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ANTCC President Shri. Rangalal Halder and Campaign Committee Chairman Shri. TSG Bhasker along the along members of the Congress Party has condoled the sad demise of Smt. Saroja Angamuthu, Age 75 years, mother of Shri. Tamilselvan, ANTCC Spokesperson and Mother-in-Law of Smt. Mangayakarasi, Councillor Ward no. 10 who passed away at Chennai on Friday.
Shri. Halder and Shri. Bhasker conveyed their heartfelt sympathy and condolences to the bereaved members of her family to bear this irreparable loss.
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Port Blair, July 7: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has proposed the implementation of a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) mode wherein tractors available with Panchayats in PPP mode, can be made available to farmers on an affordable rental basis.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary, the Member of Parliament said that this would ensure that the tractors are well-maintained and consistently accessible to farmers within each Panchayat.
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Port Blair, July 7: Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency reviewed the presentation of Fisheries Department & Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Aquaculture (RGCA) Kodiyaghat, a Research and Development arm of the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) on status and scope of Tiger Shrimp domestication project alongwith Chief Secretary, Shri Keshav Chandra and senior Officers of Andaman & Nicobar Administration. Hon’ble Lt Governor stressed on the need to give impetus to direct export of Tiger Grouper to neighbouring countries.
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Port Blair, July 7: The Indian Coast Guard Component of ANC conducted an IMO Level-I course for various stake holders responsible for Pollution Response Operations in the A&N Islands. The course was conducted by Coast Guard Pollution Response Team (A&N) from 03-07 Jul 23 at Port Blair. The Indian Coast Guard (ICG), being the Central Coordinating Agency for combating oil pollution in the Maritime Zones of India, conducts the course in line with the guidelines of OPRC Convention 1992 to which India is a signatory. Any oil spill in the seas around the A & N islands will have severe environmental impact on the pristine marine ecosystem and would adversely affect the dependent economic/ tourism activities. Accordingly, the IMO level courses are structured and conducted by the Indian Coast Guard to provide effective training to all stakeholders for coordinated response operations against any marine oil spills at sea.
Read more: Pollution Response Team Conducts IMO Level-I Training for CG Personnel and Stakeholders
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Port Blair, July 7: The Congress President, Shri Rangalal Halder and Campaign Committee Chairman, Shri. TSG Bhasker met the DGP, A&N Police, Mr. Devesh Chandra Srivastava, IPS on 4th July 2023.
The leaders expressed their heartfelt congratulations to Shri. Devesh Chandra Srivastava on his appointment as the DGP of the A&N Islands.