Port Blair, April 16: Walking with a thought of ‘No one sleeps without a meal’, PBGKR came forward to provide meals to the fishermen of Hutbay who have been stranded in Port Blair. The fishers were in quarantine at Zilla Parishad Niwas and are in Port Blair since a month spending whatever they had. The condition of the fishers was such that they weren’t able to afford a single meal with no money left with them.

Port Blair, April 16: In the line of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Campaign and implementation of PM SAVNidhi scheme, the PBMC distributed 211 Certificates of vending (CoV) to validated Street Vendors at a function organized at the Conference hall of PBMC. Shri. Kishore Kshirsagar Lakshman, IAS Secretary (PBMC) graced the occasion and enlightened the vendors about the benefits of PM SVANidhi.

Airline Operators Asked to Ensure Mandatory RAT Test for All Incoming Passengers

Port Blair, April 15: The Deputy Commissioner, South Andaman District, Shri. Suneel Anchipaka, IAS and Shri. Ravi Kumar Singh, IPS, Superintendent of Police, South Andaman District convened a meeting with all the Airline Operators of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and stressed the need to take urgent action to curb the surge of COVID cases in the District. It was briefed that strict and vigilant protocols are required at the Veer Savarkar International Airport.

Port Blair, April 16: The Port Blair Municipal Council has allowed Self Help Group for collection & transportation of segregated waste from commercial sectors in compliance with the Port Blair Municipal Council-Solid Waste (Handling & Management) Rule 2017, in accordance with the Solid Waste Management Rule 2016. The Self Help Groups engaged in the Solid Waste Management system were registered under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana-National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

ANI Administration Decides to Extend Tika Utsav for Attaining Max Coverage

Port Blair, April 15: About 5488 beneficiaries were vaccinated in 36 sessions and by about 85 teams in the entire UT on 1504.2021.

To have more positive connotation to the vaccination drive the A&N Administration has sent MV Kalighat Ship to Southern group of islands with a Medical Team from DHS on board under the leadership of Dr Ganesh Samaddar, CMO, NFSG. The team will vaccinate all the eligible passengers on board in both onward and return journey with COVID19 vaccine.