Port Blair, Sept 15: In an welcome move, the Lt Governor has issued directions to the Secretary level officers to visit various places in the Islands immediately with a view to resolve people’s problems and grievances in consultation with the PRIs and District Administration.
Accordingly, three separate high level teams headed by senior level officers, along with officers of the concerned Departments will visit different places in the Islands on Tuesday (16.09.2014). These teams will carry out local inspections, interact with the PRI as well as the general public and will take necessary decisions to resolve people’s problems.
The first team headed by the Principal Secretary, Smt Rina Ray will visit Neil Island on 16th September 2014, along with senior officers of the concerned Departments, while a second team, headed by the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Smt Punya Srivastava will visit Baratang and Rangat on the same day to look into the problems being faced by the people there. A third team led by the Secretary (Tourism), Shri Rakesh Bali will visit Hut Bay.
The visit of senior officers of the Administration is expected to mitigate the long pending problems of the people of these remote places in the Islands.
