Port Blair, March 21: During a review meeting, Dr. Nitin Shakya, Director (Disaster Management) has directed to the Cinema Theatres to strengthen their disaster preparedness level for safety of their staff and audiences and to regularly conduct Mock Drills on fire/other disasters in the cinema theatres to check their preparedness and response level.

I extend warm and heartiest greetings to the people of Telugu Community of Andaman & Nicobar Islands on the occasion of Ugadi, marking the commencement of Telugu New Year.

Ugadi is a festival of joy and hope and the New Year shall bring with it a new cheer and bright future.

Member of Parliament Expresses Gratitude to Lt. Governor for Conducting the Competition

Port Blair, March 20: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has expressed gratitude to the Hon’ble Lt. Governor of Andaman & Nicobar Islands for conducting “Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose Open Sea Swimming competition 2023” and has also appreciated his sportsman spirit and commendable fitness level for participating in the competition and completing the race.

Mr Rakeshwar Lall, State President & all members of Hindu Rashtra Shakti have deeply mourned the untimely demises of Mr K. Vennketeshwarlu, (Fire station, Marine), R/o Goal Ghar on 21/03/2023. The Hindu Rashtra Shakti prays to the Almighty to give eternal peace to the departed soul and courage to the bereaved family members to bear the irreparable loss.

Hutbay, March 20: The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Keshav Chandra, IAS on second day of his visit to Hutbay today, visited Primary Health Centre, Hutbay and interacted with health officials. The CMO, Dr. Shiny Varghese briefed the Chief Secretary about the facilities available in the PHC. CS praised the way the PHC is maintained. He also appreciated the efforts of the Doctors and paramedical staff for providing better health care to the patients at Hutbay.