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Diglipur, May 09: The Chartered vessel MV Coral Queen which started its sailing to Mayabunder & Diglipur with a mare 9 passengers now sailing with its full capacity of 451 passengers.
On one hand, slowly the passenger occupancy has increased to 451 but on the other hand the DSS has reportedly decreased three sailing a week to only one sailing a week.
A large number of people who are not willing to travel in Andaman Trunk Road to reach Port Blair, are happily opting for sea route but sadly instead of having huge demand for big ship, twice a week the DSS is only sending small vessels, which have a capacity of nearly 74 to 94 passengers.
Moreover sailing of small or big vessels is highly unpredictable and hence people are unable to make advance plan for their journey to Port Blair, via sea. Sometimes the sailing are withdrawn without any notice.
Here, tickets for ATR buses are also not available due to increase in the number of passengers during school vacations. In spite of this the administration is not operating additional or big ships like coral queen in Diglipur route frequently.
The President Settlers Offspring Welfare Organisation at Diglipur Mr. Babul Biswas demanded the administration to increase the frequency of the sailing of Coral queen to Diglipur, as per the heavy demand of tickets in summer vacation.
He also demanded to change the sailing time of this ship from Diglipur, from 2pm to 5 pm as, according to him, there is no need of three hours long halt at Mayabunder, like speed boats. This will also save time of the passengers.

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VS Pally, Diglipur, May 08: A Panchayat Shopping Complex which was built at VS Pally under Keralapuram Panchayat at Diglipur was allegedly demolished illegally by the authorities recently.
The old shopping complex was in need of the repairs and for the same work, permissions were obtained for renovation, it is learnt. Meanwhile a week ago it was found that the building is missing from its place.
It was pertinent to know that neither the Panchayat obtained any permission from Lt Governor to demolish the building as per rules nor did they pass any resolution in Gram Sabha. Moreover the Panchayat also did not constitute any committee for proper demolition of the building.
Speaking to Andaman Sheekha the Panchayat Secretary said that the work was sanctioned only for renovation of the building in two work orders of about 10 Lakhs.
Pradhan usually have financial power of nearly Rs. 6 lakhs and hence to be technically correct, this one work was awarded divided in two work orders for renovating the Panchayat Shopping Complex, which is again not ethical.
Villagers demanding proper investigation against this illegal demolition work and why a small work of about 10lakhs divided in a two work orders.

Diglipur, Apr 28: The “Gram Swarj Abhiyan” is being observed in Diglipur along with rest of Islands. A special programme had been organised today to mark the occasion in this ceremony LED bulbs were distributed by the Electricity Department at Site Office at Subhash Gram, Diglipur .

Asst Commissioner Diglipur Shri Shailender Kr Singh inaugurated this programme by cutting the ribbon. Speaking on this occasion he urged the electricity consumers to take benefits out of this programme, which will not only curtail the electricity bills but also saves the environment. Executive Engineer, Electricity Department Shri A.Hamza said that the LED bulbs are being distributed at all the Panchayats from today to the leftovers and one thousand individuals can avail this benefit. Asst Commissioner, Executive Engineer, Pradhan of Subhash Gram Panchayat, distributed LED bulbs to the beneficiaries present in this occasion.

Shri Ramesh Chandra Asst Engineer Electricity, Power House proposed vote of thanks at the end.