Port Blair, March 15: CPI (M) has asked the Andaman & Nicobar Administration to explore the possibility of desalination of sea water to drinking water as has been done by the defence establishments in these islands, Lakshadweep Islands and at various cities on the mainland like Chennai to have a permanent solution to the drinking water crisis in Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

 

Port Blair, March 15: APWD Karmachari Sangh an affiliated association of Andaman Nicobar Rajya Karmachari Mahasangh (ANRKM), BMS has called Hunger Strike from 13th March 2023 at Tiranga Park for regularisation of DRMs. All the members of AKS and ANRKM first visited the statue of Mahatma Gandhi and garlanded the statue and proceeded to Tiranga Park to choose the path of Satyagraha as shown by Mahatma Gandhi.

Port Blair, March 15: Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency alongwith Chief Secretary, A&N Administration Shri Keshav Chandra, Chief of Staff, A&N Command, other Senior Officers of A&N Administration, Police, & Forest reviewed the presentation made by Department of Sports & Youth Affairs, Directorate of Education on preparedness for conduct of 1.6 Km NSCB Open Sea Swimming Competition to be held on 18th March 2023 from Netaji Subash Chandra Bose Dweep to Rajiv Gandhi Water Sports Complex, Aberdeen Jetty, Port Blair as part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Port Blair, March 15: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma today demanded compensation for the family member of a minor girl, who lost her life in a tragic road accident on March 13, 2023.

Port Blair, March 15: World Consumer Rights Day was celebrated in Isles too, together with the rest of the world. To mark the day, the Department of CS&CA organized a function at TGCE Auditorium on the theme ‘Empowering consumers through clean energy transition’. The Commissioner-cum-Secretary (CS&CA), Smt. Nandini Paliwal, IAS was the chief guest on the occasion.