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Sri Vijaya Puram, March 21: Shri Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Andaman and Nicobar Islands after a detailed field visit and discussions with the villagers of Manpur under Collinpur Gram Panchayat has brought some pressing issues to the attention of the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, for immediate intervention. The issues concerns highlighted include immediate repair and renovation of the road from Tushnabad to Tirur, which has been in a dilapidated state, causing inconvenience to the villagers, removal of dangerous trees that pose a threat to the safety of the villagers, especially during adverse weather conditions, provision of safe drinking water and cleaning of the filter bed to ensure the health and well-being of the community, ensuring uninterrupted power supply for the residents, shifting of crocodiles from areas where they present a risk to the safety of the villagers, setting up of a Junior Engineer Office, Patwari Khana and addressing other related administrative concerns to improve governance and service delivery to the people residing under these Gram Panchayat.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, March 21: Dr. Arvind Virmani Member, NITI Aayog during visit to A&N Islands from 21st -24th March, 2025 met Admiral DK Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency today at Raj Niwas. Given the slew of mega projects unfolding in the Shipping, Ports, Green-Field Airports, Tourism Hospitality and linked segments in PPP mode, discussed modalities for attracting big-ticket investments and extending special financial, incentives and regulatory framework regimes to facilitate speedy execution of such projects.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, March 21: Dr. Ajai Kumar Sonkar, a distinguished scientist known for his pioneering research on the self-cleaning ability of the River Ganges through its diverse bacteriophage ecosystem, has received a prestigious invitation from the European Aquaculture Society (EAS) to present his findings at the Aquaculture Europe 2025 (AE2025) Conference and Exposition in Valencia, Spain, from September 22-25, 2025.
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Sri Vijaya Puram, March 21: The inaugural function of the one-day Workshop on Island Ecosystem: Forest, Wildlife & Agroforestry held at ZSI on 21st March, 2025 as a part of celebration of International Day of Forest with the theme “Forests and Food”. The inaugural function of the workshop held at the ZSI auditorium. The aim of the workshop is to raise awareness about the importance of all types of forests.
Read more: ZSI Organises One-Day Workshop on Island Ecosystem: Forest, Wildlife & Agroforestry
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Sri Vijaya Puram, March 21: A meeting on UT Seed Sub Committee for Agricultural & Horticultural Crops was held under the Chairmanship of Ms. Pallavi Sarkar, IAS, Secretary (Agriculture.), A & N Administration at Secretariat yesterday to consider the release of 18 new varieties of crops for the UT, which was developed by the Central Island Agricultural Research Institute (CIARI).The proposal of crop varieties submitted for consideration in the UT Seed Sub-Committee includes: Rice (Six varieties), Green gram (Five varieties), Black gram (Two varieties), Brinjal (Two varieties), Malabar Tamarind (Two varieties), and Bayleaf (One variety).