Sri Vijaya Puram, Feb 12: Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, met with Union Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah on 11th February 2025 to discuss various long-pending issues that have been taken up by him concerning the islands that require urgent resolution.
During the meeting, MP Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray highlighted main issues namely Circle rates, stamp duty, registration fee be reduced to follow the rates as per LR & LRR Regulation, conversation of land, ANIIMS to AIIMS, CHGS doctors to District and Community Health Centers, Domicile law for employments to the local Islanders, 14 port connectivity roads as National Highways, repair and new construction of 32 harbour ports across A&N Islands, Increase of fund to PRIs as per 4th UT Financial commission recommendation and increase of honorarium to PRIs, Chatham Bambooflat bridge, declaration of OBC for Social Economic category, increase of fund under Capital (Rural roads, bridges, agriculture, Fisheries, Animal husbandry etc), Srilankan Katchal resettlement, Implementation of Anti De-function law for Municipal and Zilla Parishad etc. concerns affecting the people of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and sought the Home Minister’s intervention for its timely resolution. The discussions were highly productive and the Home Minister assured the MP that all pending matters raised by him and currently under consideration in the Ministry would be resolved within a month.
He expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Home Minister for his valuable time, keen attention to the issues and commitment to addressing issues within the stipulated timeframe.
The MP remains hopeful that the resolution of these matters will bring much-needed relief and development to the people of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.
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