Sri Vijaya Puram, November 14: The South Andaman Rural Area Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) held corner meetings and mike announcements in different parts of rural South Andaman over three days, on November 12, 13 and 14, blaming the BJP-led Central Government for rising unemployment in the Islands and its failure to create new jobs for the youth.
The areas covered included Dhanikhari, Manglutan, Lohabarik, Meimyo, Indira Nagar, Wandoor, Humphrygunj, Sippighat, Nayashahar, Guptapara, Manjeri, Chidiyatappu, Bumanallah, Beodnabad, Teylorabad and Prothrapur. The meetings were addressed by Secretary, South Andaman Rural Area Committee, Mr. D. Laxman Rao, State Secretariat Member Mr. P. Sathyapal and Port Blair City Area Committee Member Mr. K. G. Samkutty.
The leaders also spoke about the intermittent power cuts in Port Blair town and rural South Andaman. They said that after the Municipal and Panchayat elections, the drinking water supply would be curtailed considerably. Last year, drinking water was supplied to rural areas once in five days and to the town once in four days, they said.
The situation will be more critical this year as the Administration and the BJP and Congress leaders who run the Municipal Council and Panchayati Raj institutions have failed to implement any drinking water scheme to ensure sufficient supply, the CPI(M) leaders alleged.
