Sri Vijaya Puram, Oct. 8: A delegation of BJP Public representatives, Karyakartas and residents of Swaraj Dweep today met Shri Anil Kumar Tiwari, State President, BJP, A & N Islands and put forth a few demands before them. Following this the State President, BJP, met the Hon’ble Lt Governor Dr Dinesh Sharma today (8th October) and requested him to intervene and resolve the below given public demands, during his scheduled visit to Swaraj Dweep (tomorrow) 9th Oct 2026.
The important demands include immediate inauguration of ‘operational ready’ 2 MW power plant to resolve the power cut problem of Swaraj Dweep by strengthening the capacity to 5.4 MW from the existing 3.4 MW.
An overhead pre-fabricated 2 lakh litre capacity water tank and required pipelines behind the Shyam Nagar Panchayat is ready for inauguration. This, if inaugurated immediately, the water crisis will be greatly resolved and more than 4000 residents of the area will get relief.
Similarly, another demand includes resolving the drinking water problem at Vijay Nagar village. The Karyakartas opined that construction of an overhead water tank at ‘Kachuva Tikri’ and laying of pipeline till Vijay Nagar Village will resolve the problem of the village.
Another important demand has been regarding the improvement of the road connecting Jetty to Radha nagar (NH 4) and Road connecting jetty to Kala Pathar (NH-5) as soon as possible.
The villagers also emphasized the need for immediate repair and improvement of about 2 km long road from Krishna Nagar to Kattai Basti to help the village residents.
The fishers demanded the up-gradation of ramp and modernization of the Fish Market situated at Govind Nagar. The completion of this work will directly benefit more 300 fishermen and their family.
The women of Krishna Nagar Forest Dera area demanded immediate inauguration of newly constructed Anganwadi Centre and also demanded the immediate repair and upgradation of Krishna Nagar (6.5 Km) Anganwadi Centre, which is in bad shape.