Port Blair, Nov. 18: Shri Bishnu Pada Ray, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has expressed his heart felt gratitude to the Lt. Governor, Chief Secretary and officials of APWD of Administration for sanction of new rural road from Gandinagar to Shantinagar via Ganesh Nagar under Diglipur Tehsil for a length of 12.6 kms with an estimated cost of Rs. Rs. 13,52,07,628/-. The long pending demands of above said road in which no road connectivity exist in the villages since their settlement of 1959, was taken up by Bishnu with the UT Administration on 16.03.2018 for sanction as per demands of villagers of Gandhinagar, Shantinagar and Ganesh Nagar under Diglipur Tehsil. Accordingly, the A&N Administration after considering the genuine demands of the villagers, prepared an estimate and accorded the sanction under UT Plan fund.  It is expected that the other formalities for tendering process for award of the work will be processed to start the work expeditiously.