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AC Diglipur pays surprise visit to GSSS Subhashgram

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Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, Nov. 11: Mr. Ankit Yadav, IAS, Assistant Commissioner, Diglipur accompanied by DEO, Diglipur made a surprise visit to the Govt. Sr. Sec. School, Subhashgram and carried out an inspection in the school today. During his inspection, he interacted with the students and teachers and tried to understand the overall conditions of the school including education being imparted and its related issues. Deficiencies and shortcomings observed/found were listed and were conveyed by the ACDP to the Director of Education, A & N Administration, Port Blair for redressal/amelioration, a source said.

Special camps to vaccinate people eligible for second dose of COVID-19 vaccine in N & M Andaman: DC

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Trinath & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Nov 10: Mrs. Anjali Sehrawat, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, North and Middle Andaman said that special camps have been organized for the second dose of COVID-19 vaccination in North and Middle Andaman.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha correspondent yesterday, Mrs. Sehrawat, DC, NMA said that for the development of the NMA District, cooperation of general public is needed, with only efforts of a single person, success cannot be achieved.
The DC, NMA further pointed out that, the process of COVID-19 vaccination drive is going on very smoothly in NMA. About 80% of the people have now been fully vaccinated with both the doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the NMA district, she added.
However, the people who are now eligible for the second dose of vaccine are being tracked by the Control Room and they are asked to come for their second dose of vaccine. Every day data is being monitored to check whether the people called for their second dose are vaccinated or not, the DC said.
She added that approximately 2000-3000 people are left for their second dose of vaccine; to completely cover them a COVID-19 vaccination camps are being organized, the information regarding this special camp is being provided to people through social media platforms.
“We hope that people who are eligible for the second dose of vaccine will be 100 % vaccinated in this month,” the DC added.

 

Gram Sabha meet or GP Subhashgram Held

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Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, Nov. 09: Gram Sabha Meeting under Gram Panchayat Subhashgram, Diglipur was held today at 10.00AM in the Subhashgram Panchayat Bhawan. The meeting was chaired by the Special Officer, Rajender Kumar, (BDO, CD, Block, Diglipur) in presence of the Panchayat Secretary, VLW, officials of the line department and attended by Ex-PRI members, residents of Subhashgram village.

The agenda of the meeting were preparation of draft Gram Panchayat Development Plan (GPDP) for the year 2022-23 under “People’s Plan Campaign” with the Theme- “Sabki Yojna-Sabka Vikas”, Social Audit of MGNREGA (1st April, 2021 to 30th September, 2021) and other miscellaneous issues.

 

Deputy Commissioner, N & M Andaman visits CHC, Diglipur

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RABINDRANATH BISWAS

Diglipur, Nov. 08: On her maiden visit to Diglipur Tehsil after assuming the Office, Mrs. Anjali Sehrawat, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, N & M Andaman district, visited CHC, Diglipur along with Mr. Ankit Sharma, IAS, Assistant Commissioner, Diglipur on 5th November.

She first took stock of the situation of Dialysis Unit, new Oxygen Plant and COVID-19 Vaccination status and other related constraints of the Health Care facility at the CHC. The DC interacted with the patients in Labour Room and inquired if they were happy with treatment being given. She also visited Medicine Store of the CHC and wanted to know if the adequate stock of medicine was there. On asking what do the dialysis patients do in the event of non-functioning of the Dialysis Plant at CHC, Diglipur, the CMO replied that these patients have to go RP Hospital, Mayabunder for this purpose. When asked why the Dialysis Plant is not working now, the CMO said that, due to the undesired hang-up in the RO Plant, the Dialysis Plant is not working; however once the service engineers arrive, both the Dialysis and Oxygen plants will start functioning smoothly. The DC asked the CMO to see that both the plants function at the earliest. On taking stock of the backlog COVID-19 vaccination, the DC ordered the CMO to conduct special drive on vaccines in remote and far flung areas under Diglipur Tehsil. The District Magistrate also wanted to know about the specialists team at the CHC, and the CMO said that, at present there are a gynaecologist, one medical specialist, one anaesthetist and a surgeon in the CHC. The DC directed the CMO to submit in detail about the current strength of Health Care Workers at the CHC. The Deputy Commissioner also visited the upcoming Sub-District Hospital site, a source said.

In transit, Mrs. Sehrawat inspected projects under GOI schemes (PMAY PMMSY etc) along with proposed infrastructure udgradation works at various places under Diglipur Tehsil. She allotted 50 sqmtr of house site under PMAY to 52 beneficiaries at Kishorinagar. She also visited the cluster of completely built houses for 18 beneficiaries at Laxmipur, Radhanagar and Gandhnagar. She made a brief visit to Solid and Liquid Waste Management Project at Radhanagar village as well, the source also said.  

 

Vehicle Owners of Diglipur demand Canopy over ANIIDCO Petrol Pump

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Rabindranath Biswas
Diglipur, Nov. 03: The population of Diglipur is next only to Port Blair, South Andaman and as far as number of vehicles is concerned, Diglipur is not behind in this respect as well.
The auto-rickshaws plying in Diglipur alone have crossed 400 in numbers and one need not explain about the numbers of two and four wheelers here as it skyrocketed in the last few years.
But unfortunately, Petrol Pump without canopy is one of the shortcomings of the lone ANIIDCO Retail Outlet, Diglipur (Petrol Pump) that need to be addressed to.
In absence of this canopy, the consumers of petrol/diesel have to face the wrath of different weather conditions. In rainy season, bikers, power tiller owners and other stakeholders get drenched while refilling their vehicles with fuel at the premises of this ANIIDCO Petrol Pump as it lacks the canopy or any over-head shed arrangement.
“Every time there are serpentine queues at the pump, but this is not our main concern, our problem is that the petrol pump doesn’t meet the basic requirement of providing shelter to its consumers as there is no canopy installed/erected or any over-head shed arrangement in its premises which ought to be at a Petrol Pump, and as a result, in rainy season we get drenched and rain water/droplets enter into our fuel tanks with the fuel while filling the fuel under the open sky. On the other hand, in summer season, we have to queue up under scorching Sun for a long time for getting our tanks filled” rued a vehicle owner.

The auto rickshaw owners revealed that they had earlier wrote to the Managing Director, ANIIDCO Ltd. Port Blair in this regard, but it yielded no fruitful result.

Meanwhile, autorickshaw owners, bikers, power tiller owners and other motor vehicle owners have decided to meet the Assistant Commissioner, Diglipur and submit a representation to this effect for its immediate redressal, a source said.

Suspected Crocodile Attack at Narayan Tikry area of North Andaman

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John Wilbert & Vikramaditya
Diglipur, Nov 01: A dead-body of a man was found yesterday morning at Narayan Tikry creek area. It is learnt that police suspects that the man was attacked by a Crocodile.
As per information yesterday morning 08:30 AM local people of Narayan Tikry found the dead body floating in the creek of Narayan Tikry. Later this matter was informed to Police Station Kalighat. Immediately Police Team of Police Station Kalighat reached the spot and sighted around two meter long Crocodile in nearby area. The left hand of the body was reportedly missing and there were grievous injuries on the left side of the face. As per sources a dinghy has also been found from the area. Later the victim was identified as Mr. Soreng Francis, 45 years a resident of Narayan Tikry. Further details are awaited.

ANDAMAN SHEEKHA IMPACT: EE, Electricity reaches Billiground to sort out Transformer fault issue

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Vikramaditya

Port Blair, Oct 27: On 27 October 2021 edition, Andaman Sheekha English Daily published a news regarding damage of a Transformer at Billiground Bazaar and also reported about fire, which is reported in the new Transformer installed by Electricity Department.

Taking swift action, Mrs. Deepa Kumari, the Executive Engineer of Electricity Department, N & M Andaman reached Harinagar Ward Number 6 area of N & M Andaman to inspect the damaged Transformer. After inspection she found that the Transformer is totally damaged and she realized that the site of the transformer needs to be shifted to another place, considering safety of public and convenience in maintenance.

But the EE was informed that the suitable site for shifting the transformer belongs to an octogenarian and prominent Islander, Mr. Harabilash Bairagi, whose consent is necessary.

As per details, Mrs. Deepa Kumari soon contacted Dr. P K Mandal a social worker of the region for convincing Mr. Harabilash Bairagi for setting up transformer in his land. Dr. P K Mandal reportedly convinced Mr. Harabilash Bairagi and brought him to the site to meet the EE so that the matter can be resolved immediately. The EE appreciated Mr. Harabilash Bairagi for his generosity of giving land for setting up transformer and lauded efforts of Dr. P K Mandal for convincing Mr. Bairagi.

The EE later assured general public that within two days the transformer will be installed which will solve the power cut issues of Billiground and nearby regions. Public expressed gratitude towards Mrs. Deepa Kumari, the Executive Engineer of Electricity Department, N & M Andaman for visiting the site personally and solving the issue immediately.

Fire reported from Billiground Transformer

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Trinath & Savita Kumari
Port Blair, Oct 26: A minor fire was reported from a Transformer of Billiground region this evening. As per information received on 22 Oct 2021 the Transformer, placed in front of SBI, Billiground got damaged due to a lightening because of which Billiground and part of Harinagar had witnessed blackout. Villagers soon approached the concerned officials to replace the Transformer.
As per the details, soon a new Transformer was installed but due to unknown region the new Transformer also got damaged. Later the damaged Transformer was again repaired. Today as per villagers, due to huge load of electricity, a fire was seen inside the Transformer. The fire was later doused by fire brigade personnel, who reached the spot, after public complaint. Sadly due to all these issues a large area of Harinagar and Billiground witnessed prolonged power cuts.

Great Nicobar market running out of Onions, Potatoes, Tomatoes and eggs

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Rahul Singh & Vikramaditya
Campbell Bay, Oct 17: The market in Great Nicobar has almost run out of essential commodities like Onions, Potatoes, Tomatoes and eggs , giving nightmares to the residents of the Islands. People living in Great Nicobar are finding it difficult to even plan their daily meal.
According to villagers in the last sailing of MV Kalighat hardly any cargo reached Campbell Bay, which triggered this crisis.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha former Zilla Parishad member of Campbell Bay Mr. Gagandeep Singh said that this is unfortunate to note that the Great Nicobar Islands is facing such crisis and no fruitful steps have been taken up yet to solve this issue. He pointed out that the main reason behind such crisis is that MV Kalighat, during its last sailing brought only passengers and no cargo.
He requested the Administration to send all essential commodities for Great Nicobar Islands as early as possible.

After very Successful and Fruitful tenure, Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan leaves N&M Andaman on new assignment

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Trinath & Vikramaditya

Port Blair, Oct 10: Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan, who managed to win hearts of thousands of residents of North and Middle Andaman as Deputy Commissioner, with her dedicated works and swift action during the time of pandemic, has been given a new assignment as Secretary of Personnel/ AR & Training, Education/Sports, ED-ANIIDCO 08, October 2021.

Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan took over the charge of DC, North and Middle Andaman during the difficult time, when entire nation had come under the grip of corona virus and nobody had clear idea about the entire issue.

Under her guidance and watch, the North and Middle Andaman district remained free from COVID-19 infection for most of the time and it was seen that the Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan visited every corner of North and Middle Andaman District during pandemic time to make sure that all SOPs are strictly followed and number of COVID-19 cases remain minimum.

Andaman Sheekha reported about dozens of instances when following public requests the Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan took spot decisions and relaxed norms, wherever possible, so that general public face minimum inconvenience. There were instances when she made surprise inspections on various places to check whether things are under control during the time of pandemic.

Because of public friendly approach during her short tenure there were no major protests in North and Middle Andaman against District Administration and this is why she will be remembered as one of the most popular DCs of North and Middle Andaman.

Meanwhile, after her transfer today she moved from North and Middle Andaman for Port Blair via road and while crossing Middle Andaman she was given an emotional farewell by local grassroot leaders of Harinagar and members of Hindu Rastriya Shakti, NGO.

During an interaction at Panchayat Bhawan, Billiground, Dr. Dr.P.K.Mandal, General Secretary, HRS & BJKM, A&N Islands welcomed Dr. Bhati. He lauded her contributions for North and Middle Andaman region.

Dr. Mandal mentioned that because of the quality of swift action and quick decision making, Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan solved many problems of Islanders on the spot during her tenure, brining huge relief for public.

Dr. Bhati in her speech expressed her gratitude towards the lovable people of North and Middle Andaman District, who always stood behind her and extended all possible cooperation to make her tenure a successful one. She said that she will take over new charge soon but during her new tenure she will be again serving the N & M District region also and this time she will be well aware about the ground realities.