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Port Blair, Oct. 14: A major milestone in the area of Civil Military Cooperation was achieved by the Andaman & Nicobar Command (ANC) on 10th Oct 13 with docking of MV Dering of Directorate of Shipping Services (DSS) on the Floating Dock of Naval Ship Repair Yard (NSRY), Port Blair. Although emergency docking of a DSS vessel was undertaken over a decade ago, this is the first docking of any merchant vessel on FDN-1 for routine maintenance.
Non-military vessels are not usually docked on FDN-1, however, in a fine display of cooperation between the A&N Administration and ANC, Naval Headquarters gave go-ahead to dock vessels of A&N Administration, capacity permitting. Based on these directives, AN Cand NSRY have made available a dock slot of one month for MV Dering, accommodating the vessel after two naval ships were undocked.
It was a challenging task for officers and men of FDN-1 to carry out docking of MV Dering in stormy weather conditions with associated strong winds, so that the work on the ship can be immediately commenced and available dock slot could be completely utilised by DSS.
Immediately after docking, the maintenance staff employed by DSS got the first exposure to advanced high productivity tools used by Naval Ship Repair Yard. Noticing the maintenance staff employed by DSS cleaning the ship’s underwater hull using conventional manual scrapping,FDN-1 staff offered to clean the ship’s hull with high pressure water jet they usually use for quick cleaning of naval ships’ hull. The staff of FDN-1 are cleaning MV Dering’s hull with these advanced machines.
The ship is expected to remain docked onboard FDN-1 for one month for intermediate survey and repairs of its underwater hull and fittings. Docking of MV Dering marks another milestone in Civil-Military Cooperation and demonstrates the strong commitment of Indian Navy and ANC in extending advanced support to the local administration and the local people.
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Port Blair, Oct. 10: Four officials of Port Blair Municipal Council were arrested by the Anti Corruption Department, of A&N Police based on a complaint of corruption received. The arrest was made on 9th Oct. 2013 at evening hours U/s 13(1)d/13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988 read with Sec. 420/120B of IPC.
According to reports, the four arrested were Maheshwar Rao, Executive Engineer, Zaki Ahmed, Assistant Engineer, Sunder Rao, Accountant and Bobby Gomez Account Officer who were later released on bail today.
Sources inform that the arrest was made after the Anti Corruption team was able to establish the charges framed against the officials on purchase of electrical items at exorbitant rates. The electrical items were purchased at the rate of Rs. 14 Lakhs corresponding to the annual approved rates of the year 2012-13 ignoring the accepted rates for the year 2013-14, which would otherwise have cost approximately Rs. 8 Lakhs to the Council.
Under Prevention of Corruption Act 1988, this is one of the rarest case where the arrested have been granted bail within 24 hours of the arrest. It is learnt that the Anti Corruption department headed by Ms. Aslam Khan, IPS, Superintendent of Police is under immense pressure from various corners, for having poked the PBMC den.
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On the occasion of Durga Puja, the Member of Parliament, Shri Bishnu Pada Ray has expressed his warm greetings and best wishes to the people of Andaman & Nicobar Islands and intend to celebrate the holy festival with traditions to maintain the peace and harmony.