Port Blair, May 10: The Directorate of Industries, Andaman & Nicobar Administration organized a short term Skill Development training program on ‘Handicrafts (Coconut Shell & Wood) products’ at Gram Panchayat, Namunaghar from 17th April, 2023. Altogether, 25 candidates participated in the training program and were imparted the basic skills and knowledge for making handicrafts, thus creating self-employment opportunities and avenues for their livelihood.

The general consumers and Government Departments have been informed that power supply will remain suspended at Dairy Farm and part of Lamba Line on May 11 from 8 am to 11 am in connection with installation of Air Break Switch at Diary Farm junction for interconnection of Airport feeder and Lamba Line feeder.

Port Blair, May 9: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Lt. Governor, A&N Islands to provide a single-window system for all kinds of permissions related to new tourism projects. According to the Member of Parliament this will not only ease the process of doing business but also attract more investors to Andaman and enable local entrepreneurs to set up new ventures to attract tourists and promote tourism in these Islands.

Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, President INTUC Andaman Nicobar Islands has deeply mourned the sad demise of N R Prasad (Retired Bus Driver Gr- I) R/o Dairy Farm Port Blair, General Secretary of State Transport Employees' Union who passed away at Port Blair on 10.05.2023.  He prayed to the Almighty to give eternal peace to the departed soul and courage to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss.

Port Blair, May 9: The Port Blair Municipal Council has initiated several measures to improve water infrastructure within the city to cope with the existing demand. As part of this, cleaning and desilting of the existing ponds and wells are being undertaken. PBMC has installed bore wells at various places to mitigate the present crisis to meet the demand of the adjoining areas of New Pahargaon. In order to arrest wastage of water, PBMC has issued advisory to install bell type float valves. Apart from this, inspection teams constituted by the Council are carrying out house to house/commercial/institution inspections to check for its compliance. PBMC has strengthened its Complaint Mechanism to arrest leakage of water.