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CID team seizes 24 Kgs of IllicitGanja; Kingpin still unknown, Main agent Absconding

Port Blair, Jan 01: After sev-eral months long constant ef-forts, a team of Criminal In-vestigation Department (CID)comprising of HCs SasiKumar, Mohd. Rafique andPC Tamil Selvam headed bySI Vishal Ram succeeded inapprehending over 24 Kgs of

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New Year Gift to Islands by A & N Police

Citizen’s Charter’ of Administration launchedWork with resolve

for all-round progress of theIslands: LG tells officials

Port Blair, Jan 01: The Lt Gover-nor, Lt Gen A K Singh (Retd),today launched the ‘Citizen’sCharter’ of the Administrationat a function held at Raj Niwasthis morning. The charter pre-pared by the AdministrativeReforms & Training/PublicGrievances Cell, A&N Admin-istration contains details relat-ing to consumer-friendly infor-mation including services to thepublic by various Departmentsof the Administration. Helaunched the ‘e-Citizen Charter’and also released its documentcopy on the occasion.

Addressing the gather-ing, the Lt Governor extendedhis best wishes to the people ofthe Islands on the occasion ofNew Year and said that the newyear rekindles the ray of new

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Port Blair, Jan 01: In recentyears along with the devel-opment in science and tech-nology India has achievedphenomenal success in theareas of alternative technol-ogy and energy efficiency.With the depletion of conven-tional energy sources due toinherent dangers of the fos-sil fuel dominated energysecurity such as geopoliticaluncertainty of oil gas sup-plies, risks attached to grow-ing oil and gas prices, it is vitalfor our nation to reduce itsdependence on fossil fuels tomeet the growing energy re-quirements. The issues ofglobal warming, atmosphericpollution and consequent cli-mate change, concerns as aresult of emissions of greenhouse gases due to massiveuse of fossil fuels have be-come major component inrestricting the use of conven-tional energy. There is thus,an urgent need to increasethe tapping of new and re-newable sources of energyfor ensuring energy security.

The Electricity De-partment, Andaman &Nicobar Administration isimplementing the non-con-ventional energy sourcesschemes in these Islands asnodal agency of the Minis-try of New and RenewableEnergy, New Delhi. Renew-able energy sources can playa vital role in the develop-ment of A&N Islands par-

ticularly, considering the factthat electricity is very costlyand is highly subsidized. Elec-tricity is generated in theseIslands by using costly andimported diesel, which maybecome further costlier in fu-ture.

The NRSE divisionof Electricity Department, A& N Administration has beenemphasizing on switchingover of power generationthrough Renewable Energywhich is cheap comparativelyand eco-friendly to phase outthe existing power generationthrough costly HSD.

The Lt. Governor,A&N Islands has alwaysbeen concern about high costof power generation andavoidable use of electricity sothat there is reduction ofpower consumption.

Keeping in view ofall the above facts NRSEDivision of Electricity Depart-ment is taking efforts to en-hance the renewable energyresources in order to imple-ment Solar, Wind, Biomass,Tidal & Wave Energy. In linewith this, New and Renew-able Sources of Energy(NRSE) Division in associa-tion with Bureau of EnergyEfficiency (BEE), New Delhiand The Energy and Re-sources Institute, TERI is or-ganizing a workshop on “Re-newable Energy Potentialsin A&N Islands” on 3 rd

January, 2015 at DBRAITAuditorium.

The Lt. Governor,Andaman & Nicobar Islandswill be the Chief Guest of thefunction.

This workshop willhelp in disseminating the ne-cessity for development andexploitation of renewable en-ergy in A& N Islands. On theother hand will create aware-ness for efficient use of elec-tricity and importance of en-ergy conservation amongstthe general public.

Apart from the se-nior officers from variousMinistries of Govt. of Indiaand senior officers & scien-tists from various Govt. Un-dertakings, senior officers ofA&N Administration, all thepublic representatives of po-litical parties, members fromchamber of commerce,prominent citizen, press, me-dia persons and general pub-lic of Andaman & NicobarIslands are invited to attendthis workshop on “Renew-able Energy Potentials inA&N Islands” on 3rd Janu-ary, 2015 from 09:30 hrs to17:30 hrs at BRAIT Audito-rium.

Workshop on RenewableEnergy Potentials in A&N Islands

other Certificate and Di-ploma Programmes. The lastdate to fill in the applicationforms with late fee of Rs.300/- has been extended upto15th January 2015.

For details, visitIGNOU Website -www.ignou.ac.in. or contactIGNOU Regional Centre,Port Blair, JNRM Campus.Prospectus can be obtainedfrom Regional Centre,PortBlair or any of its Study Cen-tres at Mayabunder, Hutbay,

Last date for Admission to IGNOUPrograms for January 2015 Session

Extended upto 15th January 2015Port Blair, Jan 01: IndiraGandhi National Open Uni-versity, one of the Mega-Uni-versities in the World, an-nounces extension of datesfor Admissions to its DistanceEducation Academicprogrammes for the Aca-demic Cycle commencingfrom January 2015. Theprogrammes include BPP,BA, BCOM, BSC, BTS,BCA, BLIS, MCA, MEC,MEG, MSO, MPA, MHD,MPS, MLIS and various

Car Nicobar, Kamorta &Campbell Bay in person forRs. 200/-, or by post by send-ing a DD of Rs. 250/- infavour of IGNOU, NewDelhi, to Registrar (StudentRegistration Division), IndiraGandhi National Open Uni-versity, Maidan Garhi, NewDelhi-68. It can be down-loaded from the Universitywebsite www.ignou.ac.in.Acommunication from IGNOURegional Centre, Port Blairsaid.

Shortage of DrinkingWater hits Mayabunder

K.Muralidharan PIllaiMayabunder, Jan 01: Thishas been reported from vari-ous corners of Mayabunderthat the residents of variousresidential colonies inMayabunder region are notgetting proper drinking waterthrough pipe lines, even on al-ternative days.

The shortage ofdrinking water has now hitMayabunder and adjoiningarea hard.

Meanwhile, whenAndaman Sheekha con-

tracted the Executive Engi-neer of APWD, Mayabunder

he assured that proper watersupply will be resumed soon.

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Third Diglipur VikasMela from 14 January

Port Blair, Jan 01: The 3rdDiglipur Vikas Mela 2015 isscheduled to held atVivekananda Stadium,Diglipur from 14th January to20th January 2015. The or-ganizing committee cordiallyhas invited to all the generalpublic, merchants, Govt. De-partments, Institutes, Organi-zations, private sectors to par-ticipate in this mega event.

Exhibitions, displayof arts and crafts, flora and

fauna and marine life will bepart of the event, Culturaltroupes and artists who willbe here during ITF will beadded attraction of this Mela.

Various cultural pro-grams are planed which willcharge the exhilaration of thepeople. The aim is to drawattention to the rural develop-ment in this island. Duringthis event, various aspects ofrural lives in these areas willbe placed on display.

STS staffs accordfarewell to Mr. Martin

DJ VenkateshDiglipur, Jan 01: A farewellwas arranged at Diglipur tobid adieu to Mr. Martin ChiefInspector, STS Diglipur.

Mr. Martin joinedSTS as a conductor andserved 36 years in variousposts. While sharing his ex-perience he urged all his col-leagues to commit them-selves for the welfare of thecommuters.

Shri. Abdul RasheedStation Master, STS Rangatwas the Chief Guest. With

all the good wishes Stationmaster handed over all his

retirement benefits to Mr.Martin.

Mayabunder, Jan 01:Subhash Mela CommitteeMayabunder is organisingvarious sports events to cel-ebrate the Birthday of NetajiSubhash Chandra bose.

In this connectionthe sports festival began to-day by Start of Football Fi-esta. The CJM Mayabunderwas the Chief Guest on theoccasion accompanied by GSMela committee Shri.RASwamy and Jt Secretary Shri

.Aneesh Chatterjee. In today’s opening

match Home brothers sportsclub defeated Devpur By 3Goals .Other events that willbe played during the fortnightlong programs are Badmin-ton, Volleyball, Kabadi,Chess, Carrom, Table Tennis. The overall Chairman forsports committee is Shri.Tompson Pradan Rampurand cordinator Shri. YounusExtension officer.

Sports Event bySubhash Mela Committee

Improvement of SewerageSystem in Port Blair area, scheme

formulated by APWD: Babul SupriyoPort Blair, Jan 01: DuringWinter Session of Parlia-ment in the 16 th L okSabha , Mr. B.P. Ray,Member of Parliament ofthis UT has a raised un-starred question bear ingNo.2990 before theHon’ble Speaker of LokSabha.

In his question herequested the Ministry ofUrban Development tofurnish about the conduct-ing study for formulation ofthe scheme of Seweragedisposal system in PortBlair urban area and alsofor the expenditur e in-curred for the purpose.

In reply to theques t ion, Mr. BabulSupriyo, Minister of Statein the Ministry of UrbanDevelopment pr esented

before the Speaker that thescheme is formulated inthe Annual Plan of APWDin the name of “Improve-ment of Sewerage Systemin Port Blair area”.

The DPR for for-mulation of Sewerage Dis-posal System prepared bythe WAPCOPS (Consult-ant) has been examined bythe Ministry sought for cer-tain modification/compli-

ance.T he Admn/

WAPCOPS (Consultant)presently being attendedthe modification/compli-ance sugges ted by theMinistry.

The Hon’ble Minis-ter further informed that anamount of Rs.98.44 lakhshas been incurred for thestudy conducted by theWAPCOPS (Consultant).


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EDITORIAL.....Port Blair, Jan 01: Smt B Prasad,State Election Commissioner, calledon the the Lt. Governor recently andalso had detailed discussion withChief Secretary and officers of theAdministration as well as politicalfunctionaries. While discussing mat-ters relating to the forthcoming elec-tions to the Panchayats and PortBlair Municipal Council, she haddrawn attention to the fact that ar-eas under four Panchayats have nowbeen notified for inclusion in the PortBlair Municipal Council, recently. Inother words, the Port Blair Munici-pal Council would now have addi-tional wards instead of the fourPanchayats which would cease toexist. She discussed various stepsthat need to be taken in the run up tothe elections next year, including thevital work of delimitation of constitu-encies, consequent to the demise ofthe four Panchayats.

The Election Commissionerwas keen that the elections to thePort Blair Municipal Council be con-ducted a month ahead of the

Panchayat and Zilla Parishad elec-tions. She mentioned that such apractice has been adopted in someother States and this UT should alsoconsider adopting this good practice,so that the elections to both thePanchayats and Municipal are con-ducted smoothly.

Considering her suggestions,the Andaman & Nicobar Administra-tion is inclined to have the electionsto the Port Blair Municipal Councilconducted a month earlier than thePanchayat and Zilla Parishad elec-tions so as to ensure that there is aseamless and smooth change of thepolitical set up consequent to the cre-ation of the new municipal wards andthe end of these four Panchayats,whose areas would now be broughtunder jurisdiction of the municipalbody.Hon’ble Lt Governor has askedChief Secretary to constitute a Com-mittee, comprising of Principal Sec-retary (Revenue) and the threeDeputy Commissioners, to considerthe suggestions of the State ElectionCommissioner.

SEC Suggests Municipal Elections tobe Held Ahead of Panchayat Elections

When You GiveBack To Society

I’ve been thinking about theancient Indic tradition thattalked of the four phases inan individual’s life:Brahmacharya, when one ac-quired education and skills;grahastha, when as a house-holder, one raised a family;vanvas when it was time forcontemplation, perhaps inthe natural environs of a for-est, and finally, sanyas, whenone practised detachmentfrom all activity in prepara-tion for one’s exit. Each ofthese phases was of roughly25 years duration since hu-mans were expected to havea lifespan of a hundred years,all other things beingequal.The above ancient sys-tem was also based on theprinciple that the individual’spurpose was to have progenyand live a decent, dharmiclife. Then it was vanvas, fol-lowed by sanyas, to a fittingconclusion. think in thepresent connected and globalworld, an important aspect ofgood life is to give some-thing back to society. Notonly does giving back to so-ciety help the less fortunate;it also brings to the giver atremendous sense of satis-faction andhappiness.Naturally, givingback to society would bebased on an individual’s ca-pacity and capability. For that,one should live a happy andjoyful life according to thefollowing four phases:First,absorption: This phase issimilar to brahmacharya andmay last anywhere till the ageof 25 to 30 years, peaking ataround 20-25 years. This iswhen an individual absorbsknowledge, experiences andinformation -- an importantphase because what we be-come and what we could dolater on is largely formed anddecided during this phase. Ibelieve that the basic tem-plate of one’s personality isformed by the age of 16. Ex-perience of later years simplyadds to or subtracts from it.

Also, as our brain receptivity isat its peak, we are hungry forthe experience and the qualityof experience decides whattype of individual we will be-come. Hence the quality ofschooling, the kind of peerpressure and the environmentplay a seminal role in these for-mative years.Second, evalua-tion: This phase sometimes runsconcurrently with the absorp-tion phase and peaks at the ageof 30-35 years when the indi-vidual is evaluating various op-tions for the future – and rais-ing a family. This period is gen-erally characterised by ambitionand the passion to dosomething.Third, consolida-tion: This phase lasts from 35to 55 years of age. Once thecourse of action by an individualin evaluation phase is nearlygrasped then comes the phaseof consolidation and building awhole body of knowledge andwisdom. This period is alsocharacterised by the ability tocultivate vivek or wisdom whichdirects a person’s desire to giveback to society. This is a criti-cal time since the experiencesgained based on a person’s ca-pabilities and outside influencesdecides whether one becomesinternally secure or insecure.An insecure person will only beinterested in hoarding and accu-mulating and hence will not giveback to society. Fourth, dis-semination or donation: Thisphase begins perhaps from theage of roughly55 years and re-ally indicates the level of matu-rity. The wise and the securewish to give back to society ac-cording to their abilities. Hencemoney, knowledge and re-sources are freely given for thecommon good. This giving backbrings a new purpose to life insenior years.Those people whogive back to society are the hap-piest and most content andcould leave the world as happyhuman beings, knowing full wellthat they have contributed insome way to make a qualitativedifference to the lives of oth-ers.


New drug combo found highlyeffective for kids' malaria treatment

The new research was con-ducted by University of West-ern Australia wherein kidswith Plasmodium falciparuminfections were examined.Some of the children exam-ined had Plasmodium vivaxinfections.The searchers dur-ing the study found thatartemisinin-naphthoquine wasnot inferior to artemether-lumefantrine in treating Plas-modium falciparum infection,however, it was found to bemore effective in treatingPlasmodium vivax infections.

The study pointedout that there are two speciesof Papua New Guineanamely Plasmodium vivaxand Plasmodium falciparumwhich are responsible formost of the malaria infections

and likewise have two sepa-rate anti-malarial drugs.

Tim Davis from theUniversity of Western Aus-tralia concluded that the tol-erability, safety as well as ef-fectiveness of three everydaydoses of artemisinin-naphthoquine drugs should beconsidered together along

with other presently availablecombination drugs for treat-ing simple malaria in PapuaNew Guinea and similar epi-demiologic situations withtransmission of many Plas-modium species.

The recent researchis published in the journalPLOS Medicine.

Adopt healthy lifestyleto prevent cancer

LONDON: Nearly 600,000cancer cases in the UKcould have been avoided inthe last five years if peoplehad healthier lifestyles, ac-cording to new research.

Overall, experts saythat more than four in 10cancers could be preventedby changes to lifestyle.

Smoking remains byfar the biggest preventablecause of cancer in the UK,accounting for more than314,000 cases in the past fiveyears - nearly a fifth of allcancers. So giving up ciga-rettes would be the bestNew Year resolution smok-ers could make, researcherssaid.

Cancer ResearchUK's new figures show a fur-ther 145,000 cases couldhave been prevented ifpeople had eaten a healthybalanced diet low in red andprocessed meat and salt, andhigh in vegetables, fruit andfibre. Keeping a healthyweight could have preventedaround 88,000 cases.

Cutting down on al-cohol, protecting skin in thesun and taking more exercisecould also have helped pre-vent tens of thousands ofpeople in the UK developingcancer in the past five years,researchers said. "There's

now little doubt that certainlifestyle choices can have abig impact on cancer risk,with research around theworld all pointing to the samekey risk factors," said Pro-fessor Max Parkin, a Can-cer Research UK statisticianbased at Queen Mary Uni-versity of London, whosestudy formed the basis ofthese latest figures.

"Leading a healthylifestyle can't guaranteesomeone won't get cancerbut we can stack the odds inour favour by taking positivesteps now that will help de-crease our cancer risk in fu-ture," said Parkin.

"There are morethan 200 types of cancereach caused by a complexset of factors - involving bothour genes and our lifestyles,"Professor Linda Bauld, Can-cer Research UK's experton cancer prevention, said.

"There are provenways to minimise our risk ofcancer - like giving up smok-ing, being more active, drink-ing less alcohol and maintain-ing a healthy weight. Wemust make sure the publicand the policy-makers knowthe evidence behind the ben-efits of these lifestylechanges is solid," Bauldadded.

Reducing physical activity hampers vascular functionA new research shows thatreducing daily physical activ-ity for even a few days leadsto decrease in the function-ing of inner lining of bloodvessels in legs of youngpeople. The vascular dys-function induced by five daysof inactivity requires morethan one day of returning tophysical activity and taking atleast 10,000 steps a day toimprove."We know the nega-tive consequences from notengaging in physical activitycan be reversed," said PaulFadel, associate professor ofmedical pharmacology andphysiology at University of

Missouri School of Medicine.Inactivity is typically

going to make people over-weight and obese."The nextstep after that is insulin resis-tance which leads to Type 2diabetes and cardiovasculardisease," Fadel said."The besttreatment is to become moreactive, and our research lendsproof to that concept," Fadeladded.The researchers stud-ied the early effects on thebody's blood vessels whensomeone transitions fromhigh daily physical activity --10,000 or more steps per day-- to low daily physical activ-ity, less than 5,000 steps per

day.For several years, Fadeland Thyfault have studied in-activity and glycemic controlas well as how inactivity af-fects blood flow and vascu-lar function through the body.

"These studies areproof we need to get peopleto understand their activityevery day plays a role in theirhealth, and that their health isnot simply a matter of bodyweight and how they look inthe mirror," John Thyfault,associate professor at Uni-versity of Missouri School ofMedicine, said.The study ap-peared in the Journal of Ap-plied Physiology.


Port Blair, Jan 01: To markthe first Thursday of the year(the day of sri sachidananda sai nath maharaj) and HappyNew year 2015, theAndaman Sai Seva SamitiOrganised a special puja, SaiHomam , Mangala Arthi andAnnadan program at ShirdiSai Baba Mandir , Camp bellbay, Great Nicobar Islands,Om Shiv Sai mandir,

Special Puja byAndaman Sai Seva Samiti

Mayabunder, NorthAndaman, Shirdi Sai Babamandir , Bambooflat, SouthAndaman and Vaikunt Dham(Police Temple), Port BlairCity to offer special prayerto Sai Baba to provide Peaceand Prosperity throughoutthe Andaman and NicobarIslands.

Andaman Sai SevaSamiti is also launching “Sai

Education Program” forneedy and deprived students,(free coaching )on Thursday1st Jan 2015 at 4:00pm atSaraswathi Sishu VidyaMandir, prothrapur. Inter-ested candiates may conractfor details: 9933230696/9434266796,All the membersand sai devotees are re-quested to attend the pro-gram positively.

Port Blair, Jan 01: The co-operation of general publicas well as the guidance ofHon’ble LG, CVO and Sec-retary (Vigilance) has en-sured that year, 2014 was anunprecedented year forAnti-corruption unit. Thefaith showed on the unit bypublic is reflected from thestaggering figures of en-forcement and this supporthas enormously helped inour zeal to vie for corrup-tion free island by showingzero tolerance against cor-ruption and the corrupt. Thenumber of successful trapcases (07 trap cases) reg-istered by Anti-corruptionunit this year is the maxi-mum number of trap casesin a year from the preced-ing years. The govt. ser-vants arrested for the graftin the year 2014 were fromvarious Dept. viz.panchayat, revenue, agricul-tural, transport and electric-ity and were of the rank ofPradhan,Panchayat Secre-tary, Block Dept. officer,

Revenue field Assistant(chainman), regularMazdoor, cleaner, junior En-gineer, and Senior Investiga-tor from areas such asDiglipur, Port Blair, Rangatand Maya Bunder. Theseofficials were arrested redhanded with the tainted bribeMoney while demandingand taking bribe from thepublic for discharging theirofficial duties. The regis-tered cases have been me-ticulously investigated andcharged sheets and newnumerous cases were sub-mitted to the Hon’ble Courtduring the year. Also enqui-ries into a large numbers ofcomplaints of different na-ture have been conductedby this unit and report ofmany such enquiries withsubstantiated allegation hasbeen submitted to adminis-tration many discreet fieldvisits were also conductedby the staff for enquiriesand surveillance and speedydisposal of the enquiries wasalso ensured during the year.

The trial of all cases of Anti-corruption unit in the con-cerned court is being fol-lowed up relentlessly for en-suring exemplary punish-ment to the guilty in orderto set a dissuading examplein the society. The vigi-lance awareness week wasobserved befittingly by theunit from 27.10.2014 to01.11.2014 by conductingvarious programs and sur-prise check of different De-partments. Various initia-tives were taken for aware-ness of the general publicagainst corruption and alsoto inculcate a sense of de-terrence among the publicservants to not indulge in anycorrupt activities.The gen-eral public is requested to bevigilant and come over theirinhibition to lend a helpinghand to the Anti-corruption/Vigilance unit in the fightagainst corruption in theyear 2015 with genuinecomplaints to ensure a re-sponsive and transparentadministration.

Anti-Corruption Unit Ushersin 2015 with zero Tolerance


New Monthly Newspaper LaunchedPort Blair, Jan 01: Conse-quent upon obtaining the veri-fied title from the Registrarof Newspapers for India,(Ministry of I&B, GoI, NewDelhi) and declaration au-thenticated by the Addl. Dis-trict Magistrate, SouthAndaman District, a new bi-lingual (Bengali and English)Monthly newspaper entitled‘NEWS SPOTLIGHT’ hasbeen launched at Port Blairon the New Year’s Day –2015. Shri Bishnu PadaRay, Hon’ble Member ofParliament (Loksabha) inau-gurated the first issue (Vol. I,Issue No.1) of the ‘NEWSSPOTLIGHT’ in its place ofpublication (Barnomaala

DTP, Junglighat, Port Blair)in the early morning of 01stJanuary 2015 in presenceamong others, the owner Smt.Sunita Biswas; Shri BirendraKishore Talukdar, Asstt. Edi-

tor and Shri Manoj Giri, PressKeeper related to the news-paper. Shri AnadiranjanBiswas is the Honorary Edi-tor of the ‘NEWS SPOT-LIGHT’.

Port Blair, Jan 01: The Direc-torate of All India Radio hasdecided to merge the 1st and2nd Transmission of All IndiaRadio, Port Blair from todayonwards. The MorningTransmission will start asusual at 0523 hrs and will con-tinue uninterruptedly till 1430hrs on all days. The EveningTransmission will start at1558 hrs and continue till 2230hrs on all days except Satur-

Changes inTransmission of AIR

day and Sunday.On Saturday and

Sunday the Transmission willclose down at 2300 hrs. Theprogramme will be availableon MW 684 Khz from morn-ing to night, and SW 4760Khz. from 0523 hrs. to 0830hrs. and 1600 hrs. to end ofthe Transmission. And from0830 hrs. to 1430 hrs. thetransmission will be availableon SW 7,390 Khz.

Mayabunder - 31 December2014 – In an accident MarutiAlto and Auto collided atMayabunder at 1145 hoursnear APWD Water Section- I, Pokkadera,Mayabunder. According toeye witnesses of the acci-dent, the accident occurredwhile trying to overtake theAuto plying towards thesame direction hit the MarutiAlto accompanied with fam-

ily members going towardsthe Dr.R.P.Hospital formedical treatment. The pil-lion rider a lady of the over-taking auto including the autodriver got injured and rushedto the Hospital immediatelyand admitted in the hospitalfor treatment. The Policepersonnel at once reachedthe spot and investigation isgoing on.K.MuralidharanPIllai

MARUTI ALTO ANDAUTO COLLIDED AT MAYABUNDER

hope and aspirations among thepeople. This should also invigo-rate the people to work withgreater zeal and enthusiasm. Hesaid that the govt. at the centreunder the able leadership ofHon’ble Prime Minister, ShriNarendra Modi, has generateda new hope among the peoplein the country, which is also re-flected in the minds of the Is-landers. The Hon’ble PrimeMinister and Home Ministerhave also assured me of all nec-essary support for the develop-ment of the Islands.

Recounting theachievements of the UT Admin-istration in the last year, the LtGovernor observed that as a re-sult of working hand-in handwith the Union Govt. these Is-lands have witnessed tangibleprogress in different sectors ofdevelopment. Projects whichwere actually not moving forthe last 20-30 years had beenbrought forward for speedy ex-ecution, he said. There has alsobeen a paradigm shift in theworking culture of the Admin-istration as a result of which apositive change has emergedand citizens of the Islands arealso moving along with thispositivity to take this territoryon the path of faster progress.

The Lt. Governor ex-pressed gratitude to the PrimeMinister in particular and theGovt. of India as whole for allthe support and help assured forthe development and strategicsecurity of the Islands. The Lt.Governor lauded the effortsmade by all in the Administra-tion for taking developmentworks forward. His appeal tothem is to remain positive, for-ward moving and work for thewell-being and welfare of theIslands and its citizens. “With-out the contribution of each oneof you, it would not have beenpossible to achieve whateverthe Administration has aimedat or accomplished”, the Lt Gov-ernor remarked. He alsothanked the Member of Parlia-ment, Shri B. P. Ray for high-lighting the problems and theneeds of the people. He urgedthe Municipal Council and PRIsto work for the common citi-

zens as they are associated withthe people at the grass-rootlevel. The Lt. Governor alsothanked the political parties fortheir constructive engagementwith the Administration, which,he said, is greatly welcomed. Tothe media, the Lt Governor saidthat constructive criticism doneby them helps the Administra-tion in doing what is correct andtake the Islands forward. Eventhose who criticize unfairly orat the behest of vested interestsactually help steel our resolvefurther, I thank them too, hesaid.

On the suggestion ofthe Member of Parliament forintroduction of e-governanceby adopting the successful ex-amples from States like MadhyaPradesh and Gujarat, the Lt Gov-ernor directed Chief Secretaryto form teams which can visitthese States and draw examplesof good governance for our bet-terment. This should be done onpriority, he said.

The Lt. Governorminced no word in seeking thesupport of the stakeholders tobring about a speedy develop-ment in the Islands. He urgedthe stakeholders to put theirshoulders together and workfor taking the A&N Islands for-ward. He said “let’s take the Is-lands to their destiny i.e. to be agreat part of this great nation”,he said.

Turning to gover-nance, the Lt. Governor saidgovernance has three basic prin-ciples. Firstly, it is the duty ofGovt. to frame rules and enforcethese rules, otherwise the soci-ety cannot function. He also re-quested the UT Administrationto relook at the rules whichhave become outdated and re-quires simplification of the pro-cedures. In this context, the Lt.Governor cited the example oframpant encroachment takingplace in the Islands. He directedthe Revenue/PBMC/DCs toensure that no fresh encroach-ment takes place. He alsowanted them to stop blatant un-authorized construction.Thirdly, to provide services tothe citizens and fourthly, to cre-ate an environment where in-

dividual genius can flourish andwhere the spirit of free enter-prise can be developed. In thiscontext, the Lt. Governor saidthat the Administration is try-ing its best to bring improve-ment in sectors like communi-cation, connectivity, ship travel,air travel, medical and educa-tion so that the citizens can findtheir destiny in a conductive en-vironment.

Impressing upon theneed to make the ‘Citizen’sCharter’ a success, the Lt. Gov-ernor wanted the Charter to beimplemented in the right ear-nest so that citizens can get theirrights in a time bound manner.The Charter will be imple-mented successfully only whenthe officials of the administra-tion work with a passion of ser-vice, he observed. On the rights& duties, the Lt. Governor wasof the view that people onlytalk about their rights buthardly anyone talks about theirduties. “For the first time, ourPrime Minister has raised thisissue that you have rights thatyou must get, but you also haveduties as a citizen”. It is here,that we must also realize ourduties and requested the PRIs,senior officers to highlight theissue in suitable forum, espe-cially in educational institu-tions.

The Lt Governor con-cluded his speech by appealingto all that everybody shouldresolve to work with the hopeof success rather than fear of fail-ure. Let’s create hope, ratherthan despair, an atmosphere fullof hope where we can meet theaspirations of the people.

In his speech, theMember of Parliament, ShriB.P.Ray described the launch ofthe ‘Citizen Charter’ as a goodstep of the Administration. Sucha move besides ensuring timebound delivery of services to itscitizens will also reduce the cor-respondence made by variouspolitical parties with the Ad-ministration. He emphasizedthe need to take up develop-ment works to make the islandsself-reliant and develop its ownidentity. On this occasion, ShriRay suggested to adopt success-

ful examples from State likeMadhya Pradesh and Gujarat tomake it more effective andmeaningful. He suggested forproviding the services to thecitizens through e-governance,which he said will give optionto the people to monitor the sta-tus of their application seekingservices from the Department.He also complimented the ARWing for making the charter areality.

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Earlier, welcomingthe chief guest and others, theSecretary (AR&T), Shri S KBhandari said that the ‘Citizen’sCharter’ launched today guar-antees services to the citizensin a time bound manner. Healso dwelt at length on the de-tails of the Charter. The func-tion concluded with the vote ofthanks proposed by SmtKrishna Chakarvorti, AssistantSecretary (Personnel).

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DATE -30-12-2014

ANDAMAN SHEEKHA WEATHER

Port Blair, Jan 01: On occa-sion of Observance of GoodGovernance week Film onformer prime Minister Shri

Atal Bihari Vajpayee is orga-nized at Multipurpose Com-munity hall at Diglipur at 10AM on 2 Jan 2015. The gen-

eral publics are requested towitness the film. Screeningof the film in schools will beheld separately.

Film on Vajpayee tobe screened at Diglipur

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LOSTI have lost the fishing license number of ANB-MV-SA1083between Dunduspoint to Chatham on 30/12/2014. Findermay please contact Ph: 9476001776.

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illicit Ganja (Narcotic Sub-stance) from Mazar Pahar area.During this raid one personnamely S. Karthik S/o Shri. N.Selvam (26 yrs) R/o SubashNagar, Shadipur was arrestedin connection with the seizureof the aforesaid Ganja and acriminal case under appropri-ate sections of law has beenregistered at PS CCS.

Sadly during the raidthe main agent Mr. Nitho es-caped from the spot. It is be-lieved that the consignmentwas to be delivered at Nitho’shouse at Mazar Pahar. How-ever, the team was able to nabanother agent S Karthik whocarried the consignment after

CID team...it reached Port Blair by a CargoVessel from Kolkata to PortBlair.

According to reportsone kg of Ganja costs Rs. 2,500to Rs. 3,000 in Kolkata but whenit reaches Andaman it costs Rs.60,000 per kg, sometimes evenmore.

It is believed that thepresent consignment has a lo-cal market value of more thanRs. 14 Lakhs, clearly for agentslike Nitho and Karthik it is im-possible to buy the consignmentand hence it is believed that theKingpin is someone else, whois operating the entire racketfrom a safe place.

There are rumours

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that last month nearly 10 KG ofGanja reached Andaman but itcould not be located. Sourcesalso say that the consignmentwas brought by same agents.

As per reports after thefirst raid another raid was con-ducted at evening hours atJuglighat and during that raidCID team seized one more kiloof Ganja and arrested a person,Mr. Uday.

For CID team now themain challenge is to locate andtrace out the main kingpin, whois running the entire businessthrough agents. Hope the CIDteam, which is doing exception-ally well, will be able to reachto the Kingpin soon.

25KVA distributiontransformer commissioned at

Nishchintapur, Kalighat

Port Blair, Jan 01: A 25KVAdistribution transformer atNishchintapur, Kalighat wascommissioned today by Execu-tive Engineer Shri. U K Paul.About 300 residentsNischintapur were not havingtransformer since 1992. TheLow Tension line carried upto5KM from Kalighat.

Due to lack of a trans-former there used to be lowvoltage problem in the area.

After the commis-sioning of the distribution trans-former the villagers got theproper voltage. The AE, JE,PRI member’s along with vil-lagers were present on thisoccasion.

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