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Port Blair, May 18: Elaborating the importance / requirement of 20 Lakh Crore Rupees package recently announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the State President, BJP, A&N Islands, Shri Ajoy Bairagi said that a campaign will be launched shortly by state unit of BJP – A & N Islands to create awareness on benefits of newly launched schemes/packages, without violating any norms and guidelines of COVID-19, prevailing in force. Bairagi was speaking to the media at a press conference called at the BJP Bhavan, Port Blair on 16th May 2020.

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Port Blair, May 18: Public bus transport was discontinued in the UT after the announcement of Lockdown from 25.03.2020 to contain the spread of COVID -19. Now in view of the relaxations announced by the Government of India in Lockdown 4.0 and subsequent notification issued by Andaman & Nicobar Administration vide O/o 500 and 501 dated 17.05.2020, the Transport Department has now decided to restart the public bus transport service in the South Andaman District. Adequate safety measures will be observed while operating the public bus transport service which will be strictly as per the following guidelines:

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Liberty Reserved to Petitioner and Respondents to Approach Court if and When Necessary

Port Blair, May 17: After hearing the petitioner Mr. D.C. Kabir and Mr. Nadkarni, Additional Solicitor General in the Writ Petition No. 5324(W) of 2020, Hon’ble Chief Justice Thottathil B. Radhakrishnan and Hon’ble Justice Arijit Banerjee of Hon’ble High Court of Calcutta, Circuit Bench at Port Blair based on Mr. Kabir’s submission found that the supply of essentials to the inhabitants of Andaman & Nicobar Islands is being effected in the desired manner and there can be no possible grievances on that score. Kabir also submitted that the crisis situation created by the outbreak of COVID-19 in the Islands, is being manage by the Administration. Hence, the Hon’ble Court passed no further order in that regard.

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Lockdown 4.0 Guidelines Issued by the Centre to be Implemented in A&N Islands

Port Blair, May 17: The entire South Andaman District has now been classified as ‘Green Zone’ based on the parameters shared by MoHFW except the containment zone(s), which is to be notified by District Magistrate South Andaman from time to time.

The UT Administration of Andaman & Nicobar Islands has therefore decided that the guidelines issued by the Centre for lockdown 4.0 will be applicable throughout the islands.

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Suggests for Special Flights and Adequate Arrangements of Busses to Reach Airport

Port Blair, May 17: The State President-BJP, A&N Islands, Shri. Ajoy Bairagi  has once again taken up the issue of stranded Islanders with Hon’ble Prime Minister, Hon’ble Union Minister for Home Affairs, Hon’ble Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways, Hon’ble Minister for Civil Aviation & Hon’ble Minister for State for Home Affairs requesting them to bring back each and every stranded people belonging to A&N Islands through special flights from all major focal states viz, Chennai, Kolkata, Kochi, New Delhi, Vishakhapatnam, Hyderabad and Bengaluru This would be one of the biggest reliefs for our fellow Islanders and the same would also reduce the burden of undertaking multiple travels.

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