Port Blair, July 14: The Elected PRI and Municipal Council members of BJP have requested Hon'ble MP, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma by several letters to cast his valuable vote in the upcoming presidential election of India 2022 in favour of Smti. Draupadi Murmu.

Port Blair, July 14: The Government of India has planned to celebrate “Independence Week” from 11th to 17th August as across the country as ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ programme which is an important initiative under Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav (AKAM) commemorations. To honor our national flag, the National Implementation Committee headed by the Hon’ble Home Minister which oversees all efforts under AKAM has approved the programme of ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’.

Port Blair, July 14: An awareness programme was organized by the Directorate of RD,PRIs &ULBs, Marine Hill, Port Blair, on 14th July 2022 to sensitize the market place and commercial establishments on Single Use Plastic across all the Gram Panchayats in the UT of Andaman & Nicobar islands to mark the importance of International Plastic Bag Free Day (i.e. 03rd July 2022). 

It gives me immense pleasure to note that the Department of Environment & Forests, A&N Administration is celebrating “Van Mahotsav” with great enthusiasm during the months of July to August this year with active involvement of people of these Islands.

Van Mahotsav - the festival of tree planting owes its origin to the great visionary Late K.M. Munshi, the then Union Minister for Food & Agriculture who launched the programme in 1950 with the slogan “Tree means water, water means bread and bread is life”.

Port Blair, July 14: Heavy rains (07-11 cm) is likely to occur at one or two places over Andaman Islands. Thunder storm and lightning with gusty wind speed reaching 40-50 kmph is likely to occur at one or two places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands on 15th July 2022. Meanwhile thunderstorms and lightning with gusty wind (30-40 kmph) is likely to occur at one or two places over Andaman & Nicobar Islands on 16th July.