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Port Blair, Feb 19: Shri Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member BJP & Former State President BJP-ANI wrote a letter to Chief Secretary A & N Administration to provide adequate supply of Petrol and Diesel at Kamorta and Terresa Islands
In his letter he mentioned that several residents of Kamorta and Terrassa Islands have approached with a common grievance of severe lack of Petrol and Diesel in their region. and they have been informed that there is a restricted supply of ONLY ONE LITER of petrol and diesel per person at a time at Kamorta & Terrassa. And that too is completely irregular and inadequate.
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Port Blair, Feb 19: CPI (M) has demanded to resume supply of fortified Atta through Fair Price Shops in Andaman & Nicobar Islands. In a letter sent to the Chief Secretary, Andaman & Nicobar Administration, D. Ayyappan, Secretary, CPI (M) A & N State Organising Committee said that the people of these islands have been getting fortified Atta in lieu of wheat through Fair Price Shops till one year ago. The Administration used to allot wheat to the flour mill operators who prepared the Atta by reportedly adding micronutrients in order to improve the nutritional quality. The flour mill operators then supplied the equal quantity of Atta to the Civil Supplies Department in a pre-packaged manner for sale through FPS shops across the union territory at Rs. 25 per kilogram. Ayyappan informed the Chief Secretary that all of a sudden, the supply of fortified Atta was stopped and in its place wheat was supplied to the consumers from FPS.
Read more: CPI (M) Demands Supply of Fortified Atta Through Fair Price Shops
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Port Blair, Feb 19: The Department of Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs have asked the persons under APL Category of ration card who have not yet seeded Aadhaar Number in their respective family ration card in spite of several reminder and request through fair price shop dealers, electronic and print media, to approach the respective Civil Supplies offices before 06th March 2023, in person and get their Aadhaar seeded in their family ration card failing which the ration card to which these un-seeded members are attached shall be de-activated/members deleted considering to be a bogus member/ration card.
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Port Blair, Feb 19: An interactive session on ‘Healthy Living’ was organized in the conference hall of DBRAIT on Feb. 15, 2023 in which Professor and Head, Department of Radiography and Former Vice-Chancellor Kings George Medical University (KGMU), Lucknow, Prof. (Dr.) MLB Bhatt addressed the students. He said, a healthy lifestyle, in particular, a healthy diet coupled with one of the biggest gifts by India to the world- ‘Yog’ is a holistic therapy for a healthy, long and active life.
Read more: Interactive Session on Healthy Living Organised at DBRAIT
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Port Blair, Feb 19: The Revenue Department in Hut Bay, in association with other Government Departments, PRI Members organized a cleanliness drive at Machidera beach area at Hut Bay today. Shri Rahul Dev Boora, IAS Probationer, DFO Shri PK Paul, Tehsildar Shri Gopal, Pardhans Pappi Naidu, Babul Das, Parimal Mondal, Pramukh, Anita Mondal, Up Pramukh, Shri Parmanathan and ZP member, Shri Ashmanja Halder, Village Headman, Harminder Bay, Shri Andrew Moses and Nicobarese people besides different Government Departments in Little Andaman participated in the drive. A similar drive was also conducted at Harminder Bay Beach last Saturday, in which, around 200 people of the area participated.