DJ Venkatesh
Port Blair, Apr 20: Settlers’ offspring Welfare Organisation (SOWO) organised a huge rally and a public meeting at Subhashgram Diglipur today. About One thousand people participated in this programme from different parts of the Diglipur.
The Rally, which was started from Vegetable market at Madhupur went through Diglipur bazaar Administrative building and fish market. After the meeting a public meeting was organised. The SOWO President Dayal Mondal, Vice president Babul Biswas, Organisation Secretary Sukharanjan Haldar, Advisor Sunil Paramanik , Secretary Gopal Dakua spoke on this occasion.
The main demands of this Organigation are to implement Inner Line permit in Andamans, granting of 2 hectare land to dependents members of settlers, granting free royalty to collect 15 cbm of timber, granting occupancy rights over the allotted hilly lands to settlers, installation of scanners and CCTV at Mayabunder Jetty, providing BPL facilities to all the dependent members of settlers families, to stop registration of sale deed of landed property, provide permit to use of local sand, all kinds of Government and Private jobs should be given to settler and pre 42 families, reject all the documents of Non-Islanders i.e Election card, Islander card, Aadhar card, Family Identity card, Aadhar card and CBI enquiry in large scale encroachment.
