe has sold properties worth Rs 2,051 crore in 2020-21, up 18 per cent from the previous fiscal, mainly on the back of better demand for its commercial projects in the national capital and Chandigarh. Omaxe is developing a multi-level parking cum commercial project Omaxe Chowk at Chandni Chowk in the national capital. "Our sales bookings in value terms increased to Rs 2,051 crore during the last fiscal from Rs 1,738.75 core in 2019-20 financial year," Omaxe Ltd Vice President (Business Development & Corporate Strategy) Rajan Gupta told PTI. Out of the total sales bookings, about 70 per cent contribution came from commercial projects in Delhi and new Chandigarh. The remaining sales came from housing projects at Ludhiana, Lucknow and New Chandigarh, he said. In volume terms, however, sales fell to 2.73 million sq ft from 4.99 million sq ft. Omaxe delivered only 2.71 million sq ft across various projects in FY21 as against 6.51 million sq ft in the previous fiscal ...