Port Blair, June 8: The Lt Governor will hold his public hearing at Raj Niwas on Tuesday, 10^th of June, 2014 at 11.00 a.m.

Port Blair, June 06: The Lt Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) A.K. Singh will be on a day’s visit to Mayabunder on June 7, 2014. The programme of the Lt Governor during his stay there includes meeting with PRI Members and inauguration of Dialysis Unit at Dr. RP Hospital, Mayabunder.

On completion of visit, the Lt Governor will return to Port Blair in the afternoon on the same day.

Port Blair, June 03: Super Specialists of Amrita Institute of Medical Science (AIMS), Kochi, Kerala will rendering their services in GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair from 16th June 2014 to 21st June 2014, in the following disciplines.

Super Specialist Dr. Balu V – Pediatric Cardiologist; Dr. Kishore – Plastic Surgeon; Dr. Anil M – Nephrologist and Dr. Pritam – Gastroenterologist will be available on those days
They will examine the patients in Room No: 6 & 17, at OPD, GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair. For screening of cases for Super Specialist treatment, the general public is requested to consult Dr. SS Singh and Dr. Omkar Singh, Medical Specialists for Pead. Cardiology, Nephrology and Gastroenterology cases and Dr. Saji Varghese and Sukumar Saha, Surgical Specialists, for Plastic Surgeon cases in their respective OPDs at GB Pant Hospital, Port Blair.

 

Port Blair, June 02: The General Body meeting of Government Employees Federation, A&N Islands held under the Chairmanship of  Mr. P.KANNAN, President GEF on 19.05.2014 at Gandhi Bhavan, Port Blair had taken a resolution  to invite  demands / genuine grievances pertaining to Pay Commission from all its  affiliated Associations, other interest organizations / Unions and affected individual   Government servants  to recommend and forward the same to the Chairman, 7^th Central Pay Commission, New Delhi. Therefore, all its affiliated Associations, other interest organizations / Unions and affected individual Government servants are requested to submit their  genuine demands and grievances at GEF Office situated  at Gandhi Bhavan. Port Blair on or before 21/06/2014 between 6.00 p.m. and 8.00 p.m. on its working days i.e. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. So, that the same can be recommended and forwarded to Chairman,  7^th Central Pay Commission, New Delhi  by 1^st week of July, 2014.

 

Staff Correspondent

Port Blair, June 01: The re-elected Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray brought out a Vijay rally on Saturday.

The rally passed through important areas of Port Blair city. During the rally the Member of Parliament found expressing gratitude towards public for their support in 2014 general elections.

Former Presidents of BJP State Unit Mr. R Mohan and Mr. H N Arora were present with Ray during the rally but the present President of A & N State BJP unit, Mr. Vishal Jolly was missing.

Port Blair, June 01: Air Marshal PK Roy, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, ADC, Commander-in-Chief Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN) bid adieu to the uniform on 31 May 14, after spending 39 years of distinguished service in the Armed Forces.

Air Marshal PK Roy had taken over as the 11thCommander-in-Chief of Andaman & Nicobar Command on 02 Nov 2012.  Under his Command, the ANC strove to play a pivotal role in safeguarding these  Emerald Islands and their Air Space and Exclusive Economic Zone. With his stewardship, the Components travelled a long way in synergizing themselves for protection of these eastern frontiers of our nation, and in learning and adopting best practices from each other, while retaining individual core competencies, harmonizing all walks of professional lives and moving together onwards.

The Air Marshal will be remembered for his determination in bringing the security and infrastructural requirements of the ANC into focus at the highest level. During his tenure, the Command witnessed several successful anti-poaching and human trafficking operations as part of coastal security, largest ever conglomeration of littoral Navies in the biennial mega event MILAN-2014, besides achieving high level of preparedness to deal with humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations. The Command also witnessed several accretions to include induction of INS Saryu, INS Investigator, C-147, state of art Mi-17V5 in place of the ageing Mi-8 helicopters, Fast Interceptor Craft, Commissioning of ICGS Mayabunder and Kamrota. The maiden landings of C-17,Boeing P-8Iand C-130J aircraft and their effective ulilisation in the search operations for the missing Malaysia Airlines MH370  during Operation Search Light were also undertaken during his tenure.

Air Marshall PK Roy also gave an impetus to public outreach and social welfare programmes. In support of the civil populace the Command was at the forefront in undertaking Search and Rescue Operations, rendering hyperbaric treatment to diving accident victims, evacuation of civilians stranded at remote islands during Cyclone Lehar and conducting multi-speciality medical camps in various outlying islands.

As part of his farewell visits, he visited the Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard Component including various outlying detachments and stations, and reviewed the operational and infrastructural enhancements made during his tenure. The Air Marshal and Mrs Ranjna Roy, President Defence Wives Welfare Association, interacted with all ranks and families of the various Components during the functions organised by them. Mrs Ranjna Roy was given a farewell by the Defence Wives Welfare Association.

Air Marshal PK Roy, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, ADC, was commissioned in the Indian Air Force on 11 Jul 1975.He is a qualified Flying Instructor and has instructed cadets at Air Force Academy and Helicopter Training School. The important appointments held by him include the Command of a Helicopter Unit, Station Commander of Air Force Station, Thoise and Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station New Delhi.  He has also held the appointments of Senior Officer in charge Administration at HQ Eastern Air Command and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Personnel Airmen and Civilians) at Air Headquarters. On promotion to the rank of Air Marshal he was appointed as the Commandant of National Defence College on 01 Jan 2011. The Air Marshal has also served as the Military and Air Attache` in the Indian Embassy at Ukraine with accreditation to Romania from 2002 to 2005.

He is a graduate of Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Higher Air Command Course at College of Air Warfare, Secunderabad and an alumni of National Defence College, New Delhi.  For his distinguished service of an exceptionally high order, he was awarded Vayu Sena Medal, Vishist Seva Medal, Ati Vishist Seva Medal and Param Vishist Seva Medal in the Republic Day Honour List of 1995, 2005, 2007 and 2014 respectively. He has also been the Honorary Air Aide de Camp to the Hon’ble President of India.

The CINCAN addressed all ranks of the Command on 30 May 14, in which he appreciated the work done by all ranks during his tenure and urged all to continue to uphold the spirit of jointmanship as the Command marches on to achieve ‘Victory through Jointness’. He also highlighted upon the fragile ecology of these pristine isles and stressed that the Command should remain committed to environmental issues and local sentiments while undertaking the security developments in the region. The CINCAN was accorded a Ceremonial Guard of Honour at INS Utkrosh on 31 May 14.

Air Marshal PK Roy PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, ADC Commander in Chief Andaman & Nicobar Command and Mrs Ranjna Roy, President Defence Wives Welfare Association depart  for New Delhi on 01 Jun 14. The void left behind by the Air Marshal and Mrs Ranjna Roy will be difficult to fill up, stated Col Harmit Singh, Command PRO in a press communiqué received here.

 

 

Port Blair, June 01: All India Radio is broadcasting Live Phone in programme “Hello Doctor” on every alternate Wednesday. In the third episode of this Programme to be broadcast on 4th June 2014 the guest will be Deputy Director, Malaria Dr. Amitabh Dey. He will be responding to the queries of listeners through phone on the topic “Malaria”. The listeners can call over telephone no.232336 & 232558 in between 0715 Hrs & 0755 Hrs to interact live with the Doctor.

DJ Venkatesh

Diglipur, May 28: The Ramel Industries Ltd was once a flourished chit fund company in A & N Islands, having maximum customers from Diglipur area. The Company even today has about 50 agents in Andaman, who have enrolled about 200 customers.

The Headquarter of the firm is situated at 57B, Chittaranjan Avenue, Kolkata-12, which is having its branch office at Diglipur. But surprisingly, the name displayed at Diglipur office is “Ramel Infotech Ltd.”, for reasons unknown. The Office has already been closed at Diglipur and repayment for the customers is pending since a long time.

Meanwhile, the In Charge of the firm, who is also the development Officer for the A & N Islands Mr. Atanu Sarkar, S/o Gokulendu Bikash Sarkar under P S Habra reached Port Blair on 21st April 2014 for business related works and reached Diglipur on 26th April, 2014.

When he reached Diglipur, the agents lodged a complaint against him in Police Station following which the PS Diglipur inquired into the matter with the said Development Officer for non-payment of assured and original money.

Fuming investors and agents reportedly took away his PAN card and luggage etc. Considering the seriousness of the issue, PS Diglipur asked Mr. Atanu Sarkar to given attendance at PS Diglipur, twice a day and not to leave the Island.

Meanwhile, Mr. Atanu Sarkar started convincing people saying that he is having a shop at Kolkata and after selling the shop he will reimburse all the money.

Due to heavy pressure from investors, during his stay at Diglipur he paid some Part
payment of money to some of the customers of Ramel Industries. Some of them
are Swapan Biswas Rs. 20,000/-, Dipali Biswas Rs. 2,000/-, Jagannath Ghosh Rs.11,000/-, Rano Baroi Rs. 20,000/-,Swapan Rs. 2,000/-, Raja Rs. 2,000/-,Sunita Roy Rs. 2,400/-Tapan Dutta Rs. 80,000/-, this is as per the written record from Atanu Sarkar.

Meanwhile, the father of Mr. Atanu Sarkar lodged a fake complaint at Kolkata Police Station that his son has been kidnapped by some people at Diglipur, North Andaman.

The Kolkata Police arrived at Port Blair and the Police of PS Diglipur handed over him to the Kolkata Police at Port Blair. This is yet not clear that why Andaman and Nicobar Police let the Chit Fund Company agent go so easily, without lodging a proper FIR against him? Meanwhile, the North Andaman is boiling as hundreds of investors, who fell victims of such Chit Fund Companies are neither getting their assured amount nor original amount. Hope Andaman and Nicobar Police will take some kind of steps against such fake company soon.

 

Port Blair, May 20: The Lt Governor had in a recent meeting at Raj Niwas reviewed the functioning and the programmes of the Department of Power. The Lt Governor was briefed by Secretary (Power), through a power point presentation, on the achievements of the Electricity Department during 2013-14. Important programmes undertaken in current financial year were also discussed.

The Lt Governor expressed his concern over the high cost of power generation through diesel based sets and directed the Department to conduct a special drive– “Energy Conservation Week” for creating awareness about energy conservation measures in Government Departments and the General Public.

Lt Governor has further directed that all Government Departments to curtail their energy consumption by 10% in their offices and this shall be monitored periodically. General Public is also advised to curtail their consumption by using energy efficient devices and avoid wastage of energy. All public lighting systems should be converted to energy efficient LED lights or Solar Street lights from now onwards. It was also decided that the Department shall review the prevailing tariff of Commercial/Industrial sector in view of the highly subsidized levels of tariff i.e. @ Rs. 4.00 per unit vis-a-vis Rs. 24.00 per unit being the cost of supply.

The Department informed Lt Governor on the efforts being made for implementation of projects for generation of power by renewable sources like Wind Energy, Solar Energy (through rooftop/solar power packs), Tidal and Oceanic Thermal Energy Conversion Technology. In the conventional power sector, the Department is already in the process of finalization of agreement for installation of LNG based power Plant through M/s Petronet LNG Ltd. The Department has already started the work of installation of 5 MW DG sets at Phoenix Bay Power House.

The Lt Governor has once again emphasized the need for working on reduction in the cost of generation as well as minimizing the power consumption in all sectors.