THE ECHO OF INDIA PORT BLAIR

Sunday January 28, 20185 A &N NEWS

Dev. projects on track, collective effortsneeded for further progress: LG to islanders

From page-1The Lt Governor asked everyone to take apledge to rededicate themselves for theCountry's freedom, unity & integrity andalways work for its progress. The Lt. Gover-nor, on this occasion highlighted the variousmeasures taken for the development ofA&N Islands during the last three years.The Lt. Governor said, different develop-ment activities of the Islands were dis-cussed in the Administrator's AdvisoryCouncil meeting, held for the first time inthe last three years, in November 2017.

In his address, the Lt Governor recalledthe contributions of the freedom fighterswho made supreme sacrifices for the causeof the motherland. He said the National Me-morial Cellular Jail is the mute witness ofthe gory sufferings meted to the heroes ofour freedom struggle. The Lt Governorasked everyone to take a pledge torededicate themselves for the Country'sfreedom, unity & integrity and always workfor its progress. The Lt. Governor, on this oc-casion highlighted the various measurestaken for the development of A&N Islandsduring the last three years. The Lt. Gover-nor said, different development activitiesof the Islands were discussed in the Admin-istrator's Advisory Council meeting, heldfor the first time in the last three years, inNovember 2017. In the National Highwaysector, the Lt Governor informed, that about80 percent works of the National Highwayare in different stages while tender for theremaining 20 percent work will be floatedsoon. The work for the bridge overHumphrey Strait is progressing well whilethe tender process for the Middle StraitBridge has been completed. This will cutshort the present time to half to reachDiglipur from Port Blair.

The Lt. Governor also thanked theMember of Parliament, Shri Bishnu Pada

Ray, Adhyakshas of both the ZillaParishads, all PRI members, PBMC Chair-person and Councillors, Tribal CouncilMembers, elected representatives, politicalparties and the people of A&N Islands fortheir contributions in the development ofthe Islands. The Lt. Governor also thankedthe media for their contribution in develop-mental activities and also lauded the A&NAdministration, under the leadership of theChief Secretary for all its efforts. He con-gratulated the recipients of the LG's Com-mendation Certificates and expressed hopethat they continue to work and serve thepeople of these Islands in selfless manner.He also complimented the marching contin-gents, the school children and the tableaux,for their impressive performance. Beforearriving at the Netaji Stadium for the mainfunction, the Lt. Governor visited the Na-tional Memorial Cellular Jail and placedwreath at the 'Martyr's Column' there. Animpressive march past was presented by theparade contingents from Defence forces, A& N Police, Police Fire Services, NCC Ca-dets, and contingents from different schoolsof Port Blair and its adjacent areas. For thefirst time, a Special Police Force Contingentfrom Tamil Nadu participated in this year'sRepublic Day with their smart turn out inthe Parade. Tableaux were also displayedby the Departments of the Administration.These included Agriculture, Animal Hus-bandry, Election Office, Environment &Forest, Fisheries, Health, Industries andShipping Services. A demonstration on firefighting was also conducted by the A & NPolice Fire Services. Besides, a colourfulcultural programme, depicting the diversecultural heritage of the Islands was pre-sented by the school children from variousschools of the town. The function at NetajiStadium concluded with the National An-them.

Executive Police (Female) Platoon, Fire services baghonours in Republic Day 2018 parade

From page-1Eight contingents of A&NPolice and one contingentof Tamil Nadu Police par-ticipated in the RepublicDay Parade-2018. Thisyear, the marching contin-gents of police were ex-changed between TamilNadu and Andaman &Nicobar Islands for par-ticipation in the Republic

Day Parade under the ae-gis of Prime Minister’s 'EkBharat Shrestha Bharat'scheme so as to promotecultural integration. TheChief Secretary, A&N Is-lands, Director General ofPolice, A&N Islands, In-spector General of Police,A&N Islands and othersenior Police officers alsointeracted with the police

marching contingents.Winning contingentswere honoured for theiroutstanding performanceduring the “At Home”function held at Raj Niwason the eve of Republic Dayand received the trophyfrom the Lieutenant Gov-ernor Admiral D.K JoshiPVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM,VSM (Retd.).

Collage shows Republic Day 2018 being celebrated at Urmilapur Gram Panchayatin Middle Andaman on Friday. The Pradhan, Mr Biswajit Mondal hoisted the na-tional flag in the presence of Panchayat members, students and more than 250villagers from the area. The Panchayat also awarded students namely SujoyGomosta Class-VIII, Disha Baral Class-VII, Bishal Dhanwar, Class-V, BibhashSikari Class-III of Govt. Middle School, Kalsi and Bipasha Roy Class-VIII,T.Dinesh Class-VII, Sneha Yadav Class-IV, Mohit Kumar Ram, Class-II of Govt.Middle School, Laxmanpur for their academic performance on the occasion. (Pix:SUBRATA)

Community Sanitary Complexinaugurated at Pudumadurai

KURMA RAO

MAYABUNDER, JAN 27/--/ Under theSwachh Bharat Mission scheme of theUnion Government, a CommunitySanitary Complex was inaugurated atremote Pudumadurai village in NorthAndaman on Friday. The Pradhan,Chainpur, Smt Sarlawati, unveiled theinauguration plaque in the presence of

Panchayat Secretary, Chainpur, GramRozgar Sevak, Chainpur, PRI membersand villagers. In her brief address on theoccasion, Smt Sarlawati spoke aboutthe importance of sanitation and urgedpeople to refrain from open defecationand utilise the facility. He also calledupon sanitary team and villagers to en-sure proper upkeep and cleanliness ofthe Sanitary Complex.

Picture shows cops of Police Station, Rangat in Middle Andaman posing for a group photograph after celebrating Republic Day 2018 on Fri-day. The Deputy Superintendent of Police, Rangat, hoisted the tricolor in the premises of the Station in the presence of Sub Inspectors, Consta-bles and other staff on the occasion. (Pix: SUBRATA)

Juvenile held for robbing foreignerPORT BLAIR, JAN 27/--/ A com-plaint of foreign tourist namelyTakeshi Miyamotd S/o.Miyamoto (51) yrs R/o. Japan wasreceived at PS Havelock regard-ing theft of bag containing hispassport, identity card, camera,two mobile phones and costlyglasses recently. Immediately, a

case of theft was registered at PSHavelock and investigation was en-trusted to SI G.S. Yadav, I/c OPRadha Nagar. Due to the efforts putin by Insp. Rahul, SHO PS Have-lock and his team comprising SIG.S. Yadav, SI Satvir Singh, PC/2627 K. Gopi, PC/ 1874 Shabnamand PC/2020 Ranjit Singh, a juve-

nile was apprehended on 19/01/2018 and the stolen bag along witharticles worth Rs. 1,50,000/- approxwere recovered from his posses-sion.

The entire operation was con-ducted under the supervision ofMr Manoj Kumar Meena, DANIPS,Dy. SP (Havelock). The public have

been requested to share informa-tion with Police in full confidenceso that such anti-social elements arebrought to justice and the publicmay pass such information to03192-232100, 03192-2824050 and9434288673. The informant will besuitably rewarded and his/heridentity will be kept secret.

Collage shows the Lt Governor, Admiral D K Joshi, PVSM, AVSM, YSM, NM, VSM(Retd.) giving away LG’s Commendation Certificate to Mr Ableton Hyrem, Clerk-cum-Checking Inspector of the Transport Department, Mr Rakesh, Safai Karmchari,PBMC, Port Blair, Mr Mohsin Ahmed, an Entrepreneur from Kinyuka village, CarNicobar, Master D Shubham Rao, a student from Carmel Senior Secondary School,Port Blair, Mr V Bhupati, Oiler from the Department of Environment & Forests, MrThomas Joy, Agriculture Officer from the Department of Agriculture, Smt Diana, As-sistant Sub Inspector from the A & N Police, Dr (Smt) Ramya, Senior Medical Officerfrom the Directorate of Health Services, Planning Section of the Office of the Chief En-gineer, APWD, Port Blair on the occasion of 69th Republic Day celebration at the his-toric Netaji Stadium on Friday.

Workshop on Ethicalhacking, cyber Security

PORT BLAIR, JAN 27/--/ The Department of Com-puter Science and Engineering is organising a two-day workshop on Ethical Hacking and Cyber Secu-rity from Saturday to keep the students abreast withthe latest security threats and cyber security issues.The workshop was inaugurated by Mr. Jagadeeshan,Chief General Manager, BSNL, Port Blair. The chiefguest shared the real-time threat scenario in the tel-ecommunication world and urged that studentsshould take the workshop seriously so that theyharness maximum benefit of it. Referring to the ex-ample of the hacking of modems of BSNL, he iter-ated the importance of ethical hacking and cybersecurity of the internet world. Dr. Utpal Sharma,Principal, BRAIT on his address to the participants,emphasised that ethical hacking is an emerging needof any nation for counter-attacking the security issuesand potential hacking threats. Mr. Deepesh KumarMishra, Resource Person from AKRMultiwebservices Pvt. Ltd, Noida gave an overviewof the 2-day workshop. Ms. Ranjanbala Sahu, Lec-turer (Computer), welcomed the august gathering.Dr. Shrabani Mallick, coordinator of the workshopproposed the vote of thanks.

NYK celebrates RepublicDay with Mandya team

PORT BLAIR, JAN 27/--/ The Republic Day celebrationhere at Nehru Yuva Kendra, Port Blair was different thistime as a 16-member youth team from NYK Mandya ,Karnataka were present at the flag hoisting ceremony heldat the NYK premises. The local youth and Mahila mandalmembers who were present at the function exchanged greet-ings with their mainland counterparts. Dr. H. S. Suresh,former youth co-ordinator from Karnataka unfurled the tri-colour and called upon the youth to value and practiceequality which is the focal point of our constitution. Ex-Subedar Major Mr. Udaya Kumar and the team leader Mr.Nataraj were among the other guests.

Jolly hoists tricolour at party HQ

PORT BLAIR, JAN 27/--/ On the occasion of the 69th Re-public Day, Mr. Vishal Jolly, State president, BJP A&N Is-lands hoisted the national flag at Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) headquarters, Middle Point, Port Blair at 7.25 am. Mr.Jolly spoke on the history and importance of Republic Day.He also said this day gave us fundamental rights, to enjoyequal law and power to elect our own representatives torun the democracy. Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, MP A&N Islandsand Party workers were present on the occasion.

Fin assistance for medical treatment

PORT BLAIR, JAN 27/--/ The members of AndamanMahila Mondal here extended financial assistance ofRs 25000/- to Smt. Ajitha, suffering from breast can-cer, for her medical treatment. The President, SmtNeelaveni handed over the assistance to Smt Ajitha inthe presence of Smt Sarasamma Prabhakaran andmembers of Andaman Mahila Mondal las Tuesday inher residence at Anarkali Basthi.

Fareeda unfurls National Flag at Garacharma

PORT BLAIR, JAN 27/--/ Ms. Baby Fareeda, Adhyaksha, ZillaParishad Soth Andaman unfurled the National Flag at the MiniStadium, Garacharma on 26th January, 2018 on the Republic Day.Sweets were distributed to students and audience at the celebra-tion. Ms. Fareeda also visited the Primary Health Centre,Garacharma where she interacted with patients and distributedsweets to them.

National Voters Day celebrated at RangatV SENTHIL KUMAR

RANGAT, JAN 27/--/ NationalVoters Day was observed be-fittingly in the Zilla Parishadauditorium at Rangat onJanuary 25. The AssistantCommissioner of Rangat, MrPiyus Rohankar was thechief guest, while Tehsildar,Rangat, Mr Gopa Kumargraced the occasion as theguest of honour. The Assist-ant Director of Agriculturewas also present on the occa-sion. A rally was also organ-ised from the auditorium toHanuman temple to generateawareness among citizensabout the importance of theday, which was participatedby school students, officialsfrom government agenciesand general public. In his ad-dress the Assistant Commis-sioner called upon people tocome forward and enrolthemselves as voters and dis-charge their duties as respon-sible citizens of the country.He also spoke about the im-portance democracy andright of vote. He later admin-istered the Voters’ Pledge