DJ Venkatesh
Diglipur, Nov 12: NITI Aayog officials comprising Mr. Amitabh Kant, CEO- NITI Aayog, Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Advisor and Ms Hansa Sinha YP NITI Aayog made a Joint visit of Diglipur with District Administration N & M Andaman to review the tasks progressed in the Islands under the aegis of Islands Development Agency (IDA).
After reaching Diglipur by Pawanhans helicopter the team went to Ross & Smith Islands for field visit, which is the one of the Islands, identified for the holistic and ecologically sustainable development.
The CEO issued directions to the authorities to expatiate the development activities at Ross & Smith Islands. He asked the authorities to expand the Tree top huts and world class tented accommodation at the beach area of the Smith Island alongwith Sagar Dweep . Further the NITI Aayog directed the District Administration to organise a meet to discuss over the roadblocks on the way to sustainable and ecological development of Smith Island.
After that the team visited Shibpur Airport and held a meeting with the officials of Navy to discussed airport expansion issues and security. The CEO ensured the officials to take up the communication problem with the Telecom department. After meeting, the NITI Aayog team left to Havelock Island.
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