Port Blair, July 4: The Congress Party has recorded its sincere gratitude to the Lt Governor the Lt Gen. (Retd) Bhopinder Singh for overall socio-economic and infrastructure development of the islands to bring upliftment of the people residing in these islands. The notable sphere of his activities are uncountable, said a communication from Gandhi Bhawan.

Spelling out the developments that took place in the islands, the Pradesh Congress Party communiqué narrated that he  is he, who was the main instrumental  to help the Tsunami victims after taking over his charges here in 2006 under Rajiv Gandhi Relief and Rehabilitation scheme, has increased in the pension amount of widowed, handicapped and elderly person, removed the buffer zone area for the benefit of the people of these islands, given tireless efforts to get rid of ATR problems, established Fish landing Centers, introduced fishermen friendly schemes, opened many health centere besides introducing telemedicine facilities, introducing optic fibre cable between Chennai and Singapore, which will connect these islands giving fillip to IT sector in the coming days,  waived exorbitant ferry service charges for the welfare of the poor commuters, opened evening shift of JNRM, opened Graduation courses in Engineering in BRAIT, enhanced the stipend of the lecturers, introduced many new graduate and post graduate courses in colleges, tackled the age old water crises  by raising  the height of  Dhanikari dam, encouraged the sports personalities, opened grounds for the sportsmen.

The Congress Party will always remember him for his most courteous and amicable behaviour, added the communiqué from Gandh Bhawan.