Port Blair, Dec. 15: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation, Govt. of India to give special concession to all stretcher patients of Andaman & Nicobar Islands so that they have to pay the cost of only one seat instead of nine seats to Airlines Companies.

In a letter addressed to the Hon’ble Minister of Civil Aviation, the Member of Parliament mentioned that Andaman & Nicobar Islands are situated nearly 1200 KM (approx) away from nearest Airport in Mainland India, Chennai and Kolkata. For serious medical cases, evacuation in passenger aircraft remains the only option.

Kalighat, Dec 15: The School students of Kalighat and Diglipur today blocked the road at Kalighat, raising demands to provide school buses on time. The ‘Chakka Jam’ protest continued for three hours from the morning at 7.00 AM and the transport services were kept on halt.

Soon after getting the information of the protest by the students, the Assistant Engineer of the State Transport Service rushed to Kalighat spot from his office at Mayabunder. The Tahsildar too reached from Diglipur. The Parents accompanying the students in the strike expressed their agitation stating that the bus services are delayed quite often and as a result the students reach late to their schools at Sita Nagar and Diglipur. Many parents complained that it has become a regular practice and the studies of the students are affected badly. There were many parents from Ramnagar and Nabgram also, whose children are studying in Kalighat Senior Secondary School.

Port Blair, Dec. 15: The smile and happiness on the faces of the students of Primary School Ograbraj was evident when the school received a complete Computer System with Printer from team PBGKR.

Port Blair, Dec. 15: Shri Ajoy Bairagi, State President, BJP, A&N Islands today met Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS, Chief Secretary, A&N Administration at his office and discussed the below given issues and submitted two different representations with regards to the issues concerned.

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Port Blair, Dec. 15: Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands has sanctioned several developmental works for the people of Little Andaman Islands under various Panchayats worth Rs. 74,93,311 (Seventy-four Lakhs ninety-three thousand and three hundred eleven rupees) from MPLADS fund.

The development works sanctioned by the Member of Parliament are: