Ganesh
Port Blair, Oct 29: In a spectacular act of bravery, a youth of Nilambur village of Baratang, Mr Suresh, a Jawan from Indian Army, today saved a person from drowning near Nilambur (Baratang) Jetty.
According to reports at around, 4.30 pm, when MV Austin- III, a vehicle ferry vessel reached the Nilambur Jetty, one passenger lost his balance and fell into the sea.
While nearly 40 people standing at the Jetty, were watching the man struggling in deep waters, to keep himself afloat, Mr. Suresh, who is a resident of the area and was present at the Jetty Jumped into the water, without wasting time.
It took nearly 8-10 minutes to bring the person ashore. Seeing the bravery of Suresh, other spectators also later helped to bring the person out of sea. People gathered at the Jetty lauded the brave act of Suresh, who did not think twice before jumping into the sea to save a drowning person. As per reports Mr. Suresh, posted in Mainland India, is visiting his native on leave.
m v Austin 3 touching to nilambur jetty then the passinger begin to claim down from the boat than sudden shake of boat one person slip and fall on the sea of Nilambur Jetty, Baratang. While one army person Suresh jump on sea and save that person.
DSS to transfer technical management of ‘redundant’ Speed Boats to SCI
Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, Oct 28: Facing flak for a redundant flotilla of Speed Boats, the Directorate of Shipping Services is now actively considering transfer of technical management to the Shipping Corporation of India. Speaking to Andaman Sheekha, the Director of Shipping Services, Capt. Rajinder Kumar recently said that the contract to outsource technical management of 17 Speed Boats with a private firm was entered into to increase the operational ability of the vessels.
“But after the desired results were not obtained, the Shipping Department has proposed the UT Administration to transfer the technical management of the vessels to the SCI. The expertise of the SCI will certainly increase the operational ability of the Speed Boats if the technical management is transferred to the Corporation. The proposal is in the final stages of execution and the technical management of the Speed Boats will be handed over to SCI soon,” he said.
Protest at Hut Bay against shortage of Vessels
Ganesh Sarkar & Sajith Das
Port Blair, Oct 27: A mass protest was organised at Hut Bay area of Little Andaman island infront of the Tehsilder office by the PRI members and villagers of the area.
The main demand of the villagers was to immediately evacuate 300 to 400 excess passengers who are stranded at Hut Bay since yesterday.
Other demands include increasing the frequency of vessels between Hut Bay and Port Blair and provide two sorties of helicopter daily.
The protest started at 10.00 am and ended at 2.00 pm after a delegation handed over a letter containing all demands to the Tehsilder of Hut Bay, which was later forwarded to the DC of South Andaman, it is learnt.
Tomorrow MV Dering is reaching Hut Bay and there are all possibilities of another protest at the jetty tomorrow.
Will the Administration fix responsibility of officials for Anchor loss? MV Swaraj Dweep loses one Anchor due to negligence
Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Oct 26: The Mainland Vessel MV Swaraj Dweep on Sunday lost one of its Anchors near Kolkata Port, allegedly, due to negligence and lack of proper maintenance.
According to highly placed sources the incident took place near the Lock Gate of Kolkata Port at around 11.30 PM on 25th October, when the vessel was entering the port.
The officers onboard the ship found that the anchor,on the starboard side, worth several lakhs, has slipped into the sea accidently, while lifting the same.
As per report now the management is planning to fix the alternative anchor in the ship but not at Kolkata but at Chennai, only during next sailing after reaching back to Port Blair.
Last year the vessel was supposed to be sent for Dry Dock for maintenance but instead of that the vessel was allowed to ferry public only after APS.
Many believe that had the vessel been taken to Dry Dock and proper maintenance work was carried out, this incident could have been averted.
It is said that the cost of fixing the alternate anchor will be around 20 to 25 lakhs, which will be a total wastage of tax payers’ money.
Now question arises that who should be questioned for this loss, the officer incharge of the ship, the SCI or the Shipping Department?
New born baby dumped at Manpur by Cop Mother
Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, October 25: A newborn male child was listed in extremely critical condition at G B Pant Hospital on Saturday after her mother allegedly dumped her in an isolated place, after tying a cloth around her mouth.
According to reports, Ogra Braj Police Station received a complaint from a resident of Manpur about the dumped newborn baby, upon which immediately the police team of PS Ogra Braj left for Manpur and found an un-identified male child, the police later handed over the child to an Non-Government Organisation, Childline, who immediately admitted the baby to Primary Health Center, Tushnabad.
As the condition of the child was very critical PHC, Tushnabad referred the child to Govind Ballabh Pant hospital, Port Blair for further treatment. It is learnt that the child is in Ventilator at G B Pant Hospital. As per sources, the police has already identified the mother of the child.
As per reports, the mother of the child by profession is an unmarried lady police constable at Andaman & Nicobar Traffic Unit.
As per the sources, to give birth, the mother had taken shelter in one of her colleague’s house, where after giving birth to a healthy baby on Saturday, the baby was dumped.
Meanwhile a case has been registered in this regard but for now the mother has been taken to the hospital to be with the baby.
Tragic Deaths; Siblings Drown In Village Well at Manglutan
Saket Lal & Sarthak Kanjjilal
Port Blair, Oct 18: A two and half year old boy and his one and half year old brother drowned in the well when they were playing in their village, Manglutan, South Andaman this morning.
The victims were identified as Christopher Paul (2.5 years) and Stalin (1.5 years). Their father is a regular Mazdoor in Forest Department.
According to reports in the morning, they were playing around their house and when they could not be located for a long time people started looking for the kids. Finally when their slippers were located inside an open well, people jumped inside the well and recovered the bodies.
The father of the kids had come to Port Blair for offering prayers while the mother was reported cooking food when the incident took place.
On humanitarian ground the bodies of the babies were not sent for post mortem. The bodies will be taken to Car Nicobar tomorrow for cremation.
The tragic incident came as a big shock for the people of the region. The DC, South Andaman and Dy.S.P of the area visited the site.
Deadly Bus accident at Brookshabad, cop dies, 11 more injured
Sarthak Kanjilal, Sanjith Das & Dilip Majhi
Port Blair, Oct 16: In a deadly road accident at Brookshabad area of Port Blair city this afternoon, as many as 11 people suffered serious injuries, while a cop died.
According to report at around 3.15 pm a passenger Bus coming downhill from Brookshabad area towards Corbyn’s Cove, when suddenly due to brake fail the driver of the bus lost control over the bus.
The speeding bus on its way hit a Head Constable, who was about to enter his car. The Bus later came to a halt after hitting fence of a house but before that it crushed the car and the Head Constable, who was declared brought dead at the G B Pant Hospital.
11 other passengers including the conductor and children inside the bus suffered serious injuries and were rushed to G B Pant hospital immediately.
The driver of the bus is reportedly safe bus police has registered a case in this regard.
“Police is carrying out investigation in this regard,” Dy.S.P, M Nausad told reporters.
Anti Corruption arrests Assistant Engineer, PRI, Mayabunder in graft case
Murlidharan Pillai
Mayabunder, Oct 15: Today an anti-corruption team caught the Assistant Engineer of PRI, Mayabunder, Mr. Appa Rao red handed while reportedly, accepting a bribe amount of Rs. 10,000.
As per reports since last three months the Anti-Corruption team was keeping an eye on him. As per sources, for an work order of Rs. 3 lakh the Assistant Engineer had demanded Rs. 15.000 from one contractor and while accepting Rs. 10,000 he was trapped by Anti-Corruption team.
BROOKSHABAD MURDER CASE Wife of deceased arrested by Pahargaon Police
Sarthak Kanjilal
Port Blair, Oct 14: The Brookshabad Murder Case took a new turn yesterday, when the wife of the deceased namely Sapna Joydhan was arrested by the Pahargaon Police.
Police claims deep involvement of the accused in the murder of her husband namely Late Sandip Samanta, 20 years.
According to reports, a team of Police under the overall supervision of SHO Hari Narayan and DSP South Andaman arrested the wife of the deceased Sapna Joydhan under4/5/20(B) IPC and produced her before the court today. As per reports, Sapna Joydhan has been sent to the judicial custody.
Earlier, a physically challenged man was found dead at Corbyn’s Cove beach on September 28 at around 06:30 am. The deceased was later identified as Sandip Samanto, a resident of Birchgunj Dakiya Pahad.
During the course of investigation, on September 29thone suspect Biplab Bairagi, 20 yrs, Pvt. Painter R/o Bhatu Basti, Chidambaram Colony confessed that he had brutally killed the deceased due to personal reasons.
CS & Secretaries visit Mayabunder Hold discussions with PRIs, HoDs & public; assure timely redressal of issues
Mayabunder, Oct 13: In order to provide effective governance at the grass root level and to ensure a responsive and people friendly administration, the Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Shri Anand Prakash held a meeting with PRIs, HoDs and public in the conference hall of Zilla Parishad Office, Lucknow at Mayabunder today.
Addressing the gathering, the Chief Secretary said this meeting is being held with the sole aim of reaching out to the people at the grassroots level, to listen to their grievances and provide a logical solution to the problems faced by them in various sectors. He also congratulated the newly elected PRI members and urged them to utilize the funds provided for developmental purpose in the right earnest. He urged the PRIs to sensitize the public about the ill effects of open defecation and contribute towards a healthy and safe environment by sincerely adhering to principles of mission ‘Swachch Bharat’. The Chief Secretary also called upon the newly elected PRI representatives to highlight their developmental plans and assured the support of the Administration. He welcomed suggestions pertaining to development and grievances of the public present on the occasion.
Soon after the meeting, the Chief Secretary and the senior officials of the Administration inspected the construction works of Court Complex and the Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Lucknow.
In her address, the ZP Adhyaksha, N&M Andaman, Smt Prabhabati Biswas called upon the newly elected PRIs to work sincerely and fulfil their commitments towards the development of the district. She also highlighted the problems in the health sector, especially the non-availability of ultrasound machine, internet & road connectivity issues at Mayabunder and other areas besides water supply and sanitation issue.
In his address, the Secretary (Home/RD/PRIs), Shri N. K. Sharma said this Mini Secretariat has been organized at North & Middle Andaman for providing effective governance of the Administration at the door step of the public. He appraised the gathering of the successful meeting held at Diglipur in which various issues were sorted out on the spot. He also enlightened the newly elected PRIs of their rights and responsibilities in discharging their duties in true sprit for the welfare of the society. Matters pertaining to various issues highlighted during the meeting have been noted by the concerned HoDs and a logical suggestion will be taken and problems will be sorted out, he said.
The PCCF (WL), Shri G. N. Sinha, Secretary, (Edn), Smt Tanvi Garg, Secretary (Agri/AH/VS, Fisheries), Smt. Menaka, CCF, Smt Kala, DFO, Mayabunder, Smt Vanjulavalli Sridhar were also present on the occasion.
The meeting was followed by an interactive/grievances redressal session, wherein issues pertaining to sectors such as education, electricity, health, water connectivity, agriculture, fisheries, telecommunication, connectivity (road, bridges & ferry services), transport, forest related issues and elephant menace were highlighted by the PRIs. The Secretaries and HODs of major departments addressed the local issues and solved most issues on the spot, while the major issues/grievances requiring further examination shall be taken up consequently in a time bound manner. They also assured the support of the Administration and timely redressal of the problems highlighted by the PRIs.
Later in the evening, the Chief Secretary, accompanied by the senior officials of the Administration, Forest Department officials and the Police officials visited the old dilapidated guest house, ‘Swiftlet Nest’ situated at Karmatang village, which was inaugurated in the year 1998, and the Karmatang beach as well. The Chief Secretary issued directions to the Dy. Commissioner, N&M Andaman to take all measures to promote tourism at the Karmatang beach.
The programme was attended by the HoDs of major departments, PRIs, Zilla Parishad members, Pramukhs, Samiti members, Pradhans, ward members and general public.
Earlier, the Deputy Commissioner, N&M Andaman, Shri Arava Gopi Krishna welcomed the gathering and urged the PRIs to cooperate and work hand in hand with the Administration for the overall development of the N&M Andaman District.
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