Trinath & Vikramaditya
Billyground, Aug 06: The Deputy Commissioner of North and Middle Andaman Dr Angel Bhati Chauhan has cautioned residents of North and Middle Andaman against organsing parties and gatherings.
In a caution message in social media she mentioned that “Your life is more important than anything else today. Round the clock, District Administration/Medical Team/Police are working with outmost devotion for the safety of people of N&MA against spread of Corona Virus.”
On reports of organizing party and gatherings by some people she mentioned that “We are not leaving any stone unturned to stop the spread of Corona but recently, it came to our notice that few irresponsible people are intentionally or unintentionally engaged in party/closed gathering which has caused spread of Corona Virus. Such behaviours within their family & contacts are endangering their life & that of community at large. Sincere appeal to all such people not to indulge in such activity in today’s time of crisis.”
She requested responsible members of society to inform district administration of such events of formal/informal parties, so that, Administration can impose penal action deemed fit to safeguard our district in wider interest of people.
New angle in Middle Andaman Rape Case; 13-year-old rape victim levels rape charges on the Brother-in-law of prime accused
Sarthak Kanjilall
Billyground, August 06: The 13-year-old rape victim of a remote village of Middle Andaman has disclosed that the rape on her was not just committed by the accused but the brother-in-law of the accused also committed rape on her. The victim reportedly said this before the magistrate today.
As per reports, on 23rd July 2020, a case was registered against a 21-year-old youth for raping a 13-year-old minor girl following which the absconding youth was later searched and arrested by the Billyground Police Unit and was sent to the judicial custody.
Following this the brother-in-law of the accused has also been arrested now.
Put off the Municipal and Panchayat Elections:DipankarMistry requests the Minister of Panchayati Raj
SarthakKanjilall
Mayabunder, July 26: Keeping in view the huge spike in COVID-19 positive cases in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, the Adhyaksh, North and Middle Andaman ZillaParishad, Mr. DipankarMistry has urged the Minister of Panchayati Raj to postpone the Municipal/ Panchayat elections scheduled to be held on September 2020.
In a letter addressed to the Minister of Panchayati Raj, Mr. Mistry stated that during the election campaigns there are chances of people getting affected by the pandemic and it may result in the public to suffer due to fewer medical facilities.
“There will also be difficulties to do a door to door campaign and organize public meetings,” Mr. Mistry added.
Mr. Mistry finally stated that several development activities were also not completed following the pandemic and hence, expectations of the public are not yet fulfilled.
Keeping all the above facts infront of the Minister of Panchayati Raj, Mr. Mistry requested him to put off the election for at least six more months from the scheduled date of elections.
Cow comes in contact with Snapped Electric Line; Dies
Trinath
Billyground, July 19: A cow reportedly died at Prafulla Nagar Middle Andaman after coming in contact with a live electric line, which snapped fell on the ground. According to Mr Bhaskar Bagchi, Samity Member of the area on 16th Morning when people around the area saw snapped electric line, they informed this matter to nearby site office but for a long time no one came to remove the live line. Unfortunately a cow grazing nearby came in contact with the live electric line and died due to electrocution.
Holding electricity department responsible for this accident the Samity Member has demanded suitable compensation for the farmer, who was rearing the cow.
Earthquake of Magnitude 4.3 Hits Andaman And Nicobar Islands
Diglipur, July 13: An earthquake of magnitude 4.3 on the Richter scale hit 153 km north of Diglipur in Andaman and Nicobar Island on Monday, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) said. The tremors were felt at 2:36 am today. Earlier on June 28, an earthquake of magnitude 4.1 on the Richter Scale hit near Diglipur of Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
Speeding Car hits rock; one dead
Senthil Kumar
Rangat, July 06: A speeding Ertiga hit the rock yesterday near Morisdera, Rangat at 02:30 pm following which one youth sitting on the rear seat died.
Five youths were sitting inside the MPV and according to sources, they were coming back from partying at Morisdera beach.
The driver of the vehicle was reportedly under the heavy influence of alcohol and was driving the vehicle at a very high speed as a result of which he lost control over the vehicle and hit with a rock.
Due to a bad network, all the injured couldn’t inform about the accident to any emergency number and struggled at the accident spot for a long time, luckily, a police constable, who was heading towards Billyground after seeing all the five went to the Betapur check post and reported the matter to the concerned officials via wireless.
On information, an Ambulance reached the spot at 03:30 pm, nearly one hour after the accident took place.
As per the latest reports, one sitting on the back seat of the vehicle suffered severe injuries in his head and after reaching the hospital he succumbed to his injuries, one youth has been referred yesterday to Port Blair while the other three suffered minor injuries.
The vehicle is said to be hired by the Tehsildar Office, Rangat. A case has also been registered in the Rangat Police Station, it is learned.
N&M District Administration takes steps against COVID19: All entry points thoroughly secured to trace the symptomatic: DC North and Middle
Trinath & Sarthak Kanjilall
Mayabunder, June 30: Soon after taking over the charge of the District Commissioner, North and Middle Andaman, Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan, has taken possible steps to close the doors of entire North and Middle Andaman for Corona Virus.
In the war against Nobel Coronavirus , several concrete steps have been taken in the region under her directions, be it from securing the entry points to door to door survey of the residents.
Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan’s first conversation with Andaman Sheekha sheds light upon the steps taken by her to contain the virus from spreading in the region.
She briefed that since the first positive case in the region was detected on 21st June 2020, immediate steps were taken, and the people who came in the contact with the COVID19 patient, were identified and quarantined. Samples were also taken of the closed relatives of the affected person and have been sent to Port Blair for testing.
The DC, North, and Middle Andaman added that at all the entry points in the region, whether its Helipad, Port etc screening of the people has been made mandatory, “If anyone found symptomatic during the screening they are kept under observation for 14 days,” said Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan.
The Deputy Commissioner further added that the District Administration has also started a process of testing people door to door so that they get the input of people having fever, cough etc and upon receipt of the input such people also asked to go through the same procedure of testing and observation. If such people do not get normal in two-three days the district administration ensures sending their samples to Port Blair for testing,” Dr. Chauhan said.
“All required things reach the doorstep of the people under quarantine are taken care of by the district administration so that they obey the rules, local field staff, and local pradhan are in touch with those, control room also calls the quarantine people every day to check whether they are in some need,” she added.
The DC finally said that after doing so much if any person under quarantine violates the quarantine rules, there are provisions of penalizing him/her.
Earlier, Dr. Angel Bhati Chauhan was holding the important posts of the Director, Information, Publicity & Tourism as well as several other posts at Port Blair and her work performance was highly appreciated by the people at Port Blair.
Work for Thoratang Concrete Bridge starts; April 2021 target fixed for completion of work
Trinath & Sarthak Kanjilall
Mayabunder, June 30: Finally, the residents of North, and Middle Andaman may hope that they will travel in a permanent Thoratang Bridge in days to come as work for Thoratang concrete bridge has been started by the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Ltd. (NHIDCL) recently. As per reports, the date fixed for the contractor to finish the work is by April 2021.
Earlier on 12th June 2019, the Thoratang bailey bridge of Middle Andaman collapsed when two loaded trucks of NHIDCL contractors tried to cross the bridge together.
Surprisingly after the bridge was repaired by NHIDCL contractor after nearly one month, on 11 July 2019, the bridge again collapsed within 10 hours of the re-launching of the bridge as a result of which people had to use a longer route to reach their destinations between Billyground and Thoratang through TV Kulam Bailey Bridge. However, with efforts, another temporary but strong bridge was again constructed with hume pipes and was opened with restrictions in November last year.
Public of North and Middle & ATR Commuters Demand restoration of ATR convoy timings
Senthil Kumar & Sarthak Kanjilal
Rangat, June 07: Many Residents of North and Middle Andaman claimed that restoring the timings of convoy in the Andaman Trunk Road will be of great help for movement, without any concern, as all the Districts in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have already been declared as green zone.
As of now, there is only one convoy from Jirkatang to Middle Strait and one from Middle Strait to Jirkatang. Around 150 vehicles that include tankers, trucks, small vehicles etc are crossing in the said convoy everyday, which results in a huge delay for the ATR Commuters, especially those who are in private cars.
Presently, the only convoy from Jirkatang to Middle Strait is at 12 noon and because of this people who are driving their own car, often reach Diglipur after mid-night, sometimes even at 1.00 AM or 2.00 AM, “One can understand the problems of driving during the night in this weather, considering the poor condition of road,” said a driver of the cargo-carrying van on condition of anonymity.
Medical tests at Middle Strait for people going towards Port Blair and medical tests at Jirkatang for the people heading towards North and Middle Andaman are said to be the major reasons behind the delay by many ATR commuters.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha, Mr. Dipankar Mistry, Adhyaksh, North and Middle Andaman Zilla Parishad said that the Cargo carrying vans have increased their rates by giving reasons for the delay in the ATR.
“The increase in charges of the cargo-carrying van is reflecting in the market and is affecting the common man, hence, when all Districts in these Islands have been declared as green zone, restoring all the convoy timings of ATR will be appreciated,” Mr. Mistry requested.
Andaman Sheekha contacted the District Commissioner, North and Middle Andaman, Mr. Awanish Kumar in this regard and he said that the matter came to his knowledge recently and he also considered it to be a valid point. “I will speak to the Tribal Welfare Secretary in this regard,” the DC added.
Truck gets stuck as road caves-in near Hari Nagar
Trinath & Vikramaditya
Billyground, June 08: A truck got stuck when the portion of Andaman Trunk Road caved in near Hari Nagar Panchayt of Billyground area, early this morning.
As per sources, the truck was loaded with heavy materials and when it was trying to cross a under construction culvert area of Hari Nagar, the accident took place. The Culvert is half complete and only other half portion of the road is open for traffic but as per sources last night due to heavy rain, there was soil erosion under the road surface and hence when this heavy truck was trying to cross the said road stretch, the road caved in.
Sources said that the cave-in was more than 3-4 feet deep. ATR Traffic was also disrupted in the area after this incident.
Later on information the DC North and Middle Andaman sent a team to repair road portion and to clear the traffic.
As per sources most of the culvert construction sites of ATR in middle Andaman are very poorly maintained and there is hardly a caution sign. The DC N & M Andaman today visited the site himself and issued a warning to concern Contractor for ensuring safety of public in ATR.
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