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Andaman MP second in MPLAD fund utilizationBishnu Expresses concern

over drying of Jhinga Nallah Dam

Port Blair, Feb 18: TheMember of Parliament, Mr.Bishnu Pada Ray todayexpressed deep concernsover water crisis in manyparts of South Andamanregion.

Addressing a pressconference at Port Blair, theMP said that this month inFebruary itself the Dam hasgone dry. He said that Lakhsof rupees have beensiphoned off in name ofdesilting of the Dam veryrecently.He said thatJirkatang Old Dam No. 7 and

8 as well as Beach Dera Damstill has water but that wateris not being used properly byauthorities. Talking about

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Caution: DamagedNotes through SBI ATMs

Port Blair, Feb 18: The ATMsof State Bank of India (SBI)are always in news but for allwrong reasons. Oftennewspapers report about outof cash machines while oftenreports are written aboutdamaged ACs and dirty ATMbooths.

Now the ATMs ofSBI have once again becometalk of the town as manycustomers are gettingdamaged notes from the SBIATMs. Not only this, some ofthe notes are so old thatshopkeepers refuse to acceptthem.

“What is the point ofhaving the facilities of ATMif after every transaction wehave to go to SBI office toreplace damaged notes, often

they refuse to accept bank’sfault,” said an SBI customer,who got two damaged Rs.500 notes today from

Shadipur SBI ATM.It has been observed

that in many ATM booths,

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Transformers withoutproper fencing pose

serious risk to children

Calicut, Feb 18: It seems thatthe Electricity Departmenthas not learnt anything fromits past mistakes. In recent

Staff CorrespondentSheekha News Service

past these Islands havewitnessed several accidentswhere Islanders, especiallychildren, were electrocuted byopen Transformers.

As per rules, it is the

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Port Blair, Feb 18: The lastQuarter final matches of the“State Open ARPAN RollingCup Volley Ball Champion-ship - 2014” was played on17/2/14. Mr. SheshnathSingh, I/c Sports A&N Po-lice was the chief guest onthe occasion. A&N Policebeat Shaan Brothers by 3-1.Mr. Yashwant of A&N Po-lice was adjudged Man of theMatch. Four teams viz. 22Punjab Regiment, PTCPhoenix Bay, YFC Haddoand A&N Police qualified forthe semi final matches to beplayed on 19th and 20thFeb’2014. On 19th Feb’14,

Final of SOARCVBC on Feb 22

PTC Phoenix Bay will clashwith 22 Punjab and on 20thFeb’14 A&N Police will lockhorns with YFC Haddo. Thefinal match of the champion-ship shall be played on 22nd

Feb’2014 at 6:30pm.The tournament is

being organized by ARPANin association with Youth ClubOgrabraj and MAK AzadYouth Club Tushnabad.

Port Blair, Feb 18: Under theBharatiya Janata Party’scountrywide Namo tea-stalldrive, the Andaman andNicobar Unit of BharatiyaJanata Yuva Morchalaunched a Namo Tea Stall atMohanpura, near VegetableMarket on Monday. Partyworkers led by Yuva MorchaCity President, Mr Balaji as-

Namo Tea Stallset up at Mohanpura

sembled at Mohanpura, set upthe stall and offered tea to thepeople to seek support for theparty in the ensuing LokSabha elections.

The BJP State Presi-dent, Mr Vishal Jolly, StatePresident, Mahila Morcha,Smt Anusiya Devi and a hugegathering of party workersattended the function.

Mukesh Ambani does notrun government: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI: Rebutting theAAP charge that MukeshAmbani runs UPA govern-ment, finance minister PChidambaram on Tuesdaysaid huge penalties have beenimposed on Reliance Indus-tries for producing less thancommitted gas and bankguarantees will be taken be-fore allowing any price hike.

Chidambaram, whowas part of the decision toallow all domestic natural gasproducers including RIL toalmost double the natural gasprices from April, called theFIR registerd by the AAPgovernment against oil min-ister M Veerappa Moily andothers for raising gas pricesas "laughable".

"These are throw-away lines which do not de-serve to be replied to," he saidwhen asked about charge lev-ied by Kejriwal and his partythat Ambani ran the govern-ment.

"The petroleum min-istry has imposed a huge pen-alty on RIL. The petroleumministry has required them tofurnish a bank guarantee forthe undelivered quanity of gaspending the issue of pricerise. So how can anyone saythat this government is run bya business man," he said.

The government hasimposed about $1.8 billionpenalty on RIL for naturalgas output from its main fieldsin Krishna Godavari basin

KG-D6 block falling short ofthe targets during the last threeyears.

On top of this, thecompany has been asked togive bank guarantees equal tothe incremental price it will getfrom April 1. This bank guar-antee will be encashed if it isproved that RIL's reasoningof water and sand ingresscoupled with sudden drop inreservior pressure leading toKG-D6 output drop areproved wrong.

Chidambaram saidthe government will not goback on its decision to raisegas prices for both public sec-tor and private producers fromApril 1."Mr Moily has saidthat the decision of Cabinetwill be given effect on April1. That's the government'sposition and I think Moily isright," he said.The new rates,which are likely to be at $8-

8.4 against the current priceof $4.2 per million Britishthermal unit, are based on therecommendations of a com-mittee that was appointed byPrime Minister ManmohanSingh at the request of Moily'spredecessor, S Jaipal Reddy.

Days before he quitas Delhi chief minister,Kejriwal ordered filing of apolice complaint againstMoily, RIL and its chairmanAmbani for creating an arti-ficial shortage of gas in thecountry and raising prices.

"Now, what is thestatus of FIR, I don't know. Ithink it is a laughable FIR. Ifan FIR is being registered, itwould be a laughable FIR,"Chidambaram added.

Moily himself hadtermed the lodging of the FIRas unconstitutional andagainst the principles of fed-eralism.

delay in appointment of 45Sub Inspectors (SI) theMember of Parliament saidthat a recruitment rally wasorganized by PoliceDepartment to recruit 45 SubInspectors for which Physicaltests, Medical Fitness testswere also conducted but thefinal merit lists was notreleased. He said that he haswritten a letter to the Lt.Governor requesting hisimmediately intervention.Talking about MPLAD funds,he said that during the visitof Car Nicobar and Campbell

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Bay he has inaugurated toiletblocks at Rajiv Nagar,Campbell bay and total costof the work is Rs.20 Lakhs.MP has also inauguratedproper road foundation forfisheries colony, roadcovering distance of 330 mtrs.and the total cost of theseproject is 26 Lakhs. He alsosaid that he, the MP ofAndaman and NicobarIslands has got secondposition in India in MPLADprogramme, for betterutilization of MPLAD fundfor public.

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mobile numbers of staffs ofSBI has been given, whomone can contact in case ofemergency but it is foundthat in many c ases the

phone numbers are deletedwith the help of markersand those numbers, whichare still visible are out ofreach.

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Port Blair, Feb 18: IndianCoast Guard Ship Aruna AsafAli conducted Community In-teraction Programme atChowra and Bompoka Islandon 11 & 14 Feb 14 respec-tively for the Local FishermenCommunity. The aim of theevent was to create aware-ness among the local fisher-men about the usage of SARtoll free number and the im-portance of usage of lifebuoy,life jacket and other life sav-ing equipments. Further theuse of reflectors and otheraccessories in a life jacketwere also explained and dem-

ICGS Aruna Asaf Ali conducts CommunityInteraction at Chowra And Bompoka Islands

onstrated by the ship staff.The fishermen were

also educated about life sav-

ing techniques such as provid-ing first aid post drowning, cut

Disappointing Interim Budget:NGOs’ Association: NGGOA

Port Blair, Feb 18: The Non- Gazet-ted Government officers’ Associa-tion, Andaman and Nicobar Islandsobserves with concern that the In-terim Union Budget presented in theLok Sabha yesterday by the FinanceMinister is most disappointing as itdoes not address any of the issuesraised by the Central GovernmentEmployees’ Organizations. There isno relief for the employees belong-ing to lower and middle categoriesform the income tax. The muchneeded increase in the income taxceiling has not been reflected in theinterim Budget. The demand raisedby the Service Association andUnions for merger of DA with pay,grant of interim Relief etc. have not

been touched upon by the FinanceMinister. The Association noted thatthe major focus of the Interim Bud-get remains on further concessionsto corporate and big-business lobby,both domestic and foreign, throughtax concessions on the plea of pro-moting investment. The Associationobserves that complete reversal ofthe present economic and labour po-lices is the only way if the countryand the people are to advance.

The Non- Gazatted Govt.Officers’ Association denounces theanti- working class interim budgetand calls upon the government em-ployees and workers to heightentheir struggle for reversal of theseanti- working class policies.

Kadamtala, 16th February,2014: The Andaman &Nicobar State CooperativeBank Ltd. has organised afunction at Zilla ParishadCommunity Hall, Kadamtalafor the distribution of Coop-erative Cards of Neil Islandbranch for Door Delivery ofPensions to Old Age, Widow& Disabled Persons on 16thFebruary, 2014.

Mr. Kuldeep RaiSharma, Vice Chairman ofthe Bank was the Chief Guestof the occasion. Theprogramme was also attendedby Mr. G Kurma Rao, Zilla

Parishad Member, Baratang,Mr. Swapan Sarkar, Ex-SamitiMember, Senior Officials ofthe bank and a large gather-ing of pensioners, customers,general public and local resi-dents of Kadamtala andUttara.

Mr. K Murugan,Chief General Manager of theBank welcomed the ChiefGuest and other delegatespresent on the occasion. Mr.Ravinder Rao, Managing Di-rector of the Bank in his ad-dress informed the gatheringsregarding the benefits of the

ANSCB distributes CooperativeCards at Kadamtala & Bakultala

Port Blair, Feb 18: IndiraGandhi National Open Uni-versity (IGNOU) is conduct-ing Entrance Tests for Man-agement Programmes(OPENMAT-xxxv), for thesessions starting from July,2014 on Sunday 23rd Febru-ary, 2014 from 10:00 AM to1:00 PM. The Tests are be-ing organized in 81 Examina-

tion Centres accommodating6161 candidates. The Hall-Tickets have already beendispatched to the candidatesby the University. The par-ticulars of Hall-Tickets arealso available on the IGNOUWebsite www.ignou.ac.in .

In case of non-re-ceipt of Hall-Ticket by anycandidate, the Hall-Ticket can

be downloaded from the Uni-versity Website by enteringName and Date of Birth ofthe candidate and report tothe Examination Centre. Incase candidates are unable todownload the Hall-Ticket,they can contact the RegionalCentre and obtain the infor-mation of Examination Cen-

IGNOU OPENMAT XXXV EntranceExam On Sunday 23rd February 2014

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EDITORIAL.....Books on fire

Now, this won't go down wellwith my liberal friends or my fun-damentalist buddies, but the truthof the matter is that i like burn-ing books.

Obviously i'm not goingto tell you what books i haveconsigned to the flames over theyears. But to watch a printedpage turn orangey-dark, thensuddenly catch fire usually fromthe middle, and then let itself beeaten by fire while it curls, curls,curls taking the bending blackletters and lines with them, is aquiet act of beauty. (Burningphotographs comes a close sec-ond, but at my age it is a bit op-eratic.)

Since last week, goodpeople have been leaving twoquotations on the non-fibrouswalls of Facebook and Twitterto show their solidarity withbooks in general and one bookin particular. One is Americanscience fiction writer RayBradbury's opening line fromFahrenheit 451, his 1951 novelabout a world where books arebanned and burned if found: ''Itwas a pleasure to burn.''

The other quote is fromGerman poet-essayist HeinrichHeine's 1821 play Almansor:''That was but a prelude; wherethey burn books, they will ulti-mately burn people as well.''Heine's line here refers to theburning of the Quran by Catho-lic zealots of the Spanish Inqui-sition.

Both quotes use the actof book-burning as a metaphorfor the banning of books. Books,to be sure, have been burned bycustodians of social order sinceat least 7th century BC when theking of Judah burned a part ofthe prophet Jeremiah's scroll.Bakhtiyar Khilji didn't bother toarrange bonfires to destroy 'badbooks' in 1193.

He just set the whole li-brary of Nalanda University onfire. And, most memorably forHistory Channel enthusiasts,there was the Nazi regime whichcreated a genre of books underthe tag of 'un-German literature'and then had fun chucking themin community bonfires.

These acts of libricide

are thuggish vandalism. Such ac-tivities were, and are, acts of pun-ishment - they punish books, theirauthors, their publishers and theirowners from whose homes and li-braries these books were confis-cated. My kind of book-burning,on the other hand, is a quiet, pri-vate affair.

The book, for all its secu-lar sacredness, is so burnable. Any-one who has lit a fireplace has usedcrumpled newspaper without feel-ing guilty. This is partly becausecompared to books, this form ofpaper is cheap and imbued with atragic (but understandable) shelf-life. Also, journalists are not quiteconsidered to be writers even whenthey write books.

But books have been,since at least the printing press wasinvented, not individual objects withonly a few 'originals' lying aroundlike Rembrandts. If a copy of, say,Anthony Bourdain's Medium Rawis put to the roast, there will beother copies to procure accordingto the laws of supply-demand.

Most of the books i'veburned have been ones i have foundworthless. But i experienced a spe-cial pleasure in tearing out pagesof books i like, even adore, to seehow the pages first burn, then climbinto air pushed up by warm con-vection currents, and then descendas scattered bits when the heatgoes out. These remnants of pages,now incredibly fragile, still bearprinted words. The charcoaled tat-ters of the ex-page are literally asblack as soot while the words haveturned a phantom grey. This is thebook's dismembered ghost.

I've never stolen books toburn. I have only burned booksthat were bought. In fact, my kindof book-burning, unlike burningmoney that takes a commodity outof circulation, actually feeds a de-mand. Which makes the burning ofbooks so much more civilised thanbanning or forcing them out of cir-culation.

So now with no replace-ment as an option, it becomes im-possible for me to burn my copyof Wendy Doniger's The Hindus,all of its 800-odd dry, woody pagesthat would have kindled at 233°C.Something less precious will haveto do.

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Cooperative Cards meant fordoor delivery of pensions. Hebriefly explained the Operationalprocedures of the cards throughelectronic machine and informedthe gathering that the bank iswilling to provide all sorts of as-sistance. Mr. G Kurma Rao alsospoke on the occasion and ap-preciated the efforts of the bankin delivering pensions at the doorsteps of the pensioners.

Mr. Kuldeep RaiSharma, Vice Chairman of thebank in his key note address pre-sented a brief portfolio of thedifferent schemes of the Bank.He further urged all the youthsand general public of Kadamtalato come forward and avail fi-nancial assistance with the Bank.The Chief Guest distributed Co-operative Cards to Disabled,Widow and Old age pensionerswith pension amount.

At the end of theprogramme, the Bank distributedthe Cooperative Cards to all thepensioners available at the func-tion. The programme endedwith vote of thanks proposed byMr. Pankajakshan, Branch Man-ager, Kadamtala.

In the same evening, arolling cup Volley Tournamentwas also organised by A & NState Coop. Bank at KadamtalaGround. A total of over 7 teamsparticipated in the tournament.Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma, ViceChairman of the Bank was theChief Guest of the occasion. TheChief Guest presented the Win-ner Cup to the winning team –Sunny Brothers along with cashprize and medals. The runner upteam was Baratang A.

Meanwhile, theAndaman & Nicobar State Co-operative Bank Ltd. hasorganised a function at ZillaParishad Community Hall,Bakultala for the distribution ofCooperative Cards of Neil Islandbranch for Door Delivery ofPensions to Old Age, Widow &Disabled Persons on 17th Feb-ruary, 2014.

Mr. Kuldeep RaiSharma, Vice Chairman of theBank was the Chief Guest of theoccasion. The programme wasalso attended by Mr. K DevanRao, Zilla Parishad Member,

Bakultala, Mr. G Kurma Rao,Zilla Parishad Member,Baratang, Smt. Bepari, Pradhan,Bakultala, Mr. Kandaswamy,Mr. Bhaskar Rao, Local offic-ers of Line departments, SeniorOfficials of the bank and a largegathering of pensioners, cus-tomers, general public and localresidents of Bakultala.

Mr. K Murugan, ChiefGeneral Manager of the Bankwelcomed the Chief Guest andother delegates present on theoccasion. Mr. Ravinder Rao,Managing Director of the Bankin his address informed the gath-erings regarding the benefits ofthe Cooperative Cards meant fordoor delivery of pensions. Hebriefly explained the Operationalprocedures of the cards throughelectronic machine and informedthe gathering that the bank iswilling to provide all sorts of as-sistance.

Mr. K Devan Rao, ZillaParishad Member, Bakultala alsospoke on the occasion and ap-praised the gathering regardingthe efforts undertaken by A &N State Coop. Bank in render-ing services to the people.Mr.Kuldeep Rai Sharma, ViceChairman of the bank in his keynote address presented a briefportfolio of the differentschemes of the Bank. He fur-ther urged all the youths andgeneral public of Bakultala tocome forward and avail finan-cial assistance with the Bank.The Chief Guest distributed Co-operative Cards to Disabled,Widow and Old agepensioners.At the end of theprogramme, the Bank distributedthe Cooperative Cards to all thepensioners available at the func-tion.

The programme endedwith vote of thanks proposed byMr. Pankajakshan, Branch Man-ager, Kadamtala.In the same af-ternoon, a rolling cup VolleyTournament was also organisedby A & N State Coop. Bank atBakultala Ground. Mr. KuldeepRai Sharma, Vice Chairman ofthe Bank was the Chief Guestof the occasion. The ChiefGuest presented the Winner Cupto the winning team - Betapuralong with cash prize.

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tre allocated and report to theExamination Centre with aproof of submission of En-trance Test application formalong with recent passportsize photograph. In such casethey have to submit an under-taking at the ExaminationCentre stating that in theevent of information furnishedby them found to be incorrect,their candidature will be can-celled. Candidates must re-port at the Examination Cen-tre 45 minutes before com-mencement of the EntranceTest. Use of mobile phonesare strictly restricted during

the examination.University has de-

puted Central Observers in allthe 81 examination centres toensure smooth conduct of theentrance test. Please note -due to operational reasonsrequest for change of exami-nation centre will not be en-tertained. For any informationor queries regarding theOPENMAT Exam, candi-dates are advised to contactthe Regional Centre on orbefore the 22nd of February2014. A communication fromIGNOU Regional Centresaid.

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and fracture and common ill-ness faced in day to daylife at sea. A brief demon-stration on CPR (cardio-pulmonary resuscitation)

was given by the ship’smedica l a ss is tant . Acommuniqué received fromCommandant Ra jeevSharma PRO (CG).

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Breakthrough by Indian origin UK doctorbrings 'blindness cure' closer to reality

An Indian origin researcherhas taken a step closer to-wards cure for blindness bydiscovering an ultra-thin layerhidden deep in the eye thatcan help treat glaucoma.

Professor HarminderDua, of Nottingham Univer-sity, has discovered just howthe ultra-thin layer- which is

just 0.001mm thick- works,suggesting that it could nowbe vital for beating glaucoma,the Daily Express reported.The researcher discoveredthat the layer, dubbed Dua'sLayer, plays a vital role in thestructure of the tissue thatcontrols the flow of fluid fromthe eye.

The study shows thatthe new layer, is located at theback of the cornea betweenthe corneal stroma andDescemet's membrane,makes an important contribu-tion to the sieve-like trabecu-lar meshwork in the cornea.The study was published in theJournal of Ophthalmology.

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Chief Secretary inauguratesDiglipur Vikas Mela -2014

Diglip ur, Feb 18 : T heChief Secr eta ry M r.Anand Prakash today in-augurated Diglipur VilkasMela-2014 at VivekandaSt adiu m, Diglipu r. Hereached Diglipur by a spe-cial service helicopter inthe morning 09.30 am, asthe chief guest of the func-t ion held in t heVivekana nda Sta diu m,Diglipur today. The ChiefSecretary inspected thestalls of different depart-ments of the Administra-tion, put up in the Mela.

Welcoming t heChief Guest, the DeputyCommiss ioner, N & MAndaman Mr. G.L.Meena,I.A.S. said that Diglipur ishaving special significancein geographical location.During the last one yearDiglipur achieved manygoals in various sectors.

He said that in lastone yea r eight newWeather forecasting cen-ters started functioning atDiglipur and Milk collec-t ion and distribution by

ANIIDCO a lso s ta r tedthis year.

“Two new hostelsfor boys and Girls and 28new Govt. Quarters and aPolice ou t p os t a tRadhanaga r were com-pleted. T his yea r tota l73 25 t our is t s vi s i t edDiglipur. This year 100%Electricity distribution tar-get wa s achieved a tDiglipur. Computer izedTicket ing cent r e and 7new ST S b uses a l sostarted,” he said.

Speaking on thisoccasion Chief Secretarysa id t ha t thr ough th isMela, main departments’ac t iv it i es a r e beingbrought to the knowledgeof the people under oneroof. All departments haveput up their stalls in theMela a nd a r e cr ea t ingawareness among t hepeople of the various ac-tivities being implementedby the respective depart-ments.

“In fact people inthe far flung rural areasare unable to take the ben-efit of var ious Govern-ment schemes owing tolack of knowledge. This

Mela will p rovide thisknowledge to them andthey will be benefited to agreat extent,” the ChiefSecretary said.

T he Adhyaks haZi lla Pa r i sha d, N&MAndaman, Shr i . N.Srinivasan, speaking onthis occasion pointed outabout lack of funds, forwhich var ious develop-ment activities are beinghampered. He a lso de-manded to finalize allot-ment of fisheries colonyat Durgapur on prior itybasis and to developmentof tour i sm s ect or inDiglipur.

A colour fu l cul-tural programme was pre-sented by the school stu-dents to mark the occa-sion.

Vote of thanks de-livered by Pr amukh,Pa nchaya t Sa mit i ,Diglipur, Mr. GourangoDutta with a promise toconduct Diglipur VikasMela every year. STS UnitDiglipur providing Specialtrips of STS Busses on allroutes from Diglipur asper the convenience ofvisiting public to the Mela.

Contact at: 9434280382, 9679560328, 2373601. SALESMEN- 10 Nos2. DRIVER-1 No (Having 2 Wheeler and 4Wheeler driving license, living within municipal area)

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JUNGLIGHAT, PORT BLAIR

I, G.Usha, W/o G.Govindan R/o Phongy Chaung villageunder the Port Blair Tehsil, South Andaman District dohereby solemnly affirm and declare as follows:-1. That my actual and correct name is G.Usha.2. That by mistake my name has been mentioned asS.Eswaramma in Family Identity Card, Islander Card,Election ID Card, School Certificate and Local Certifi-cate.3. That my actual and correct name is G.Usha for allpurposes and records.4. That both the names G.Usha & S.Eswaramma is thesame person That all the contents of this affidavit aretrue to the best of my knowledge and belief.

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Address: Roy Villa, INS Utkrosh Road, New Pahargaon, Garacharma Post Office- 744105, South Andaman. Ph: 09932082892. [email protected], [email protected]

City Office: Andaman Sheekha, D & K City Building, Ground Floor, RGT Road, Port Blair. A & N Islands.

Edited, Published, Printed and Owned by Shri Sanjib Kumar Roy and Published from Roy Villa, INS Utkrosh Road, New Pahargaon,Garacharma Post Office- 744105,South Andaman, A & N Islands. Printed at Royal Printers, Bargat Line, South Andaman. Editor: Shri Sanjib Kumar Roy.

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Port Blair, Feb 18: Referringhis letter dt. 21st Oct, 2013and subsequent discussion atRaj Niwas on the issue of ret-rospective restoration of Hospital  Patient  Care Al-lowance (HPCA)/ PatientCare Allowance (PCA) atdouble the exist ing ratew.e.f.01.09.2008 to the eli-gible employees of Director-ate of Health Services, A&NAdministration in accordancewith the Ministry of Health& Family Welfare(HospitalSection), Government of In-dia Office MemorandumZ.28015/ 119/2012-H dated17.12.2012, the PCC chief Kuldeep  Rai  Sharma  haswritten a letter to the Lt Gov-ernor stating that this allow-ances are paid for the healthcare and better diet supple-ments to the less paid Group‘C’ & ‘D’ non-ministerialemployees forming the lowerrung of health employeessuch as Ward Attendants,Ayahs, Safai Karamcharis ,Dressers etc. who are in-volved in continuous and rou-tine contact with patients in-fected with communicable

dieses or those who as theirprimary duty have to rou-tinely handle infected mate-rials, instruments and equip-ments which can spread in-fection.

Such an inordinatedelay of over 14 months bythe local administration sinceissuance of direction for res-toration by the Governmentof India is a matter of con-cern and anxiety for thesepoor employees and hasthus requested   the Admin-istrator to personally inter-vene in the matter for earlyrestoration of the HPCA/PCA and also payment ofarrears accrued on accountof retrospective restorationfrom 01.09.2008.

Kuldeep has alsobrought to the notice of theAdministrator that, the vari-ous categories of Group ‘C’Non -Ministerialemployees(including erst-while Group ‘D’ Non -Min-isterial employees) deployedat health care unit such asPHC, UHC and Dispensa-ries etc. except for 4(four)Primary Health Centers viz.

Garacharma, Tushnabad,Billy Ground and CampbellBay are not been extendedthe facilities of Patient CareAllowance(PCA) eventhough regular duties ofthese employees involvescontinuous and routine con-tact with patients infectedwith communicable diseasesor are routinely handling in-fected materials, instrumentsand equipment which canspread infection and has re-quested the Lt. Governorto issue appropriate directionto the authority concernedfor initiating administrativeformalities to make the eli-gible employees of all healthcare units of Andaman andNicobar Administration suchas PHC, UHC and Dispen-saries etc. admissible forpayment of Patient Care Al-lowance (PCA).

Kuldeep demands PatientCare Allowance Port Blair, Feb 18: On the aus-

picious 137th Birthday of ‘HolyMother ’ of Sri AurobindoAshram/Society a prayer meet-ing will be held on Friday 21stFebruary, 2014 in the prayer hallat Shadipur near Mata AmritaHealth Cen tre/ Rajasthan

Prayer meeting to mark137 Birthday of Holy Mother

Temple at 08.00 am.Hosting of mother ’s

Flag and meditation will beheld at 08.00am. Discussionson the mother’s life and workswill be held at 5:00 pm, whichwill be followed by sweet dis-tribution.

Wanted a good conditionedThree wheeler autovan, itshould be of ‘E,F or G’series. Contact No.9476040399.

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responsibility of ElectricityDepartment, to erect fence ofnets around the transformersso that public, especiallychildren, do not come incontact with thesetransformers.Two years backwhen most of theTransformers in SouthAndaman lacked fencingAndaman Sheekha hadreported about this issuefollowing which the then Lt.Governor had directed to putproper fence around all

Transformers without...transformers within a fewmonths.Clearly the Directionis yet to be followed in somecases. Photographs availablewith Andaman Sheekhashows a transformer situatedvery close to main road atCalicut, which lack fencingand hence could be fatal forchildren, who have habits ofplaying on road after schoolhours. Most importantly thetransformer is situated nearly200 mts away from CalicutSchool.

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