Apprises the PM of Recent Award of PPP-Mode Contracts, Suggests Long Term Measures
New Delhi, March 20: Admiral D. K. Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM (Retd.), Hon’ble Lt. Governor, A&N Islands and Vice-Chairman, Islands Development Agency, called on Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, today.
During the call, the Hon’ble Lt. Governor apprised the Hon’ble Prime Minister of the recent award of several PPP-mode contracts in the five-star luxury eco-tourism hotel segment. These projects, structured with percentage revenue sharing and annually escalating lease fees, are designed as net revenue-generating models for the A&N Administration.
The Hon’ble Lt. Governor also proposed long-term measures for water security, noting that with the increasing population and the operationalisation of mega infrastructure projects, the number of consumers is expected to rise significantly in the coming years.
Further with around 1/3rd of the country’s EEZ and 1/4th Coastline, A&N Islands is potentially a major contributor in Blue Economy and proposals for progressing studies particularly for sea bed minerals were also advanced.
To handle increasing number of tourist arrivals, additional Green Field Airports at the selected sites, consideration for Small Modular Reactors for scalable power generation on selected Islands locations and positioning A&N Islands as a ship repair and construction hub in IOR were also proposed.