DW BUREAU / Chandigarh The Governor of Punjab and Administrator, Chandigarh Sh. Banwarilal Purohit today called upon the newly recruited firemen in the Fire & Rescue department, Municipal Corporation Chandigarh to come forward and live up to their responsibilities. As many as 268 firemen, who cleared the examination, were handed over appointment letters by the Governor during a special orientation programme held at Rani Laxmi Bai Mahila Bhawan, Sector 38-C, Chandigarh in the presence of Mrs. Kirron Kher, Member Parliament, Smt. Sarbjit Kaur, Mayor, Sh. Dharam Pal, IAS, Adviser to the Administrator, Chandigarh. While congratulating them, the Governor said that it is essential to maintain people's confidence and faith in public service delivery system and it can be achieved through determination, dedication and devotion. He asked them to provide responsive administration at the base level stating that Chandigarh Municipal Corporation has always accorded high priority to public service delivery. He said that with the motto of 'We serve to Save', every official of this department has onerous task to save the lives and property in case of fire/disaster and the main purpose is to help those in distress. The fire brigade was founded on the mottos of valour and sacrifice. It is geared to 'Kill the fire before it kills you', said the Governor. Appreciating the Municipal Corporation Chandigarh for providing better opportunities to the citizens as well as youth for speeding up their process to fill up the posts in various wings, the Governor said that it was happy moment to contribute for the dream of Prime Minister of India Sh. Narendra Modi ji to provide services to 10 lacs youths. He said that Municipal Corporation has contributed a lot towards making Chandigarh No.1 in every segment. Smt. Kirron Kher, Member Parilament congratulated the newly firemen and said that in the interest of public welfare, special services which involve life saving or rescue operations, humanitarian services and emergent services during building collapses, train and motor accidents, drowning accidents, tree collapses, earth quake, oil and acid spillages etc. are being rendered by the fire brigade. (editor@dailyworld.in)