Port Blair, Aug 7: Attracting attention of Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Islands towards the ambitious project of constructing a Bridge – cum- Dam between Minnie Bay and Mithakhadi area, the Member of Parliament of Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Chief Secretary to take up this issue on top priority under UT Fund so that this project can be completed as soon as possible for the best interest of people of the Islands.

Port Blair, Aug 7: India and Singapore have had strong bilateral cooperation in the domain of Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) operations, since 2019 when a ‘Letter of Intent’ on Cooperation was signed by Hon’ble Raksha Mantri during the Fourth India-Singapore Defence Ministers Dialogue (DMD). Subsequently in Jan 21, the Hon’ble Raksha Mantri accorded ‘In Principle Approval’ for establishing the scope of Geospatial Information Sharing within the domain of HADR operations.

Port Blair, Aug 7: Shri Vishal Jolly National Executive Member BJP & Former State President BJP-ANI has requested to relax conditions for providing temporary offline connections without insisting to submit land records to all Ganesh Puja Committees throughout these Islands for organizing Ganesh Chaturthi through his letter addressed to Secretary (Power) & Deputy Commissioner (South Andaman).

Port Blair, Aug 7: Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Vice Chairman, Islands Development Agency attended the Seventh Governing Council Meeting of NITI Aayog Chaired by Hon'ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi ji today at New Delhi.

Port Blair, Aug 7: A bike rally was organised today from Bambooflat jetty to Wimberlygunj mini stadium to create awareness among the people on the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ Campaign of the Govt. of India and to encourage the residents to celebrate the 75th Independence Day with enthusiasm.