Andaman and Nicobar Islands used to be a place appreciated for peaceful coexistence, untill a cat named Buffer Zone (BZ) was let out of the bag on 08/12/2010, ie the day Buffer Zone was implemented in select areas of Andaman Islands. Since then islanders, especially settlers from North and Middle Andamans are having sleepless nights for the reason - the controversial Buffer Zone Notification ex post facto brought 31 historically settled revenue villages into its ambit, that too without public discussion.