Andaman and Nicobar Administration

Directorate of IP&T

Information & Publicity Division

 

 

 

Port Blair 12 July, 2012

 

 

 

 

Press Release

 

 

 

 

 

 

Payment of compensation of submerged land soon

 

        The Minutes of the Expenditure Finance Committee of Central Govt. have been received approving the proposal of the Administration to pay compensation at the rate of Rs. 9.39 lakhs per hectare to persons whose land was submerged in tsunami.

 

        The Administration will be asking the affected farmers to apply in the format devised by Revenue Department for payment of compensation. The application format will be published in the newspapers tomorrow so that all affected persons can directly submit their applications to the Deputy Commissioner of South Andaman and Deputy Commissioner of Nicobar District as the case may be. Deputy Commissioners have been asked to process the applications most expeditiously.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Renewal of quarry permits soon

 

 

        Consequent upon the publication of draft Minor Mineral Rules 2012 prepared by the A & N Administration, a meeting has been held in the Ministry of Home Affairs on 6 July 2012 wherein the draft Rules have been discussed. The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary, Commissioner-cum-Secretary (Revenue) and representative of Ministry of Mines. Based on the discussion of this meeting, the draft rules are being finalised and sent to the Ministry shortly. The Ministry has also been requested to delegate the powers of Central Government to the Lt. Governor under Section 26(1) of the Mines & Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 to make the Rules to facilitate the grant and renewal of quarry permits.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LG inaugurates International Standard Passenger Hall at Haddo Wharf

 

Calls for proper maintenance and cleanliness of the asset

 

        A passenger hall of International Standard with all modern facilities has come up at Haddo Wharf. The Lt Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM today inaugurated the hall by unveiling the plaque. The 1200 passenger capacity hall has all required facilities such as medical checking, child care facilities, ATM room, separate Lounge for Cabin and Bunk passengers, Cafeteria, Immigration checking, fire detection, VIP Lounge, and pre-paid taxi facilities.

 

Speaking on the occasion, the Lt Governor expressed happiness that a modern passenger hall of international standard has been constructed at Haddo Wharf for the benefit of passengers availing ship journey. He stated that during the 2004 tsunami, port structures in the Islands suffered severe damages including this passenger hall, which was completely destroyed by the massive earthquake of 2004. In order to assess the extent of damages, a High Level Committee comprising experts from IIT, Chennai and IIT Roorkee was constituted. After examining various aspects, the Committee suggested for construction of a new Passenger Hall instead of repairing the damaged hall.

 

He further laid emphasis on proper maintenance and cleanliness of the newly created asset and urged upon all availing the facilities for keeping the passenger hall and other such facility neat and clean. “It is the people of the Islands, who will be using such facilities, therefore, they should consider this facility as their own property and strive to keep all such assets neat and clean” he said. He further directed the Port and Shipping Departments to provide basic amenities like water, toilets, seating arrangements in all the ports/jetties across the Islands which are being used by the public.

 

In his address, the Member of Parliament, Shri B. P. Ray urged that full proof screening system must be installed in the jetty so that proper screening of baggages and containers can be done to ensure no illegal materials get into the Islands from outside.

 

The Chief Engineer, ALHW, Shri K. Shekar gave the technical details of the passenger hall.

 

Earlier, welcoming the chief guest and others, the Principal Secretary (Shipping) Shri Jalaj Shrivastava informed that the passenger hall was completed within a period of 18 months. The function concluded with the vote of thanks proposed by the Chief Port Administrator, PMB, Captain Ashwani Kumar.

 

The Chief Secretary, Chairperson, PBMC, Chairperson, SWB and senior officers of the Administration were present on the occasion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Lt Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM unveiling the plaque marking the

inauguration of the International Standard Passenger Hall at Haddo Wharf on 12.07.2012.

 The Chief Secretary, Shri Anand Prakash and Member of Parliament, Shri B. P. Ray

were also present.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Local weather forecast for Port Blair & its neighbourhood, valid for next 24 hours, issue time 1730 hrs IST on 12.07.2012

 

Rain or thundershower may occur at many places.

 

Maximum & minimum temperatures will be around 30 ^o C and 24 ^o C respectively on 13^th July, 2012.

 

Port Blair