Port Blair, Dec. 3: V Rajendran, a lemon fruit seller, located at Aberdeen Bazaar, supports a family of four members that include his wife and two sons aged 19 and 22 years. Being the only bread winner, he was among the worst affected by the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic. He struggled to make his ends meet after his stock of fruits totally perished during lockdown. He could not stop tears in his eyes recalling the pandemic time. His family members faced extremely hardships and sometimes survived only on some biscuits for lunch and dinner.

Port Blair, Dec. 3: On 02/12/2020, information was received at PS Central Crime Station that contraband is kept in the house of S. Karthick R/o Brookshabad, which was conveyed to Senior Officers. On the directions of Shri Jagdev Singh Yadav DANIPS, Dy.SP (CID), a raiding team comprising Inspr. Mohd Elias, In-charge PS CCS, SI T. Dilla Rao, SI Santosh R. Shenoy, ASI Vijay Shankar, Head Constable Shibani Biswas, Constable P. K Mondal, Rajendran and Raja Rao of PS CCS was constituted and sent to Brookshabad for carrying out the raid in a highly professional and well-coordinated manner.

Port Blair, Dec. 3: Registration process is an important aspect of the District Revenue Administration. To achieve transparency and accountability in the system, the district administration has been registering deeds through an online process.

Port Blair, Dec. 3: The Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman, Shri Suneel Anchipaka along with the SDM (SA) and AC(U/T) visited Kendriya Vidyalaya No. 1 on a follow-up inspection of the water conservation project being developed by the active participation of the School Children with the support of District Administration.

Port Blair, Dec. 3: The Andaman & Nicobar UT Commission for Protection of Child Rights is functioning in these islands with mandate to safeguard Child Rights and to take up programmes for disseminating information on child rights and their protections.

The Commission had organized a Virtual Contest for the children in the online mode  to observe “International Child Rights Day” in the month of November.