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LG orders forconstitution of Enforcement CellPort Blair, January 29: In theaftermath of the boat tragedy,in which 21 people lost theirlives, the Lt Governor hasordered that an EnforcementCell be constitutedimmediately to check on theoperations of all tourist boatsand safety of the passengers.

This Cell willcomprise of Police,representatives of Shipping

and the TourismDepartments. Chief Secretaryhas been asked to work outthe modalities in this regard.Separately, the Lt Governorhas also asked forstreamlining of all watersports activities, particularlywith regard to safety of users.Directions have been given forimmediate action in thisregard.

LG leads the islanders in expressingcondolences to the

families of victims of boat tragedyPort Blair, January 29: Acondolence meeting inmemory of 21 persons wholost their lives in the boattragedy on 26th January 2014was held at Dr. B. R.Ambedkar auditorium, PortBlair. The Lt Governor, Lt Gen(Retd), A K Singh and the FirstLady of the Islands, SmtSuneeti Singh led theIslanders in paying homageto the departed souls. TheMember of Parliament, ShriB.P. Ray, Smt Rupa Ray,Chief Secretary, Chairperson

(SWB) and Adhyaksha of SAZilla Parishad were presentalongwith public

r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s ,distinguished citizens,

Lady man-handled bymentally challenged person

Port Blair, Jan 29: A mentallychallenged persons thismorning deeply troubled alady infront of ShikshaSadan, Port Blair. Accordingto reports the persons all ofa sudden hugged the lady anddemanded his money back.

Not only this, the per-son has also reportedly hit

the lady demanding pendingpayment from the EducationDepartment.

Later it is learnt, thatthe person had lost mentalbalance a few years ago andkeep troubling people in simi-lar manner.

When people aroundhim called the police, the per-son, who was wearing a lungiand shirt, escaped from thescene.

Staff ReporterSheekha News Service

Owner of the Boat ‘M.VAqua Marine’ arrested

Port Blair, Jan 29: The ownerof the ill-fated boat ‘MV AquaMarine’, which capsized inthe sea on its way from RossIsland to NVF Jetty, Chathamon 26th Jan, 2014, resultingin the death of 21 tourists, hasbeen arrested by the CentralCrime Station today.

A team of officialsunder the supervision of Mr.N. Rasheed, Dy.S.P. and ledby Insp. S. S. Rathore has beenconstituted to investigate the

case. Several witnesses havebeen examined so far andtheir statements have beenrecorded. Underwaterphotography of the capsizedboat has been got done by theexperts. Documents,Certificates etc pertaining tothe vessel have been seizedand are carefully beingexamined.

The owner, Mrs. T.Jaya, W/o M. Karnan (37 yrs)

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Conduct area wise Safety Audit; Tour OperatorsSafety audit of Vessels leaves

negative impact;Tourists find themselves cheated

Port Blair, Jan 29: In awelcome step the Lt.Governor has recentlyordered safety audit of alltourists vessels of A & NIslands. In his today’s speechthe Lt. Governor has alsomentioned that out of 26vessels, checked till now, 20vessels do not possess properdocuments.

During the samemeeting the Lt. Governor hasalso said that this incidentshould not leave negativeimpact on tourists but theway the safety audit is beingconducted, negative impact isgoing to Mainland India and

Special CorrespondentSheekha News Service

other countries aboutAndaman Tourism.

Firstly all touristplaces, which can be reachedvia boats have been closedall of a sudden. Right from

Jolly Bouy, Ross Island, Viperto North Bay every prominenttourists spot have been closed,leaving present batch oftourists in the soup. Worst hit

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R/o Sippighat was subjectedto sustained interrogationand arrested after gatheringsufficient evidence againsther.

In this case, earlierthree accused persons havealready been arrested by thepolice including the Boat

Owner of...Manager, Boat Master and thecrew member, who arepresently on police custodyremand, while the BoatOwner, Smt T. Jaya wasproduced before the Courtand has been sent to judicialcustody.  The case is stillunder investigation.

(From page 1)LG leads the...officers of the Administrationand the media.  Expressing his grief,the Chairperson (PBMC),Shri K. Ganeshan read out acondolence message onbehalf of the residents of thecity. He stated that it is reallysad that the tourists came tothe Islands for a holiday, butlost their lives. On behalf ofall islanders, he offereddeepest condolences. 

The Lt Governor onbehalf of the people of theIslands also offered hisheartfelt condolences to thebereaved families. “May Godgive the families the strengthto bear this untimely andirreparable loss and grantpeace to the departed souls”,he said.

Expressing hisshock and grief over thetragedy, the Lt Governor saidthis tragedy should not havehappened and perhapscould have been prevented,if every individual, whetherin Govt. or private serviceshad done their job properly.Speaking in an emotionallychoked voice, he saidaccording to him the mainreasons for the tragedy canbe attributed to the greed ofsome people-greed of money,which has become moreimportant than the preciouslives of the visiting guests. Itis this greed that made themdisregard all safety aspectswhile operating the boats, hesaid. He further said thatwhile details would emergeafter the inquiry iscompleted, but preliminaryreports have indicated thatthe boat was carrying morepeople than the authorizedcapacity beside there arequestions arising on thecapability of the crew. Healso mentioned that he hadreceived condolencemessages from the Presidentof India, Prime Minister of

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India, Home Minister, ArmyChief and many other peopleacross the country.            

He expressed hisdisappointment on theinaction of some of theseafarers, who despite theirpresence in the vicinity of theaccident site choose not torespond. “It is the law of thesea that boats/ships presentin vicinity of an emergency,should respond quickly tocommence the rescueoperations”, he said. On theother hand, some of thefollowing boats did acommendable rescue effort.

Expressing hisdissatisfaction on the safetyand security aspects in theboats, the Lt Governorexpressed his displeasurethat rules and regulationshave been compromised andunderscored the need forensuring safety and securityof passengers in all boats/ships being operated in theGovt and private sectors. Heissued directions to the ChiefSecretary and DGP to ensurethat all safety rules andregulations are implementedstrictly.

“There will be nocompromise on the safety andsecurity aspects”, he said andadded that he had ordered adetailed safety audit of allboats plying in and from the

islands. Detail safety SOPswill be formulated and theircompliance will be ensured.For the purpose anenforcement agency will becreated by the Administrationand coordinated by the DGPand Secretary (Shipping).Directions have been issuedto ensure that every boat/ship is sea worthy, safetyequipment is in place, crewmembers are with propertraining and insurance of thepassengers is done.

The Lt Governor alsourged the media to crosscheck information beforepublishing so that correctinformation reaches thepeople. Turning to theemergency response systemin the Islands, the LtGovernor observed that ouremergency response systemshould also focus onpreparedness for suchemergencies and ensureprompt response. While theresponse was quick, it can bestreamlined further, he said.In this connection PoliceBoats will be stationed inhigh density areas.

Towards the end, theLt Governor thanked all whohelped in the rescue and reliefoperations and thus ensuredthat many lives were savedand bodies transported thevery next day. 

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Letters to the EditorSub: Life Jackets mandatory on boats inside GandhiPark: PBMC

If it is mandatory, then why press release. The caretakersshould be providing life jackets and supervising that statu-tory orders are obeyed. In Gandhi park, which has a vastpond, I doubt any Lifeguards are employed and oncepeople takes out the paddle boat, it is not even properlyvisible for the park authorities.

Author : S KumarE-mail : vksubash@gmail.com

Sub: 21 dead in Tourist Boat Tragedy; 29 survives

Andaman administration should be carry out every safetymeasures whether tourist boat or passenger boat.Private companies make big chunk of money they shouldget punished and face consequences . Human life is morevaluable than money. I am so sorry for those who losttheir lives.Rest in peace!

AidenGreat Britain

E-mail : aidan.samuel1@yahoo.co.uk

Is Private Boat Operators Association a member ofACCI? If so, what step has ACCI taken on this incident?

Author : S KumarE-mail : vksubash@gmail.com

Will the administration wake up? what r the surveyors do-ing? are any physical checks being carried? There is nosafety for any boats which are plying between port blair tonorthbay,ross island, jarawa areas etc.

Author : V K RajeshE-mail : rajeshvk70@rediffmail.com

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More works underMPLAD taken up by MP

Port Blair, Jan 29: On the de-mand of the General Publicof the respective area, Mr.Bishnu Pada Ray, Member ofParliament has decided toundertake the followingworks under the MPLADScheme for the developmentof the area and laid the foun-dation stone in a simple func-tion organized by the general

public of the area on 29/01/2014. The works are con-struction of CommunityHall at Caddlegunj underFerr argunj Panchaya t,South Andaman Districtand construction of AutoStand at Ferrargunj Junctionunder Fer rargunjPanchayat, South AndamanDistrict.

Rangat, Jan 29: Like everyyear, this year too the studentsof Rangat and surroundingarea decided to observe SahidDivas on 28th January atRangat. During the programevery year students fromGovt. Senior SecondarySchool Rangat and Govt. Se-nior Secondary School SabariJunction honor Late AmalMondal and Late BishnuPada Mallick, who died on28.01.1983 in a shootout atRangat.

This year also stu-dents paid their homage to theMartyrs by garlanding thestatue followed by a rally,wearing black dress and rib-bon in the presence ofPradhan, Rangat and otherpeople of the Rangat area.

But it is sad to notethat some of the authoritiesincluding Education Depart-ment Staff didn’t support stu-dents to observe Sahid Divas.

The Principal Govt.Sr. Sec. School, Sabari Junc-tion did not allow the studentsto take part in the rally which

Row over observanceof Sahid Divas at Rangat

forced the students to comeon road and protest demand-ing the reason.

“It is an insult to stu-dents who gave their life forthe teachers in 1983,” said asenior citizen of Rangat.

On demand aftercouple of hour, Dy. S.P. withhis team arrived to the spot,but the students did not agreeto leave the place demandingarrival of Principal, Govt. Sr.Sec. School, Sabari Junctionwho has refused to Cooper-ate with students and at last

Tehsildar, Rangat along withDeputy Education officer,Rangat arrived at the spot, in-front of Sabari school.

They assured thestudents that from next yearJanuary 28 will be observedas an important day. Authori-ties (Deputy Education Of-ficer, Rangat) will take thematter with the competentauthorities and soon it will bedisplayed on the notice boardof every schools of the zoneto follow for the same tohonor the Martyr students.

Senthil KumarSheekha News Service

3 RAMT to be deployed atPort Blair during Milan – 14

Port Blair, Jan 29: A RapidAction Medical Team(RAMT) of the Indian AirForce is being deployed atPort Blair during Milan -14,to showcase India’s Humani-tarian Assistance and Disas-ter Relief (HADR) capabil-ity. The Government of India,authorized raising of threeRAMTs in 1999, to provideimmediate and organized de-finitive medical and surgicalaid in event of any disaster.Accordingly, 1, 2 and 3RAMTs were raised, and co-located with three AF Hospi-tals at Bangalore, Jorhat andHindon. The units are ca-pable of moving rapidly by airor road, to provide aid to Cen-tral or State Administration.

The RAMT is a selfcontained unit with all com-ponents for setting up a 25bedded mobile hospital. Thetent based hospital is contain-erized in 38 containers andweighs 44 tons. Supportequipment like forklift, gensetetc weigh 14 tons. TheRAMT is self sufficient at the

site of disaster within thecountry or abroad for a pe-riod of seven days, extendableif re-supply is ensured. It canconduct eight life saving sur-geries per day, and can handlea total of one hundred casesper day, including in patients,out patients and casualtyevacuation.

No 3 RAMT fromHindon will be establishing itsmobile hospital at Netaji Sta-dium, Port Blair from 04 Feb

14 onwards. The hospital willbe open to visits by the gen-eral public from 05 to 08 Feb14. Besides a demonstrationof the infrastructure and ca-pabilities, the hospital will alsobe providing medical assis-tance to the local populace.

Persons wanting toavail the medical facilitiesmay contact the DHS, GBPant Hospital or INHSDhanvantri for availing thefacilities.

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EDITORIAL.....Anarchy Inc

Arvind Kejriwal has tappedinto India`s love of anarchy

Mahatma Gandhitold the British: "Leave In-dia to God or to anarchy."Sixty-six years after Inde-pendence, India seems to befulfilling this prophecy, interms of anarchy. In whathas widely been seen as aveiled reference to ArvindKejriwal`s Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), President PranabMukherjee in his address tothe nation on the eve of Re-public Day said that "popu-list anarchy cannot be a sub-sti tute for good gover-nance".

Was the presidentreferring to the constitu-tional propriety — or im-propriety — of a dulyelected chief minister sit-ting in dharna in effectagainst his own administra-tion? Whether or not thereference was indeed toAAP, Kejriwal has picked upthe gauntlet and said that hewould welcome a nationaldebate on the subject, whichhinges around AAP's style offunctioning which an in-creasing number of com-mentators — includingformer supporters — aredescribing as being 'anar-chic'.

'Anarchy' means 'anabsence of law or govern-ment'. Can any government— which is supposed to bethe embodiment of the ruleof law in society — be 'an-archic', represent an absenceof government, an absenceof itself? Is such a politicalparadox possible?In India, itis not just possible but infact has been in practice formany years. For all the in-creasing clamour of the ur-gent need of 'good gover-nance', India has alwaysbeen what is often describedas a 'functioning anarchy', asociety in which rules exist

only in order to be broken, oropenly flouted.

India has an innate ge-nius for anarchy, for operat-ing without any rules at all.We call this lack of rules byvarious names, our famedknack of 'jugaad' being one ofthem. Whether it is negotiat-ing everyday traffic on theroad, trying out a recipe for anew dish, or playing a pieceof classical music, India im-provises: it improvisesthrough jugaad, andaz,extemporisation, ad hocism,call it what you will.

There is only one car-dinal rule in India, and that isthat there are no hard and fastrules for doing anything, fromdriving a car or a two-wheeler,to conducting business, orachieving one's goals by what-ever means at hand.

This open flouting ofrules is often demanded as a'right'. Students sitting for anexam will smash up the pre-mises where the test is beingheld if they are denied their'right' to resort to mass 'copy-ing'. Members of a particularcaste or community will claimas their 'right' to go on a mobrampage and vandalise publicproperty if their demands forquotas, or reservations or aseparate state, or whateverelse it is that they want, aren'tmet.

Self-appointed 'moralpolice' — a euphemism forgoons and thugs — asserttheir 'right' to beat up anyonewhose dress or behaviour of-fends against 'Indian culture',whatever that convenientcatchphrase means. Netasconvicted under law for multi-crore scams will proclaimtheir 'right' to be tried only bythe 'court of the people'.

So, is Arvind Kejriwalan anarchist? If he isn't, he'dbetter become one if he's toget anywhere in the anarchyof India's public life.

Rupee strengthens furtheragainst dollar, up 37 paise

MUMBAI: The Indian rupeestrengthened further by 37 paise to62.14 against the American currencyin the late morning trade on persis-tent selling of dollars by banks andexporters.

This was on hopes of re-sumption of foreign capital inflowsin view of firm equity market amid

lower dollar overseas.The rupee resumed higher

at 62.28 per dollar as against thelast closing level of 62.51 per dol-lar at the Interbank Foreign Ex-change (Forex) Market and firmedup further to a high of 62.11 beforequoting at 62.14 per dollar at 1045hrs.

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Sh r i Ra m C h a n d r aBurury, S/o Ganesh Ch,Barury, R/o V.S.Pally Vil-l a ge, un de r Di g l i p u rTe h s i l i n Nor t hAndaman, he hereby sol-emnly and sincerely de-clare the following:-That, as per my Islandercard my correct and ac-tual name is recorded asRA M CHAND RABURARY and my fathern a m e i s r e cor ded a sGANESH CH.BARURY.But by bonafide mistakeself and father name isr e cor d ed i n m y l a n dr ec or d a s RAMBHAKTHA BALAI in-s t ea d of RAMCHANDRA BARURY andmy father name is re-corded as GANESH CHBA LAI i n s t ea d ofGANESH CH. BARURY.

T h a t , RAMCHANDRA BARURY andRAMBAKTHA BALAIa n d G ANE S H C H.BARURY and CANESHCH.BALAI are same andone persons. This affida-vit is executed by me forrectification self and fa-ther name in my landrecord.The above decla-ration is true and correctto the best of my knowl-edge and belief.

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AFFIDAVITAFFIDAVITI Sunita Kumari , D/o Chander Bahadur,R / o B e o d n a ba d ,P o r t B la i r , s o u t hAndamans do herebysolemnly affirm anddeclare as follows:-1. That my marriagewas solemnlized withS h r i C ha n d e r j i tS ingh , S/o KuljitS ingh, R/o NimbuBag icha( Cho ldar i)Port Blair on dated27th June,2012 ac-c o r d ing t o H ind uRites and customs.2 . T h a t a f t e r mymarriage I want t oadopt t he surnameo f my husband i. e‘Singh’.3. That I am willingt o a d o p t myhusband’s surnamehenceforth I will bek n o w n a s S u n i t aS ing h ins t e a d o fSunita Kumari in allrecords as well as inall other records.In t he above statedst at ement made inpara 1 to 3 are t ruet o t he bes t o f myknowledge and be-lief .

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Indian-American researchermakes 3D-printed loudspeakers

An Indian-American re-searcher at the Cornell Uni-versity has used 3D printingto make a loudspeaker thatwork almost as soon as itcomes out of the printer.

Apoorva Kiran andRobert MacCurdy, bothgraduate students in Me-chanical Engineering, workedwith Hod Lipson, associateprofessor of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering tocustomise a device that couldprint a variety of materials.

The loudspeakers aremade up of a plastic body,conductive coil and a magnet.

The researchers hadto figure out how to designand print materials that couldfit together and work rightaway.

Everything is 3-Dprinted, said Kiran, who isoriginally from Bihar, as helaunched a demo recently byconnecting the newly-printedmini speaker to amplifierwires.

Prior to coming to

Cornell for his research,Appoorva trained as a Mate-rial Scientist, Physicist andMechanical Engineer. Heholds an MSc in MechanicalEngineering from Indian In-stitute of Science-Bangaloreand a B Tech in Metallurgi-cal and Materials Engineer-ing and Physics from IndianInstitute of Technology-Ma-dras. Lipson said he hopesthis simple demonstration isjust the tip of the iceberg. 3-D printing technology couldbe moving from printing pas-sive parts towards printing

active, integrated systems, hesaid.

But it will be a whilebefore consumers can printelectronics at home, Lipsonsaid adding that most printerscannot efficiently handle mul-tiple materials because it re-quires different temperaturesand curing times. Creating amarket for printed electronicdevices, Lipson said, could belike introducing colour print-ers after only black and whitehad existed. It opens up awhole new space that makesthe old look primitive, he said.

Delhi says air pollution ‘not asbad’ as Beijing after smog scrutiny

New Delhi: India’s air monitoringcentre on Wednesday denied thatpollution in New Delhi was worsethan in Beijing, following scrutiny ofthe Indian capital’s winter smog,which shrouds the city each year.

A report in the New YorkTimes last week and fresh researchby scientists at Yale University sug-gested Delhi’s air was more harmfulthan Beijing’s, where concerns aboutthe health impact of pollution aregrowing.“I’m amazed to read suchreports because Delhi’s air quality,especially in winter, is very poor butcertainly not as bad as in Beijing,”Gufran Beig, from the state-run Sys-tem of Air Quality Weather Forecast-ing and Research (SAFAR), toldAFP.Yale’s Global Environment Per-formance Index, a study of 178 coun-tries released earlier this month,showed Delhi had the highest con-centration of harmful small particlesless than 2.5 micro metres in diam-eter (PM 2.5) followed by Beijing.

The New York Times mean-while examined pollution figures col-lected from one monitoring centre inthe first three weeks of this year,which found on average the dailypeak figure over the period was 473micrograms per cubic metre. This

was twice as high of an equivalentfigure in Beijing, the newspaper said.

Beig said a better measure-ment of Delhi’s air would be the 24-hour average of PM 2.5 pollutiontaken from nine air quality monitor-ing stations spread around the capi-tal. This showed that PM 2.5 nevercrossed 250—although this is still 10times the limit proposed by the WorldHealth Organization (WHO).China’scapital was shrouded in thick smogbetween 16-18 January with thecount of small particulate pollutionreaching 650, more than 25 times rec-ommended levels.Pollution in Chinahas been linked to hundreds of thou-sands of premature deaths, and hastarnished the image of its cities in-cluding Beijing, which saw a 10%drop in tourist visits during first 11months of 2013. Because PM 2.5particles are very small in size, theycan easily enter the body and inter-fere with the functioning of the lungs.They are also associated with in-creased rates of chronic bronchitis,lung cancer and heart diseases.

A World Bank report lastyear which surveyed 132 countriesranked India 126th for environmen-tal performance and last for air pol-lution.

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Madras HC seeks counteron Thameem’s health

Chennai: Directing theNeelan­karai police to file adetailed counter by February12 with regard to the healthcondition of the 15-year-oldboy who was shot at by aninspector in Neelankarai po-lice station during an enquiryon January 6, the Madras highcourt seeks counter onThameem's health conditionsaid till then the boy need notbe discharged from the pri-vate hospital.

A division bench,comprising justices S.Rajeswaran and P.N.Prakash, posted to February12 further hearing of the ha-beas corpus petition filed byM. Sabina Begum, mother theboy Thameem Ansari.In her petition, Begum soughtcontinuous treatment for herson and a judicial inquiry intothe incident, besides releaseof her son.In its interim order,the bench said it was submit-ted by the counsel for the pe-

titioner/mother of the detenuthat the boy, after the bulleryinjury found it difficult to movehis neck freely.

The additional publicprosecutor submitted that asper the medical report, thedetenu was perfectly alrightand stable. He was entitled tobe discharged and treatedonly as outpatient periodically.

“Be that as it may,since it is strongly objected to

and contended by the coun-sel for the petitioner that thehealth of the boy is not stableand he needs to be in the hos-pital for some more time, wedirect the Neelankarai policeto file a detailed counter ex-plaining all these things to en-able this court to pass appro-priate orders. Till February 12,the boy need not be dis-charged from the hospital,”the bench added.

Benefits of Fish Oil andHealth(Omega -3 Fatty Acids)

Omega-3 fatty acids are avital nutrient important forour body. Intake of mega-3 fatty acids is essential asthe human body cannotmake them and so oneneeds to get it from outsidefood that we consume.

Omega-3 fatty aregenerously found in fish,such as Salmon, seafoodand other fish like planktonand krill. Thus, it is gener-ally recommended to con-sume fish for good skin,better perspective, distinctmind and what not.

Below ment ionsome health benefits ofconsuming omega 3 fattyacids in your diet :Re-sea rcher s sugges t tha thigh taking of omega-3fatty acids, derived fromfish helps reduce the riskof developing Type 2 dia-betes.

According to re-searchers to a new studyabout fish oil can sootheand prevent neuropathicpain caused by injuries tothe sensory system.

Fish oil supportsthe functionality of whiteblood cells in human bodythereby it give strength toimmune system.

S tudies sugges tthat omega-3 fatty acidsare effectively in reducingthe incidence of heart dis-eases.

Regular ingestionof fish oil aids in reductioninflammation in the bloodand tissues

There is proof thatsugges ted quant it ies of

DHA and EPA, taken assea food or sea food oilproducts, may lower trig-lycerides and prevent car-diac arrest, irregular pulserate, and heart stroke in in-dividuals who have centerconditions. DHA and EPAmay also benefit individu-als who have solidifying ofthe bloodstream or hyper-tension. Similar r esultshave been found for ALA,but more proof is neededto back up its prospectivebenefits.

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Port Blair, Jan 29: A solemnfunction will be organized bythe Homfraygunj Martyrs’Memorial Committee, PortBlair at Balidan Vedi-StateMartyrs’ Memorial atHomfraygunj on the occasionof the 70 th Martyrdom

Solemn function atHomfraygunj Memorial on Jan 30

Anniversary of 44 martyrs ofIndian Independence League(Andaman Branch) on Janu-ary 30, 2014 at 08:00 AM.The Deputy Commissioner,South Andaman district, ShriP. Jawahar will lay wreath atthe Memorial Column.

CS gives away cash incentivesto Great Andamanese studentsPort Blair, Jan 29: The A&NAdministration is providingthe socio-economic andinfrastructural supports to theindigenous community of theGreat Andamanese. Thereare 18 Great Andamanesechildren at present studying invarious classes in Port Blairwith the financial support ofAdministration. To nurturetheir sporting talents, they areprovided with sporting gad-gets and facilities by AAJVS.

In the 17th state levelschool games, Master Leepoistudent of class 6th partici-pated in Inter School under 16kho-kho and the team wongold medal. This event washeld at Port Blair from 8th to12th December 2013.

Master Buloba andBooyee, students of class 6,represented Port Blair zoneteam, for VivekanandaKendra Vidyalaya in thePresident Cup Football Tour-

nament held at Car Ncobarfrom 16th to 22nd December2013.Master Olake studyingin the first year Diplomacourse in Civil Engineering inDBRAIT participated in theopen chess tournament heldat Port Blair and stood at 3rd

position. This tournament washeld from 14th to 15th Decem-ber 2013.

The Chief Secretary,A & N Administration gaveaway cash incentives @ Rs2000 (two thousand only) to

each of the above four GreatAndamanese students’ kumarLeepoi, Buloba, Booyee andOlake, The Chief Secretarylauded the performance insports and assured all assis-tance to the GreatAndamanese children in edu-cation and sports.

The Chief Secretaryhas directed the AAJVS toprovide a Laptop Computer toMaster Olake to practiceChess and the required sportsgadgets to other students.

Port Blair, Jan 29: To markthe Martyr’s Day and also toremember the Father of Na-tion Mahatma Gandhi, the

ANTCC to observe Martyr’s DayANTCC here will organise aprogramme at Tiranga Parkfrom 5.45 to 8 pm on Jan 30,2014, a communication said.

are the tour operators whohave to face the burnt oftourists’ anger.

“It is very difficult toconvince tourists, who comehere spending thousands ofrupees, that tourist spots areclosed and they will have tosit inside their room. Touristsfind themselves cheated,”said a tour operator.

Tour Operators nowurge the Administration toconduct the safety audit area

wise and to allow those boatsto operate which havecleared survey recently, sothat tourism business can berun without any hiccups andtourists do not go back witha negative impression.

“Atleast theAdministration shouldpublish a notice in The DailyTelegrams. So that we canshow the same to the touristsand convince them,” theTour Operator said.

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Kuldeep Meets Home Ministers;highlights issues of Fire Services PersonnelPort Blair, Jan 29: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma today met the UnionHome Minister Mr. SushilKumar Shinde at New Delhiand submitted various issuespertaining to AN Islands forhis immediate consideration.One of the issues he has sub-mitted was Payment of com-pensatory pay to A & N Po-lice Fire Service Personnel.

He has submittedthat Ministry of Home Affairsvide letter no. U-14026/1/2012/ANL dated 15/04/2013 conveyed to the A & NAdministration that the pay-ment of Compensatory Payto Fire Service staff withoutgetting approval of MHA is aserious lapse on the part ofthe Administration and ad-vised to stop CompensatoryPay to Fire Service person-nel immediately.

Accordingly, the A &N Administration intimatedthe Ministry of Home Affairs vide DO letter No. 36­2/2012-Home (PF) dated 15/05/2013 that no further Com-pensatory Pay will bepaid to Fire Service person-nel of A & N Police Fire Ser-vice till MHA concurs thedrawal of the above benefitand the payment of compen-satory pay to the Fire Servicepersonnel henceforth has

been stopped. In this contextKuldeep has submitted thatfrom the records available ittranspires that from very be-ginning the A & N Police FireService is an integral part ofthe A & N Police Departmentof the A & N Administrationand all of its employees areappointed at par with the A& N Police personnel.

They are also gov-erned by the rules and regu-lations as contained in A & NPolice Manual, 1963 and theyare also performing round theclock duty including on holi-days like other police person-nel. Kuldeep has further sub-mitted that as per Rule 1.5of the A & N Police Manual,1963 the technical and non-technical units viz Civil Police,Armed Police, Special ArmedPolice, Criminal InvestigationDepartment, Police TrainingSchool ,Police Band, PoliceRadio Organization(Technical),Fire Brigade (Po-lice Fire Service)-(Technical),Coast Guard Ser-vice (Police Marine Force)-(Technical), Police MotorTransport are integral part ofA & N Police Department ofA & N Administration and allnon-gazetted Police person-nel of these units are beingpaid one month Compensa-tory Pay as per GOI, MHA’s

letter cited above. As such, allnon-gazetted Fire personnelof A & N Police Fire Serviceare being paid one monthCompensatory Pay at parwith the Police personnel ofother units of the A & N Po-lice Department since 1979 assanctioned to the differentcategories of Police person-nel working in Police Depart-ment of A & N Administra-tion “ in view of the long hoursof work and denial of facilityfor enjoying all the holidaysand weekly off days or a com-pensatory off in lieu thereofto the no-gazetted personnel”vide GOI, MHA letter No. U-14026/6/79-ANL dated 09/08/1979 .

It is pertinent to men-tion here that the matterregarding payment of com­pensatory pay to the Fire Ser-vice personnel working un-der A & N Administrationwas taken up by the Minis-try of Home Affairs vide their letter No. 8/49/82­AP dated09/10/1986 and in responsethe A & N Administrationvide letter No. 2-16/79-Home dated 28/11/1986 hadcategorically informed theMinistry that the non-gazet-ted Fire Service personnel ofthis Union Territory are be-ing given Compensatory Payand the same continued

without any interruption.Kuldeep has also submittedthat as on date there are 21Fire Stations are functioningunder the A & N Police FireService unit in different Is-lands with the sanctionedstrength of 625 employees(all non-gazetted Fire Ser-vice personnel) and with-drawal of the compensatorypay will not only demoralizethe cadre but will create dis-parity within the various cat-egory of A & N Police Per-sonnel governed by the A &N Police Manual 1963 . Hehas also submitted that as perhis information, the Delhi Fire

Service also pay Compensa-tory Pay to its non-gazettedFire Service Personnel.

Hence, in view ofthe above given explanations Kuldeep has requested theHome Minister to kindly con-sider the case of Fire Ser-vice Personnel sympatheti-cally and favourably so thatthey continue to receive com-pensatory pay as permittedvide Ministry of Home Af-fairs letter No. U-14026/6/79-ANL dated 09/08/1979.The Home Minister haskindly given a patient hear-ing and assured to look intothe case.

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Port Blair, January 29: As amark of respect to thememory of those who gavetheir lives in the struggle forIndia’s freedom, Martyr’s

Martyr’s Day on Jan 30Day will be observed on Janu-ary 30, 2014. Silence will beobserved on the day for twominutes from 11:00 hours to11:02 hours.

Port Blair, Jan 29: The HajCommittee of India, Mumbaihas announced Haj 1435 (H)– 2004. The bonafide resi-dents of A&N Islands desir-ous of performing Haj duringthe year 2014 are requestedto submit the Haj applicationform complete in all respectto the State Haj Committeelatest by March 15, 2014. Theprescribed application formand other details can be hadfrom the Office of the Chair-man, State Haj Committee,functioning in the second floorof the Directorate of Social

Announcement of Haj 1435 (H) - 2014Welfare building at Goalgharduring office hours from Feb1, 2014 on all working daysbetween 9 am to 1 pm.

In a press releasereceived here today, the A&NIsland State Haj Committeehas clarified that a person canperform Haj through HajCommittee of India only‘once in a life time’.

If anyone gets a con-firmed seat by giving falseinformation it shall be can-celled at any stage, even atthe time of boarding theflights. The entire amount

deposited by such Repeatersshall also be forfeited; appli-cants must have a valid In-dian International Passportissued on or before March 15,2014 and validly atleast uptoMarch 31, 2015; the applica-tion must give details of theiraccount in a bank having IFSCode; only physically andmentally fit applicants arepermitted to apply and appli-cants must submit a self-at-tested solemn declaration ofplain paper in the format givenin the instruction booklet, thecommunication added.

PM Manmohan Singhfaces protest at waqf event

NEW DELHI: A man tried todisrupt a high-profile govern-ment event attended by PrimeMinister Manmohan Singhand Congress president SoniaGandhi on Wednesday bycomplaining loudly thatschemes meant for minoritieswere not being implementedon ground.

Security personneloverpowered him and bundledhim out of the auditorium af-ter he refused to be silent.

Soon after Singh fin-ished his speech at the inau-guration of National WaqfDevelopment Corporation,the man rose up, protestingthat minority schemes werenot being implemented and thePrime Minister should stoplaunching new schemes.H elater identified himself as

Faheem Baig, a doctor andsocial activist living inJafrabad in northeast Delhi.Baig told reporters he hadwritten 150 letters to thePrime Minister, sharing hisgrievances and seeking anaudience, but he had not re-ceive even anacknowledgement.

He claimed that ac-cording to an RTI reply, amajor scheme for minoritieswas still in the “pipeline” inhis district despite beinglaunched years ago.

“I tried everythingpossible to share my viewswith the government. I hadno other option,” he said, jus-tifying his protests.

PMO sources saidthey have taken his represen-tation and are looking into it.

Govt wants airlines to givespecial treatment, freebies to MPs

NEW DELHI: In a controver-sial move, government hasasked private airlines to givespecial privileges like loungeaccess to MPs, sparking afurore with political leadersand others denouncing it fornot being in sync with thetimes.

Slamming the deci-sion, Jammu and Kashmirchief minister Omar Abdullahsaid it reflected “a special kindof disconnect with the reality”,an apparent reference to de-mands for austerity from thepolitical class.

“To be demandingsuch special privileges for“VIPs” in this political atmo-sphere takes a special kind ofdisconnect with the reality,”he said on Twitter.

Supreme Court law-yer Harish Salve took a jibeat MPs, saying, “What theywant is special treatmentwithout paying for it. Alas!Habits and mindsets don’tchange in a hurry.”

“I believe the “cour-tesies” include jumpingqueues at the security. Mightas well allow lal baatis (redbeacon) on their bags also!!!”, he said on Twitter.

He said the MPsseem to have missed seeing“Swiss president pushing hiscart and standing in queue atthe check”.

“The irony is thatthere are a lot of MPs wholive a life of simplicity. Travel

by bus to Parliament. Usetrains. Work for their con-stituents.”

Congress MP SanjayNirupam said he does notsupport any such move. “Ithink it is better to travel likea common man. Moreover,our MPs already get execu-tive class tickets ... I feel it isnot necessary.”

While the protocol toaccord such special servicesto MPs have been in exist-ence for over three yearsnow, aviation regulator Direc-torate General of Civil Avia-tion, in a fresh directive to allairlines, has pointed out thatthe airports and airlines were“not adhering to the guidelineson protocol norms and cour-tesy to be extended to mem-bers of Parliament.”

The protocol, whichis “to be followed by all con-cerned, including private air-ports and airlines”, includesreserved lounge facilities,complimentary tea, coffee orwater, free access in the ter-minal building and designationof one officer of airport asprotocol officer to extend allfacilities and courtesies toMPs.

Apart from Air Indiawhich has been extendingsuch courtesies to the MPsso far, the other airlineswhich have been instructedare Jet Airways and the no-frills IndiGo, SpiceJet andGoAir. However, Union

minister Praful Patel, whoonce headed civil aviationministry, saw nothing wrongin the directive. “If an MP isgiven a little bit of privilege, alittle bit of respect, I don’tthink this should be blown outof proportion.”

CPM leader SitaramYechury said he does not seeanything substantial in the or-der as they MPs already get“special handling”.

Noting that a 2007circular of civil aviation min-istry providing the guidelinesand instructions in this regard,had only listed Air India,DOGMA chief PrabhatKumar also advised the min-istry “to review the order onprotocol norms and courtesyfor the members of Parlia-ment and include the namesof other airlines companiesincluding LCC (low-cost car-riers)”.

The DGCA directivecame after Parliament’s‘Committee on Violation ofProtocol Norms and Con-temptuous Behaviour of gov-ernment officers withmember(s) of Lok Sabha’,which is part of the PrivilegesCommittee, had raised the is-sue with the ministry late lastyear.

The committee hadsaid that “airports and airlinesare not adhering to the guide-lines on protocol norms andcourtesy to be extended to themembers of Parliament”.