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Abatement of Nuisances
The Health Department has to ensure a safe and hygienic environment. Members of public facing sanitary nuisances may call out at the Health Department to report same. Appropriate actions by the Department would follow.
Cyber Centre
The Council operates a Cyber Centre in collaboration with the Beau Bassin-Rose Hill Cyber Centre Educational Trust located at Allex Vellin Centre, Royal Road, Beau Bassin. That Centre comprises of 64 PC’s. The main object of the centre is to empower the less privileged children of the township with IT skills. The Council puts the Centre at the disposal of non-elite secondary school of the township.
Interested parties are invited to call at the Town Clerk’s Department or at the Library for registration.
Day Care Centre
The Council operates a Day Care Centre at Chebel. The centre caters for infants (from truly poor families) aged between 3 months to 3 years. It is managed by a matron and supported by an assistant.
Admission to the centre is through application at the Welfare Department and the following criteria are applicable
• Age of infant : 3 months to 3 years
• Address : resident of the township
• Others : - Hardship Cases
-Low income group
Drains
The Council is responsible for the construction, care and maintenance of roadside drains. The Council may receive applications for the construction of new drains or unblocking of obstructed drain in flood prone areas.
Education
The Council operates 9 Pre-primary schools. Each year, in October / November, the Council advertises to recruit infant coming from the less privileged stratum of the township.
The main criteria for eligibility are:
(a) Age : the child should be at least three years old;
(b) Address : should be a resident of Beau Bassin-Rose Hill township;
(c) Priorities :
(i) orphans;
(ii) children from broken families;
(iii) hardship cases;
(iv) those on waiting list of the Welfare Department
(d) Others : Seats shall be allocated on a first called first served basis.
Fairs and Markets
The Council is responsible to operate public fairs and markets and to upkeep them.
Green Spaces
The Council has created several green spaces and has to look after the upkeep of those places.
List of green spaces:
Viewpoint Cascadelle
J Freddy Appasamy family corner & Venkatasamy family coner
Promenade S Bharati (Ex Rte Prison)
Boulevard – Colonel Maingard / Barkly
J Cylandrie family corner
Willy Babet family corner
Barkly family corner (Ex Railway Track)
Barkly grotto
Chebel family corner along Chebel Branch Road, Chebel near kiosk, Chebel family corner football ground
Jogging Track Roches Brunes
Vuillemin family corner adjacent to football ground (Ave Palmier)
Vuillemin family corner Mare Gravier
Promenade Roland Armand
Fareed Muttur Square
Père Avrillon Square
Trèfles Grotto – Stanley grotto
Bradshaw family corner
F Nubee family corner
Cocotiers, Tamariniers, Mozart family corner
Village de la Montagne (Cretin Avenue)
Hearse Service
The Council provides a “first come first serve” basis a Hearse Service(Corbillard) upon payment of a nominal fee of Rs25.00
Lease of Infrastructure
The Council may put at the disposal of registered Associations of the township its infrastructures such as Eddy Norton I & II Hall, Social Centres, etc.upon applications from interested parties for organisation of activities such as talks, debates on Health Education, Road Safety, etc.
Interested groups/people should call at the Welfare Department.
Leisure
The Council organizes a series of leisure activities on a regular basis, such as :
(i) Chasse aux Trésors;
(ii) Offer courses on Yoga, Karate, Aerobic, etc.;
(iii) Outings for preprimary children, senior citizens and women’s organisations; and
(iv) Organisation of Chess and Scrabble tournament.
Interested participants are requested to contact the Welfare Department.
Library
The Council operates one main Municipal Library known as Olof Palme Municipal Library, which is situated in the premises of the Town Hall.
The services offered by the library are:
(1) lending of books & periodicals for adults and children;
(2) lending of Audio visual materials;
(3) provision of Internet Access;
(4) a reference section for consultation only; and
(5) a reading area.
The Council also has a sub library situated at Maingard, Rose Hill and Mini Libraries for reading only at Chebel, Plaisance, Camp Levieux, Stanley and Trèfles.
The opening hours of the Main Library are as follows:
Adults
9.00 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. – Weekdays
9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. – Saturdays
Children
2.00 p.m. to 5.00 p.m. – Weekdays
9.00 a.m. to noon – Saturdays
9.00 a.m. to 4.00 p.m. – School holidays
Maingard Sub Library
noon to 5.30 p.m. – Weekdays
9.00 a.m. to noon – Saturdays
Mini Libraries
2.30 p.m. to 6.30 p.m. – Weekdays
9.00 a.m. to 3.00 p.m. – Saturdays
All those interested to join the Library are requested to call on the Senior Librarian for necessary formalities.
The prescribed fees for the various services are as follows:
Deposit for Books & Periodicals – Rs50.00
Deposit for Non Fiction – Rs100.00
Deposit for Audio Visual – Rs200.00
Annual Subscription
(i) Adults = Rs60.00 (Books & Periodicals)
(ii) Children / Student = Rs30.00
Audio Visual Fees
Rs60.00 for 12 weeks for rental of Video Cassettes, CD’s and DVD’s.
Permits and Licences
The Council is the authority to issue building Development Permits and Trade Licences.
Prior to the start of any commercial activity, citizens have to apply for a Development Permit at the Planning Department.
After obtention of development permits, applicants have to apply for a Trade Licence at the Health Department.
>>download application forms
Prior to the construction of any building, citizens have to apply for a Building Permit at the Planning Department.
>>download application forms
Refuse Collection Service
The Council ensures a regular service to all commercial and residential complexes. Moreover, service is made available to members of public upon prior requests on the occasion of special events such as religious celebrations, weddings, etc…
Applicants for such services should call at the Health Department.
Roads
The Council processes applications for creation of public roads. It is also responsible for maintaining non-classified roads (tarring, patching, etc.)
The Council will also entertain applications by groups of citizens regarding the naming of roads and fixing of nameplates.
Moreover, the Council also processes applications from members of public for partial and total closure of roads subject to payment of appropriate fees and authorisation from authorities concerned (Police & N.T.A)
Socio cultural activities
The Council organises on a regular basis socio-cultural activities across the township.Examples are:
Fête de la Musique;
Shows on occasions of Divali;
Christmas Carol;
Naat-E-Mehfil;
Talk / debates on various themes;
Literary activities;
Exhibitions; and Offer of lunch to senior citizens.
These activities are advertised to solicit attendance of members of the public.
The Council also provides assistance to charitable and religious institutions of the township to facilitate organisation of their respective activities. For instance, during Cavadee, Ramadhan, Père Laval Pilgrimage, Maha Shivaratree, Ganesh Chaturti, etc.
Sports Activities
The Council offers use of Sports infrastructures to Clubs affiliated with it. Affiliated Clubs are indeed required to apply to the “Comité D’Animation Sportive” of their respective locality to be eligible to use those infrastructure as listed below:
>Rose Hill Region:
Stadium
E. Anquetil Stadium
Gymnasium
Quorum
Football Grounds
Rafick Nubee
Camp Levieux Football Ground
Trèfles Football Ground
Boulodromes
Trèfles
Maryse Justin
Henry Buswell
Plaisance
>Beau Bassin Region:
Football Grounds
N. Mandela
C. Fanny
S. Law Kwan
A. Adelaide
Sport Complexes
M. Rayeroux
C. Fanny
A. Adelaide
M. Gravier
Montreal
Boulodromes
Vuillemin
Chebel
M. Gravier
Montreal
The Council also organises Sport activities in following fields:
Football
Volleyball
Basketball
Cross-country
Athletics
Body Building
Badminton
Boxe
Judo
Sport (Mechanics) e.g: Motocross, Carting, etc
Handball
Street Lighting
The Council is responsible to provide street lighting. Public should notify the Council about any defective street lights and apply for provisions of street lighting where they consider appropriate.
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