Port Blair, May 2: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has sanctioned Rs. 40,00,000 (Forty Lakhs rupees) for construction of an Anganwadi Center and a Multipurpose Hall for Community utilization at Machilane, ward number 10, Port Blair.

The sanction order was handed over to Smti. T Mangayarkarasi Councillor Ward No.10 by the Member of Parliament recently.

Port Blair, May 2: Air Marshal Saju Balakrishnan, AVSM, VM after assuming charge as 17th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) called on Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency today at Raj Niwas. Perspective plans, Force accretion, infrastructure development and enhancing coastal security were discussed.

Port Blair, May 2: In line with the directions of Govt. of India to States/Union Territories that all the States/UTs shall celebrate not only their own Statehood days but also the State formation days of others States and in order to promote 'Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat' concept, the A&N Raj Niwas celebrated the foundation days of States of Maharashtra and Gujarat in a befitting function organized on 01st May, 2023.

Port Blair, May 2: Shri. Vishal Jolly, Former State President BJP-ANI, wrote a letter to Hon’ble Lt. Governor A & N Islands for grant of adequate compensation on account of death of Shri. A. Mani due to crocodile attack.

In his letter he wrote that an unfortunate tragic incident of crocodile attack on 28th April, 2023, one more person lost his valuable life while fishing near the shore at Shoal Bay No. 8. These kind of incidents are becoming usual state of affairs nowadays and therefore some serious steps are required to be taken to save lives.

Port Blair, May 2: A Cricket tournament “Swaraj Dweep Police Cup-2023” was organized by Police Station Swaraj Dweep under the supervision of SDPO Swaraj Dweep. The Tournament commenced on 08/04/2023 and concluded with a final match on 25/04/2023. A total of 10 teams participated in the tournament at Swaraj Dweep. It was an initiative to motivate the young sportspersons to participate in such sports activities in future as well as to strengthen friendly relationship between police and general public. The final match of the tournament was played on 25/04/2023 between Cops Cricketers and Radha Nagar Team.