Port Blair, March 26: The Lt Governor, Lt Gen (Retd) Bhopinder Singh has revised the payment of honorarium of Guest/ Part-Time lecturers of Govt. Colleges of A&N Administration. Accordingly, honorarium of Guest/Part-Time lecturers has been revised as Rs 1000/- per lecture, to a maximum of Rs 25000/- per month.

Earlier, the Guest/ Part-Time lecturers of all government colleges of the A&N Administration were receiving an honorarium of Rs 250/- per lecture, to a maximum of Rs 10000/- per month.   

 

Port Blair, March 26: A book named “Dhaninallah” depicting the beauty of Dhaninallah Mangrove Walkway & Dhaninallah beach of Middle Andaman written by Shri Samir Biswas, a Primary School Teacher attached to Govt. Primary School, Phooltala was released on 24th March 2013 by Dr. P.Viswakannan, IFS, DFO, Middle Andaman.

The book was released at a simple function arranged at the sea beach of Dhaninallah in presence of Shri Hiranmoy Roy, Pradhan, Harinagar Panchayat, Smti. Lata Hegde Prasad & Shri Padmadev, ACFs, Shri Sanny Verghese, Range Officer, Betapur, Shri Natrajan, Pre-ALT(S), Shri Ram Mistry, Scout Organizer, Shri Ashish Mazumder, GRS, Uttara Panchayat and tourists & public.

The book written in Bengali will be of great help to the tourists and the local people to know about the natural beauty of Dhaninallah and the eco-tourism initiatives undertaken recently. During the release function, while appreciating the efforts taken by the author, the DFO, Middle Andaman requested him to get the book translated in Hindi & English so that it benefits all.

On behalf of the Bhartiya Janata Party, A&N Islands, Shri. Vishal Jolly, President, BJP, A&N Islands and Shri. Bishnu Pada Ray, Member of Parliament, A&N Islands has condoled the death of Shri. K.Abdullah, Former Jettyman of DSS, aged 106 years, R/o Hope Town who breathed his last on 23.03.2013.