Port Blair, Oct. 11: Keeping in view forthcoming festive season, this Directorate of Shipping Services in consultation with District Administration has planned to deploy bigger vessel MV Coral Queen to Swaraj Dweep from 12th October to 15th October, 2021. Passenger tickets for Swaraj Dweep will be issued at Haddo Wharf 02 hours prior to her scheduled departure following latest COVID 19 SOP in effect.

The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, A & N Islands deeply mourn the demise of Shri S S Sathpati, Retired Principal, Education Department. He died at Pune today (11-10 -2021) at the age of 78. The Association conveys heartfelt condolences to bereaved the members of his family.

Port Blair, Oct. 11: In May 2016 the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG) had introduced the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana’ (PMUY) as a flagship scheme with an objective to make clean cooking fuel such as LPG available to the rural and deprived households, which were otherwise using traditional cooking fuels such as firewood, coal, cow-dung cakes etc. Usage of traditional cooking fuels had detrimental impacts on the health of rural women as well as on the environment.

I appeal to the youths of Andaman and Nicobar Islands to come forward and donate blood voluntarily.

These Islands have witnessed a reduction in blood donation during the pandemic and hence I request citizens to donate blood and avoid a possible shortage of blood in Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Port Blair, Oct. 11: Due to the scheduled VVIP visit in the A & N Islands, the following shall be closed for the tourists and general public, for the dates mentioned as below.