Archives for April 18, 2023

Port Blair, Apr 18: Once again the dedicated team of Police Station Aberdeen cracked down a burglary case by arresting two burglars and recovered Rs. 1,38,500/- stolen cash within 24 hours.
A burglary case was reported at Police Station Aberdeen in the evening of 14-04-2023. The complainant informed that on 14-04-2023 at around 1 PM, they went to Diwan Singh Gurudwara on the eve of Vaishakhi. When they returned back, they found that household articles were scattered and cash around Rs. 2 Lakhs had been stolen from the almirah.
Upon his complaint, an FIR was registered and investigation was entrusted to SI Jeetender Lal. Soon after the registration of FIR, a team consisting of SI Jeetender Lal, HC Sunil Singh Yadav, PCs S.N Rao, Asish Singh and Shiv Kumar was constituted under the supervision of Insp. Girish Kumar, SHO PS Aberdeen for the search of accused and stolen cash. Within no time, the team swung into action and visited the spot. On inspection of the spot and by analyzing CCTV footage, the burglar was identified as a resident of Dolly Gunj. Accordingly, the accused person was nabbed from Goal Ghar area in the morning of 15th April, 2023. The accused confessed that he had stolen the money with another person from Haddo. An amount of Rs. 1, 38,500/- has been recovered from their possession. Further investigation is going on.
The entire investigation took place under the guidance of Mr. Sunny Gupta, IPS, Sub Divisional Police Officer, South Andaman and overall supervision of Mr. Kalaivanan R., IPS, Superintendent of Police, South Andaman District.
The general public is requested to share information pertaining to any crime or other illegal activities to Police at 112, 03192-232100, 03192-233077 & 03192-232400. The identity of the informant will be kept secret.

Port Blair, Apr 18: The meeting of Democratic Youth Federation of India (DYFI) held at Port Blair recently demanded Unemployment Allowance to unemployed youth of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In a resolution adopted in the meeting the DYFI noted with grave concern that unemployment is rising in the islands and there is no tangible efforts on the part of the central government to set up any industry or establishment to provide jobs to the youth of these islands. Unemployed youth are facing hardship even to meet their personal expenses in the absence of any income. These youth are forced to depend upon the income of their parents for their livelihood and other expenses.
The meeting noted that in States like Kerala, Unemployment Allowance is given to unemployed youth upto certain age or till they get any job. This is a great relief to the unemployed youths as they can minimize their dependence on parents and others for their personal expenses. The meeting of Democratic Youth Federation of India held at Port Blair resolved to urge upon the central government and Andaman & Nicobar Administration to grant Unemployment Allowance to all the unemployed local youth who have registered their names with the local Employment Exchange as has been done in States like Kerala. The meeting also demanded that the Unemployment Allowance be granted at the rate of rupees one thousand to each unemployed youth per month in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
Through another resolution DYFI meeting held at Port Blair noted with grave concern and anguish that about 13,000 posts of various categories are lying vacant in various departments under the Andaman & Nicobar Administration. These posts are kept vacant at a time when nearly one lakh unemployed youths of these islands are waiting for a job. The meeting noted that during the last several years, various organizations have been demanding to fill up these posts, but no action seems to have been taken to fill up these posts except the posts of LGC, etc. through the Recruitment Cell of the Administration. In the absence of any private sector job, young people in the islands look upon government departments for a job.
The meeting of DYFI called upon the central government and Andaman & Nicobar Administration to take immediate concrete steps to fill up all the vacant posts under the Andaman & Nicobar Administration in order to minimize the rising unemployment in this backward union territory.
The DYFI meeting held at Port Blair recently noted with grave concern that a good number of jobs in the government departments in Andaman & Nicobar Islands are being taken away by the candidates from mainland that are in a better position as compared to the local youths here. Due to the online process of recruitment and other factors, the candidates from mainland in large numbers apply for each post under the A & N Administration and a number of them are being selected automatically. The Supreme Court had struck down the decision of the Govt. of India to earmark 100% jobs to local youths through an Executive order, and held that legislation in Parliament can only make any provision for complete jobs to the candidates of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. The DYFI meeting noted with concern that despite passage of three decades of such a verdict of the Supreme Court, no steps has been taken by the successive central governments in this regard and urged the central government and A & N Administration to take immediate action to ensure that the entire government jobs in Andaman & Nicobar Islands are earmarked for the local youths and thus prevent candidates from mainland grabbing whatever job opportunity available in the islands.

Port Blair, Apr 18: To annihilate the menace of illicit ganja at Diglipur, Police personnel of PS Diglipur under the leadership of SDPO Diglipur proved their mettle once again by going tough against the drug peddlers. Team kept a sharp vigil over anti-social activities under PS Diglipur jurisdiction during the ongoing Mela season.
On 11/04/23 upon receipt of credible information of possession of Illicit Ganja, a raiding team was constituted who recovered Ganja weighing 248 grams from accused Suresh Kumar S/o M. Anand (26) Yrs R/o Garacharma, Port Blair.
The team received information that one person namely Suresh Kumar who is presently staying at M.V Lodge Diglipur is carrying illicit ganja and is looking to sell it to potential customers. The raiding team under the leadership of SHO Diglipur observing all codal formalities as mandated under NDPS Act nabbed the accused Suresh Kumar and upon thorough search recovered a transparent polythene bag containing 10 Nos. packets weighing 248 gms of illicit ganja along with chillam and rolling paper. The whole operation was carried under the overall supervision of Ms. Niharika Bhatt, IPS, Superintendent of Police, N & M Andaman District.
The general public is requested to pass and share any credible information pertaining to any crime or illegal activities to their nearest police station or over phone No.100, 112 & 03192-273344. The identity of the informers will be kept secret and will also be suitably rewarded.

Port Blair, Apr 18: Mock Drill on Earthquake conducted in the Cinema Hall (Anand Paradise Multiplex), Port Blair on 18.04.2023 by the Directorate of Disaster Management in coordination with District Administration, South Andaman, A&N Police, A&N Police Fire Services, Directorate of Health Services and NDRF by creating real time earthquake disaster simulation scenario and tested the disaster preparedness of the Cinema Hall and response of all Emergency Support Functionaries (ESFS) on safe evacuation, search & rescue and first aid along with medical support to manage the earthquake scenario in the Cinema Hall.
The Mock Drill was successfully conducted under the overall supervision of Dr. Nitin Shakya, Director (DM), A&N Administration. The mock drill was started after receipt of information at the State Emergency Operation Centre (SEOC) from Cinema Theater regarding an incident and staff trapped in the theaters due to the Earthquake. The SEOC disseminated the earthquake incident information of Cinema Hall to DEOC (S/A), A&N Police, A&N Police Fire Services, Control Room of G.B. Pant Hospital and NDRF.
The teams constituted in Cinema Hall have been activated to manage the earthquake situation, emergency evacuation of audience and staff. Search & rescue teams of Fire & NDRF searched all the theaters of Cinema Hall and found 05 staff members trapped in the theaters which were safely rescued and handed over to medical response team of DHS for further treatment and hospitalization. Audience and other staff have been moved to identify assembly/safe areas. Further, the NDRF team searched the entire Cinema Hall and rescued two more staff members trapped in the building and shifted them to G.B. Pant Hospital with the help of the Health department and Ambulance. The Police team cordon off the entire area and maintained law & order and traffic movement.
This was followed by debriefing session wherein the observers of the Mock Drill had explained the findings and gaps of the Mock Drill. The Director (DM) appreciated the efforts of the team of Cinema Hall and other Stakeholders for their active and effective participation in the Mock Drill. He also urged the Management of Cinema Hall to regularly check all safety equipment, update their SOP, emergency contact details and provide DM training to staff of Cinema Hall for their capacity building to cope up any crisis in future.

Port Blair, Apr 18: As part of Fire Service Week, (14th April 2023 to 20th April 2023), Community Outreach Programmes were organized to enhance Public Awareness on fire hazard and fire safety measures.
A Drawing and Painting Competition on the theme “Awareness in Fire Safety for growth of national infrastructure (AGNI)” was organized at Fire Service (HQ) along with other Fire Stations spread across A & N Islands, on 18th April, 2023.
The competition was divided into two categories, from class I to class V & from class VI to class IX. Altogether, 40 students from 10 different Schools participated in the event). Following are the list of winners at Fire Service (HQ)
Category I (Class I to V)
S Sanhedrin, Nirmala Sr. Sec School – Class – I
Edil Baxla, Nirmala Sr. Sec. School – Class – V
Cedric Sheelan, St Mary’s School Class – III

Category II (Class VI to IX)
G Yamuna, Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Girls – Class – IX
Shreya Sasmal – St Mary’s School – Class – VIII
Suhana Ali- Carmel Sr. Sec. School – Class – IX
Winners of the competition were felicitated by the Chief Guest Mrs. Monika Bhardwaj, IPS Dy. Inspector General of Police (L&O), in the presence of Mrs. Varsha Sharma, IPS SSP Fire, Mr. Sandeep, Dy SP Fire and other Fire Officials.

Port Blair, Apr 18: The double storied market complex at ward no.3 under GP Wimberlygunj was inaugurated on 17/04/2023 at 8:30AM at Wimberlygunj by Ms. Veditha Reddy, IAS, Secretary RD, PRIs & ULBs, Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman, A&N Administration with Mr. Aditya Kumar Asthana, DANICS, Director, RD, PRIs & ULBs along with Mr. K.Venkat Ram Babu , Pradhan, GP Wimberlygunj, UP-Pradhan and other PRI Members. The Double Storied Market Complex was constructed from the RURBAN mission at a total cost of Rs 44, 68,273/-.
It has a total of 10 shops (5 in each floor) which shall be allotted among the villagers of GP Wimberlygunj through lottery/auction as per the prescribed codal formalities at the earliest. The function was attended by more than 150 villagers and government functionaries.
After the inauguration, the senior citizens put forward the lack of ambulance drivers on holidays at PHC Wimberlygunj and subsequently the DC,South Andaman directed the medical incharge to sort out the issue by maintaining rosters for drivers. Further, Gpwimberlygunj was directed to construct a toilet block for the said market complex and also instructed to maintain the general cleanliness around the newly inaugurated building.
The Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman alongwith the revenue officials also visited the graveyard at lalbijan, Wimberlygunj for set apart of land in favor of the graveyard. In addition, she further visited few sites for set apart of land under GpKanyapuram for various developmental projects as per the request put forward by PRIs.