Port Blair, May 18: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party has expressed his gratitude towards the Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman for accepting the request for providing permission for farmers residing in containment zone to transport their farm produce to Port Blair.

Bairagi on 17th May 2021 had written a letter to the Deputy Commissioner of Nicobar District informing him that farmers residing in the recently announced containment zones were facing grave problems as their farm produce was getting damaged because of unavailability of any medium of transport. He had mentioned in his letter that the pandemic has brought several financial problems for farmers and they need dire support of the Administration.

Port Blair, May 18: Owing to the requests made by the villagers of Wandoor, the event management company 4 Seasons which has been distributing relief to the needy since more than two weeks distributed the essentials in the village. The request was to provide masks, sanitizers and diapers for kids apart from ration articles.

Is Development that Important at the Cost of Millions of Trees and Destruction of Marine Life, One Wonders

Report: Sarpreet Kaur

Port Blair, May 17: Niti Aayog’s ambitious project “Holistic Development of Great Nicobar Island at Andaman and Nicobar Islands” crossed the first hurdle as the green panel recommends a grant of Terms of Reference (TOR) for Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) studies. The proposal was presented by a Gurugram based consulting agency Aecom India Private Limited- A Private firm involved in carrying studies for NITI Ayog’s mentioned project.

MP Kuldeep Rai Sharma Makes Surprise Night Visit of Wards, Interacts with All Patients

Port Blair, May 17: The Member of Parliament, Shri Kuldeep Rai Sharma made a surprise visit to GB Pant Hospital on 16.05.2021 (Sunday) night at 10 pm to assess the ground reality and the issue of patients and Para Medial Staff of COVID wards.  The MP visited all the six Corona wards and interacted with the each and every patient there. 

All the patients expressed their happiness with the treatment being provided to them for which the MP appreciated the entire Para Medical staffs attached with the corona wards for taking good care of the patients.  He also appreciated the A&N Administration for providing all logistic support and lifesaving medicines for the corona patients. 

Port Blair, May 17: In view of detection of a number of COVID-19 positive cases in Manpur, Collinpur and Temple Myo areas under Ferrargunj Tehsil, the District Magistrate South Andaman has declared the Manpur Part, Collinpur Part and Temple Myo part as Containment Zones as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare and the Ministry of Home Affairs from time to time.