Port Blair, March 23: The District Consultative Committee meeting of South Andaman was held on 23.03.2022 at 11.30 AM under the Chairmanship of Shri Suneel Anchipaka, IAS, Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman at the Conference Hall, District Office to review the performance of Banks under Annual credit Plan, Government Sponsored Schemes and Flagship Schemes launched by Hon’ble Prime Minister.

Port Blair, March 23: After the conduct of Elections to Gram Panchayat a special meeting of Guptapara, Wandoor, Humphrygunj, Chouldhari, Tusnabad and Collinpur Gram Panchayats was convened today on 23/03/2023 by Assistant Commissioner, South Andaman for the purpose of administering oath and also to elect Up-Pradhan to their respective Gram Panchayats.

Port Blair, March 23: During RAT conducted on 43passengers bound for North & Middle Andaman at Ferrargunj, no positive case has been detected. At Mohanpura Bus Terminus, test was conducted on 20passengers, no positive case has been detected. At Phoenix Bay Jetty, 52 passengers were tested with RAT, no positive case has been detected. At helipad, 11passengers were tested with RAT, no positive case has been detected.

Port Blair, March 23: The vaccination drive is continuing smoothly in A&N Islands. As per data available, a total of 6,09,452beneficiaries in the age group of 18 and above have been vaccinated so far in A&N Islands. Similarly, 23,276 beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the age group of 15 to 18yrs and 2821beneficiaries have been vaccinated in the age group of 12 to 14yrs. The number of beneficiaries administered precautionary dose of vaccine so far stood at 9684.

Demands Expediting the Projects for Development of A&N Islands

Port Blair, March 22: The Member of Parliament, A&N Islands, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma on Monday (21-03-2022) during the budget session of Parliament raised demands for Grants concerning the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways. The MP had put forth the following demands before the Ministry:

1) Chatham-Bambooflat Bridge: