Mayabunder, May 7: In response to the growing concern faced by the people of N&M Andaman, the Deputy Commissioner, N&M Andaman held a meeting today to review the status of water supply in the district. He directed the concerned officials to identify new sources of water and focus on augmentation of existing sources in order to mitigate the water supply demand.

Further, the Deputy Commissioner directed the Revenue Department to clear the pending demarcation, mutation, valuation in all the three Sub-divisions at the earliest, giving priority and to process the revenue cases immediately. It was also directed to identify illegal construction/encroachment and initiate necessary action as per rules.

The Deputy Commissioner directed the officials of NH-4 to expedite the maintenance of road work before the arrival of monsoon for making it motorable. Similar review meetings to assess the situation will be held on weekly basis.