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LG expresses displeasure at the slow pace incommissioning dialysis unit at RPH, M/Bunder

Lt. Governor reviewsimportant issues ofHealth Department

Port Blair, April 27: Lt.Governor reviewed importantissues of Health Departmenton 26.04.2014 at Raj Niwaswherein Secretary (Health),Secretary (Law), Secretary toLt. Governor, Director ofHealth Services, Consultant(Medical College) were

present. He expressed hisdispleasure at the slow pacein commissioning of theproposed Dialysis unit at Dr.RP Hospital, Mayabunder,which caters to the needypatients of North and MiddleAndaman. He has now

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Police recover Gold Coinsworth Rs. 4 Lakh, arrest three

Port Blair, Apr 27: Threepersons have been arrested bySouth Andaman Police forcommitting theft of gold coinsfrom Dollygunj area.Altogether 14 gold coins wortharound Rs.4 lakh have beenrecovered from them.

On complaint of theftin one Shrabani Mallick’shouse at Govt. ResidentialQuarters, Dollygunj on Apr 21,2014, a police team of PSPahargaon led by SHO Insp.L.S. Yadav and SI RKMazumdar under thesupervision of DySP (SA)Mohd. Aslam immediatelylaunched investigation. Initial

leads pointed to involvementof the complainant’s maid. Onquestioning, the maid Sujathaconfessed her guilt anddisclosed that she had sold thestolen gold to two persons. Thestolen property were recoveredfrom the receivers. All threeaccused namely Sujatha

APWD truck turns turtle; One injuredPort Blair, Apr 27: An APWDTruck turned turtle yesterdayat Bimblitan Junction,injuring one person.According to eye witnessesthe accident took place at 12noon when the Truck driverlost control over the vehicledue to brake fail. The truck

broke the fence of a house and stoppedreaching very close to the house.

Citizen Journalist

ACCIDENTS IN BOLLYWOOD STYLEBus Jumps over 2 mtrs drains, hits hut

Port Blair, Apr 27: In aBollywood style accident, aprivate bus Jumps off the roadon the right side and thentravelling for a few minutesJumped over a 2 meters widedrain and hit a hut at

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LG directs alternative site fordumping of municipal wastes

Port Blair, April 27: Lt. Gen(Retd) A.K. Singh, PVSM,AVSM, SM, VSM, Lt. Gov-ernor held a review meetingwith the Chief Secretary andother senior officers on theissue of relocating dumpingmunicipal waste nearCorbyns Cove beach. Heobserved that visitors andtourists have often com-plained that since theCorbyns Cove area is an im-portant tourist destination, itis appropriate that the munici-

pal waste dumping site shouldbe closed down and relocatedto another alternative site.Besides, it is also proving tobe an environmental hazard.He has issued directions tothe Chief Secretary to imme-diately look into this matterand have the dumping of mu-nicipal waste relocated to an-other area.He has further di-rected that the quarry nearthe Corbyns Cove should alsobe reviewed and if necessaryan alternate site provided.

ARE YOU LISTENING OR JUST HEARING?

Dr. S CHAKRABORTY...................................................

We are given two ears andone mouth for a reason. Godknew listening is twice ashard as speaking.

Right from birth todeath, the first and most usedskill is listening but we alwaystake it for granted. We takecoaching for speaking, stagemannerism, to be grammati-cally correct and all, with justone assumption that our au-dience is absolutely attentiveand truly listening us. Is it so?With only 2% of people be-ing taught listening as a skill,its too much of a ask with a

mobile in hand.So what exactly is

true/emphatic listening?Soas the chinese symbol sug-gests, listening not only needsears but alsoundivided attention along withconnecting with the heart ofspeaker while making eyecontact.

For most people lis-tening means waiting for yourturn to speak or preparing foryour next question. Due to this70% of all communication aremisunderstood, misinter-preted, distorted or not heardat all.

True listening de-pends on three skills; atten-tion , attitude and adjustment.It is a active process and oneneeds to train oneself. Ourbrain inherently thinks fourtime faster than we canspeak. We speak at 200- 300words per minute but canthink at 1000 – 1200 wordsper minute. So it gives usenough free time as a listener,for the mind to wander and

go away from the topic. Bydefault our attention will behard to focus because of thisextra time. We need to usethis time to listen emphaticallyby analyzing the content oftalk, feelings of the speaker,looking for non verbal cues toknow whether he meanswhat he is saying, refrain our-self from completing the sen-tence of speaker and finallyto summarize or reflect backwhat he said.

Why listening is im-portant?It is our primary communica-tion activity. Our listening hab-its are not the result of train-ing but rather due to the lackof it. It is the most importantskill that a employer searchesbefore hiring and a patientdesperately seeks before con-sulting a doctor.

Why listening ishard?We are always pre occupiedwith the past or future, maynot like the speaker or hismannerism, our own anxiety/

stress before coming to listenor often having a idea in mindwhat the person ‘ should do’,makes it hard to listen to thatpersons point of view.

Finally a good lis-tener tries to understand thor-

oughly what the speaker istrying to say. In the end hemay disagree sharply butbefore he disagrees, hewants to know exactly whatit is, that he is disagreeingwith.

Sub: Department of Space waives of bandwidth charges payable by BSNL

On one hand telephone services specially Broadband is deteriorating every passing day,on the other hand BSNL resorted to increase in rentals, call charges, without eveninforming the captive customers. Not only the charges have been increased, even thenumber of free calls, sms and data usage has been reduced drastically. Is it not addinginsult to injury! I hope after the BSNL gets bandwidth waiver, it would pass some of thebenefits to its customers.

Author : Debkumar BhadraE-mail : debkumarbhadra@gmail.com

Sub: Administration conducts 3 aerial survey of Sentinel Island following reportof major forest fire

All the efforts being taken by our Lt. Governor is really appreciate able from the day hecame to this islands and hoping will develop rapidly once the communication and connec-tivity improves in this isolated islands.

Author : Mike E-mail : simplymike20@gmail.com

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

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LG directs improvementof facilities at Havelock

Port Blair, April 27: Lt. Gov-ernor held a meeting to discussissues relating to HavelockIsland. He directed that thereshould be a check on furtherincrease in the vehicle popu-lation in Havelock Island. Hehas asked the Chief Secretaryand the Deputy Commissionerto frame rules in this regard.He observed that there shouldbe a count of the vehicles al-ready there and, thereafter, theAdministration should assessthe need for any further in-crease. The Administrationshould also look into the avail-ability of parking space forthese vehicles. He also di-rected Chief Engineer,APWD to ensure that therenovation work of the Dol-phin Resort is completed by

20th of May. Further, DeputyCommissioner (SA) hasbeen asked to also pay atten-tion to Havelock Island whileundertaking their monsoon

Port Blair, April 27: The LtGovernor, Lt Gen (Retd)A.K. Singh will be on a two-day visit to Car Nicobar on28 & 29 April, 2014.

The itinerary of theLt Governor during his staythere on April 28 includeswitnessing Mock CanoeRace at Big Lapathy, visit toPassa beach and witnesscultural programme by TribalCouncil at Tamaloo Commu-nity Hall.On April 29, the LtGovernor is scheduled to flagoff Canoe Race fromChukchucha beach. He willalso witness the Canoe Racefrom Big Lapathy and inau-gurate the Cold StoragePlant. The other programme

LG to visit Car Nicobar

during the day is the inaugu-ration of Arong LivestockFarm.

On completion ofvisit, the Lt Governor will re-turn to Port Blair in the af-ternoon on 29 April, 2014.

Inauguration of Married Accommodation ofCoast Guard District Headquarters 9 at DiglipurPort Blair, Apr 27: InspectorGeneral VSR Murthy, PTMTM Commander Coast GuardRegion(A&N) inauguratedmarried accommodation ofCoast Guard District Head-quarter No 9 on 27 Apr 14 inpresence of Mrs. JyotiMurthy, President Tatrakshika(A&N) and CommandantArun Singh, CommanderCoast Guard District Head-quarter No 9(N&M)Andaman.The newly builtmarried accommodation is thepart of new OTM and mar-ried accommodation for offic-ers and personnel of CoastGuard at Diglipur. The projectscope consists of AdminBuilding, MI Room, CSDComplex, CG OfficerMess, Enrolled personnel

Inliving Block and MarriedAccommodation for officersand personnel.

IG Murthy ex-pressed utmost satisfactionwith the Ops infrastructuredevelopment of Coast Guard

Station spread across theA&N Region in meeting thegrowing dynamics of mari-time challenges. He alsostressed that greater impetusis being given to infrastructuredevelopment in the region in

order to provide a better qual-ity of life to highly motivatedOfficers, Men andCivilians.The COMCG(A&N) appreciated the dedi-cated efforts put in by the Dis-trict Commander and MES

authorities for fructifying theproject into an excellent De-fence Establishment by over-coming all odds faced. Acommuniqué received fromCommandant RajeevSharma, PRO, Coast Guard.

preparedness exercise. Spe-cial cleanliness operationsshould be undertaken asHavelock Island is visited bylarge number of tourists daily.

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28.04.2014 Daily Issue::94

EDITORIAL.....Buy a neta, get one free

When he got married to an In-dian, Hollywood film directorDavid Lean remarked that hehad not only acquired a wife butan entire family of her relativesas well. If matrimony Indian-styleis a family business, so to speak,politics Indian-style is equally ifnot more so. As if to underscorethe point Congress candidatefrom Haridwar, Renuka Rawat,who is married to the chief min-ister of Uttarakhand, HarishRawat, has reportedly launcheda 'Double ka Dum' poll campaignwhich effectively says 'Vote forme, get CM free'.

Renuka has confessedthat she has borrowed her doubledhamaka idea from televisionadvertisements which try to lurecustomers with what in the tradeare known as 'bogofs', an acro-nym which stands for 'buy one,get one free'. Marketing punditsmight ponder whether a salesstrategy that is appropriate for thepromotion of consumer durablesis equally suitable for selling a po-litical candidacy. However, in theabsence of the Election Commis-sion raising an objection to the'freebie' offer of a chief minister,Renuka's sales pitch might wellwoo voters on the look-out forfamily-pack bargains and combodeals. The motto of 'family first'has long been a pivot of the In-dian political scene, which hasoften been described as a son-rise industry. However, on theegalitarian principle of equal op-portunity, what might be called'dine-astic rule'— in which mem-

bers of the family dine togetheron the loaves and fishes of pub-lic office — has been enlargedto accommodate not only sonsbut sons-in-law and daughters aswell.

BJP's prime ministerialhopeful, Narendra Modi, invitedcomment on this score when hedescribed the Congress as theRSVP party, the initials standingnot for the convent ionalRespondez S'il Vous Plait but forRahul, Sonia, Vadra andPriyanka. Exhorting people notto vote for a 'ma-beta'organisation, the Gujarat CMcommented that along with its'jijaji' the Congress party's jig isalso up.

However, Modi's earlierclaim that he was less likely thanothers to succumb to the temp-tation of graft and corruption be-cause he had no family membersto support has backfired on himwith the revelation that he does,after all, have a wife whom hehas for all these years kept un-der wraps in what can only bedescribed as an excess of hus-bandly modesty. Making politi-cal capital of NaMo's newly dis-closed marital status Congress inturn has called for bestowal of theBharat Ratna on Mrs Modi, whohas been projected as the idealexample of the self-sacrificing In-dian wife. Whatever the resultsof the elections are, one thing iscertain. FDI in retail might be out,but in politics it'll be a permanentfixture: Family Dedicatedly In-volved.

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Port Blair, Apr 27: A meetingof the employees working inthe Survey & Settlement De-partment of the Andaman andNicobar Administration washeld yesterday at CrusadeHouse, Phoenix Bay, PortBlair under the chairmanshipof Mr. Hamza.

The employees ex-pressed their willingness tojoin the Non-Gazetted Govt.Officers’ Association and ac-cordingly decided to form aSub-Committee of the Asso-ciation in the name and styleSurvey & Settlement Sub-Committee. Addressing theemployees, Mr. D. Ayyappan,

General Secretary of the As-sociation recalled thestruggles conducted by theAssociation since its forma-tion because of which thegovernment employees andworkers in these islands arenow enjoying various benefitsin the service. He criticisedthe government for not ac-cepting the demand of thecentral government employ-ees’ organisations in the coun-try for merging atleast 50%of the DA with Pay as wasdone in the past. He elabo-rately explained how the cen-tral government during 2003had introduced the New Pen-

sion Scheme after stoppingthe defined benefit pension tothe employees recruited witheffect from 1.1.2004.

Mr. R. Rajendran,Organising Secretary and Mr.R. Surendran Pillai, Secre-tary, South Andaman Teach-ers’ Branch of the Associa-tion also addressed the meet-ing and called upon the Sur-vey & Settlement employeesto strengthen the Non-Gazet-ted Govt. Officers’ Associa-tion for achieving their vari-ous demands. A large num-ber of employees of the Sur-vey & Settlement Depart-ment attended the meeting.

SSSC under NGGO Association formed

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Motivation & training to sportspersonsrequired to bring desired results in sports: LG

Triathlon to become national/ International event

Port Blair, Apr 27: There isno dearth of talents in theseIslands. If provided bettercoaching and equipment, oursportspersons will come outwith flying colours in nationaland international sports arena,said the Lt. Governor, Lt.Gen. (Retd.) A K Singh whilespeaking at the prize distribu-tion ceremony of the Triathloncompetition consisting ofswimming, cycling and run-ning, held for men at PortBlair yesterday.

Addressing the gath-ering, especially the sportslovers present in good num-bers at Netaji Stadium, theculmination point for theTriathlon, the Lt Governorfirstly complimented theorganisers for hosting theevent and congratulated thesports enthusiasts for partici-pating in large numbers brav-ing the scorching sun. Movedby the enthusiasm shown bythe sportspersons includingthe senior citizens (partici-pants), the Lt. Governor de-clared that the Triathlon willbe made as an Internationalevent by the end of this year.

Turning to sports, theLt. Governor stated thatSports, Art & Culture Depart-ment has a great significancefor these Islands. A little mo-tivation and training to thesportspersons will bring de-sired results in sports, the Lt.Governor added. The Lt. Gov-ernor also expressed happi-ness over the medal winningperformances by somesportspersons from these Is-

lands in cycling and watersports events at National andInternational competitions.He further directed the SportsDepartment to work in a fo-cused manner to achieve de-sired results in other sportsdisciplines also.

The Lt. Governoralso praised the prize winningperformance of the PoliceTeam in the tug of war com-petition and to the senior par-ticipants of the Triathlon fortheir never-say-die attitude.

The Lt. Governorgave away prizes to the win-ners and runner up partici-pants of the Triathlon. He alsogave away prizes for on thespot painting and tug of warcompetitions at the backdropof the Triathlon event. Mr. SN Sree Prakash, the first prizewinner of the painting com-petition, as a token of love,handed over his painting cre-ated on triathlon theme to theLt. Governor.

In the open category,Mr. H.K. Raut, (TA) emergedvictorious, while Mr.Monotosh Roy, (TA) and Mr.

Dilli Rao, (TA) bagged thesecond and third positions re-spectively. The three winnerswere felicitated by the Lt.Governor with certificate andcash award of Rs. 30,000/- ,Rs. 25,000/-, Rs. 15,000/- re-spectively.

In the Islander cat-egory, (local participants), Mr.Suranjan Mallick (45:10:06)walked away with the firstposition with a cash award ofRs. 15,000/-, while Mr.Naresh Kujur (48:09:98)bagged the second positionwith a cash award of Rs.12,000/- and Mr. LitonBiswas (51:46:35) securedthe third position with a cashaward of Rs. 8,000/-. The LtGovernor handed over thecash award and certificatesto them as well.

The participants whohad successfully completedthe events were also felici-tated with certificates andcash award of Rs. 1000/-each.

Meanwhile, to en-courage the participants andspectators, a tug of war and

spot painting by local artistswere organized at the culmi-nating point at Netaji Stadium.Artist Mr. S.N. Sree Prakashsecured the first prize with acash award of Rs. 5000/-,Mr. Parmeshwar Rao re-ceived the second prize with

a cash award of Rs. 3000/-and Mr. Mohan Rao baggedthe third position with a cashaward of Rs. 2000/-. TheA&N Police team won theTug of War while the 23Rajput Battalion teamemerged as runner up.

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Annual Day at GMSSS MayabunderPort Blair, Apr 27: Govt ModelSenior Secondary School,Mayabunder and its FeederSchools celebrated its AnnualDay on 25th April,2014, atNetaji Sports Complex,Mayabunder.Dr. R N Rath,Principal,MGCC ,Mayabunder graced the occa-sion as Chief Guest. Mr.Aneesh Chatterjee, AD,CS&CA was the Guest of

Honour.The programme be-gan with the welcome addressby Mr. S. Keerthivasan, Prin-cipal. Mr. Joshi Philip,Seniormost PGT of the Schoolpresented the Annual Report.Later meritorious students inacademics and sports werefelicitated by presenting Med-als and Certificates. A scintil-lating cultural show by the stu-dents mesmerized the

audience.In his address, theChief Guest congratulated thestudents and teachers for theirachievements and asked themto put in their best efforts inimproving the stature of theinstitution and to set a bench-mark in the Islands. Theprogramme concluded withVote of Thanks proposed byMr. Om Prakash, PGT, Phys-ics.

Altogether 30 students, accompanied by their Princi-pal and teachers, from the Govt. Senior SecondarySchool, Manglutan visited Raj Niwas on 26.04.2014to see the gardens and other attractions.

Exhibition-cum-sale of apparel byDBRAIT inaugurated at Mayabunder

Port Blair, Apr 27: The Prin-cipal, M.G.College,Mayabunder, Dr. R.N.Rath,inaugurated the Exhibition-cum-sale of the fashion andapparel designing at theDBRAIT extension centerat Mayabunder today. As apart of the skill developmentinitiative, the fashion and ap-parel designing course is one

of the most preferredcourses under Technical Vo-cational Education Training.It provides a tremendousplatform for the housewives,school dropouts and otherinterested ladies who wantto develop entrepreneurshipskill in this area.

Earlier to this, Mr.Arun Srivastava, Project

Officer, TVET welcomedthe gathering. Ms. Reena,Center in-charge of theMayabunder Extension Cen-ter briefed about the variousactivities of the center.

    The  exhibit ion-cum-sale will be held forfour consecutive days from9 to 5 pm for the generalpublic.

Summer camp by ISMAT

Power break

Port Blair, Apr 27: ISMAT(Islanders Social Move-ment for Awareness andTraining), Port Blair, work-ing in the islands since 2004especially for the better-ment of women and chil-dren is organizing ‘summercamp – 2014’ in associationwith Ummat Public School,

Middle Point on May 1 &2, 2014 from 9 am to 5 pm,for girls and boys fromclasss VI – VIII. The campwould comprise of talks,debates soft skills andgroup activities/games andaims at overall personalitydevelopment of the partici-pating children. Registra-

tion fee for the camp willbe Rs.200/- per person. The interested students mayregister their names in theFront Office of UmmatPublic School by Apr 30,2014. For further query onecan contact over ph. nos.9932080401 or 231130, acommunication said.

Port Blair, Apr 27: The powersupply will be suspended in con-nection with cutting of danger-

ous trees standing on the roadside between Burma Nallah toChidiyatapu from 0800 hrs to

1600 hrs on Apr 28 to May 15,2014 on as and when requiredfor precautionary measures.

Fisheries Museum to remain closedPort Blair, Apr 27: TheFisher ies Museum-cum-Aquar ium nea r Ra jivGandhi Water Sports Com-

plex, Aberdeen will remainclosed from May 5, 2014onwards until further no-tice for major repair of roof

and maintenance, a com-munication from the Direc-tor of Fisheries said heretoday.

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Suresh Baroi & Kausami Nathwin RSC table tennis tournament

Port Blair, Apr 26: RegionalSports Council’s Table Ten-nis tournament was held inthe multipurpose hall ofNetaji Stadium today. Thetournament was inauguratedby Mr. Naresh Chander Lall,former Table Tennis Cham-pion at 9 am.

The Chairperson,PBMC, Mr. K. Ganeshan

was the chief guest at clos-ing ceremony at 3.30 pm.More than 50 players partici-pated in the tournament,making it a grand tourna-ment.

According to re-ports, Mr. Suresh Baroi wonthe Men’s single TT tourna-ment while Ayush KumarSingh was the runners up. In

Men’s double Ayush KumarSingh and Alok Bora de-feated G Srinivas Raju andG Ravi Kumar.

Here in Women’scategory Kausami Nath wasthe winner while Per lyNicolas was the runners’ up.One behalf of RSC, Mr.Rakesh Chander Lallorganized the tournament.

directed the HealthDepartment to co-ordinatewith APWD authorities toexpedite the works so as tomake it ready forinauguration on 25.05.2014.

He also reviewed theprogress on theestablishment of the MedicalCollege. He reiterated hisearlier directions that all thenecessary approvals beobtained in a time boundmanner so as to start theCollege by 2015. He hasdirected the Chief Secretary tomonitor and review the

LG expresses...progress every two weeks. Healso reviewed variousdirections issued by him in thepast and was happy with theactions taken in variousmatters viz HealthDepartment has providedUltra Sound Machine to PHCCampbell Bay which hasalready started functioning;

The OperationTheatre of PHC Campbell Bayhas been renovated andmade ready for the visitingsurgeons to performsurgeries; L a b

facilities have been extendedto PHC Gandhinagar onrotational basis.

R e g u l a rarrangement will be madeafter general transfers; ANMshave been provided to SubCentres at Afra Bay andMakachua from NRHM.Regular arrangement will bemade after general transfersand Health Department hasissued direction to CHCNancowry and PHC Teressato provide single body coldmortuary for transportationof dead bodies.

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Banerjee, 26, R/o AtlantaPoint, Chandrika Ganguly, 32,Pvt. Worker, R/o Austinabadand R. Marimuthu, 46, ownerof RM Muthu Money Lenderat Mohanpura were arrestedon Apr 23 in case FIR no.50/

14 dated 22/04/14, U/s 381/411 IPC and produced beforethe Court from where theyhave been sent to judicialcustody for 14 days, acommunication from the SP,SA said here today.

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Brookshabad village ataround 7.45 PM. Accordingto eye witnesses two personswere injured and wereimmediately shifted to G BPant Hospital. Eye witnesses

allege that the driver wasdrunk and the Bus was out ofcontrol due to overspeed.However the actual reasonscould not be understood asthe Police Team,

investigating the matter, didnot report back at PSPahargaon till late evening.

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I, Bina Pani Biswas W/oHar Kr. Biswas R/oBasantipur has lost my Is-land Identity Card BearingNo. 10211901160902 on25/4/2014 in betweenBasantipur to NimbuderaBazar. Finder requested tocontact at Mobile No.9531894251.

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