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CYMK CYMK CYMK PHONE : 03192 230269/230230 • FAX : 03192 234325 • E-MAIL : [email protected]/[email protected] DAILY FROM KOLKATA • PORT BLAIR • SILIGURI VOL XI ISSUE NO 60 PAGES 8 PORT BLAIR • SATURDAY • MARCH 17, 2018 Rs 3.00 www.echoofindia.com T HE E CHO OF I NDIA Page-5 Page-8 ISL FINAL : ‘CHENNAIYIN IS MOST IMPORTANT GAME OF MY LIFE’ REPLACE 'SINDH WITH 'N-E': CONG MP WANTS AMENDMENT IN NATIONAL ANTHEM Major reshuffle in Education Dte., 43 Principals, VPs & HMs transferred KURMA RAO PORT BLAIR, MAR 16/--/ As many as 43 Prin- cipals, Vice Principals and Headmaster (SS) have been moved to different places across these islands as part of a major reshuffle in the Direc- torate of Education recently. According to re- ports, the Education Department is also likely to notify the transfer list of PGTs, GTTs and PSTs before the commencement of summer vacations this year. As per the order issued on the 13th of this month, Principal of Govt. Girls Sr. Sec. School here, Smt Sangeeta Chand has been posted as Deputy Education Officer of Diglipur with additional charge of GSSS Subhashgram, while Mr S Suresh Kumar, Deputy Director of Education (Perl) has been transferred to Zone-V as Deputy Education Officer, Wimberlygunj with additional charge of GSSS Wimberlygunj. Mr Sushen Mallick, Deputy Edu- cation Officer of Rangat will report to the Directorate of Education at Port Blair, while Mr Shashi Kumar, Deputy Education Officer, Diglipur has been transferred as Deputy Education Of- ficer, Mayabunder with additional charge of GSSS Pahalgaon. Similarly, Dr R Dev Das, Principal of GSSS Manglutan has been transferred to GSSS Teressa, while Assistant Education Of- ficer, Nancowrie and Vice Principal of GSSS Champin, Mr M Nehru has been moved to SSS Sita Nagar. Mr Narayan Chandra Das, Vice Prin- cipal of GSSS Mayabunder will now report to GSS Manpur, Smt S Bhawani, Headmistress of GSS Adazig has been transferred to SS Madhupur, Mr P Abdul Rehman, Vice Principal, GSSS Tushnabad has been posted to GSS Shibpur, Smt Matilda Kerketta, Vice Principal of GSSS Kapanga has been transferred to GSSS Ferrargunj, Smt Lata Singh, Vice Principal of GSSS Campbell Bay has been posted to GSS Dairyfarm and Smt Shobha Roy, Headmistress of GSS Gandhi Nagar has been transferred to GSSS Bambooflat. Similarly, Mr Dinesh Govind, Vice Principal, GSSS Malacca has been posted to GSSS School Line, Smt Jahan Ara Ali, Headmis- tress, moved from GSS Mus to GSS Calicut, Mr Abdul Salim, Headmaster, from GSS Nimbutala to GSSS Haddo (Telugu) with additional charge of GSSS Haddo (Hindi), Mr Hemender Kumar Arya, Headmaster, from GSS Kaushalya Nagar to GSSS Prothrapur, Mohammed Hanifa, Headmas- ter, from GSS Laxmipur to GSSS Mannarghat, Mr Ashok Tiwari, Vice Principal, from GSSS Sita Nagar to GSSS Rangachang, Smt Sunita Chakraborty, Vice Principal, from GSSS Kadamtala to GSSS Girls, Smt Suneela Dutta, Vice Principal, from GSSS Lapathy to GSSS Port Mout, Mr Asim Biswas, Headmaster, from GSS Calicut to GSSS RBV, Smt Sushma Biswas, Vice Principal, from GSSS Swarajgram to GSSS Tushnabad, Mr Prabhash Mondal, Vice Princi- pal, from GSSS Havelock to GSSS Champin, Mr AC Das, Vice Principal, from GSSS Long Island to GSSS Boys, Smt Archana Singh, Vice Princi- pal, from GSSS Hut Bay to GSSS RK Pur, Smt Vibha Sethi, Vice Principal, from GSSS Ferrargunj to GSSS Hut Bay, Mr Ved Prakash Mishra, Vice Principal, from GSSS Prothrapur to GSS Paschim Sagar, Mr VT Reddy, Vice Prin- cipal, from GSSS School Line to GSS Shoal Bay and Mr Lokesh Kumar, Vice Principal, has been transferred from GSSS RBV to GSSS Campbell Bay. Other incumbents who have been placed in the transfer list include Smt Rita Tiwari, Vice Principal, from GSSS Wimberlygunj to GSSS Rangat, Smt Swapna Poddar, Vice Principal, from GSSS Manglutan to GSS Mus, Smt Anuraju, Headmistress, from GSS Dairyfarm to GSSS Kapanga, Smt Shabnam Majumdar, Vice Prin- cipal, from GSSS Manglutan to GSS Parangara, Smt KR Girija Rani, Vice Principal, from GSSS Mannarghat to Assistant Education Officer, Nancowrie with additional charge of GSSS Goal Tekri, Smt Jyoti Jose Lakra, Vice Principal, from GSSS Haddo (Hindi) to GSSS Long Island, Smt Sulochana, Vice Principal, from GSSS Port Mout to GSSS Lapathy, Mr GK Rai, Vice Principal, from GSSS Haddo (Telugu) to GSSS Mayabunder, Mr Shyamal Majumdar, from GSS South Point to GSSS Manglutan, Ms Indira Devi, Vice Principal, from GSSS Rangachang to GSSS Swarajgram, Smt Manimala Halder, Headmis- tress, from GSS Shoal Bay-12 to GSS Gandhi Nagar, Mr SK Ghosh, Headmaster, from GSS Manpur to GSSS Kadamtala and Smt G Manomani, Vice Principal, from GSSS Bambooflat to GSSS Malacca. The order further says that Principals, Vice Principals and Headmaster (SS), engaged as Centre Superintendents for CBSE Class X ex- ams, will stand relieved in the afternoon of 31- 03-2018, while those employed as Centre Super- intendents for CBSE Class XII exams, will stand relieved on 13-04-2018 (AN) and salaries for the month of April 2018 in respect of the incum- bents will be drawn from their new place of post- ing after reporting for duty. (File Pix) Jet Airways to wind up operations from Port Blair ROOPA LALL PORT BLAIR, MAR 16/--/ In a setback for Veer Savarkar International Airport here, airline com- pany, Jet Airways, which operates daily flight serv- ices connecting different parts of the country with Port Blair, is likely to wind up operations soon. Fac- ing issues over low passenger occupancy and human resource crunch, the airline has reportedly decided to discontinue its service in this sector from July this year. According to reports, the airline has been suffer- ing from revenue losses for the past many months in this sector. The corporate management, if sources are to be believed, has transferred or promoted staff posted at Port Blair to Chennai, Delhi and other cit- ies, while some have quit their jobs. “The airline man- agement has found losses for its operations in this sec- tor due to low passenger traffic and increasing number of low-cost airline operators. In view of this, the decision has been taken to withdraw services from the VSI airport here,” said the source. Speaking to EOI, Terminal Manager of Jet Airways, VSI Airport here, Mr Kamal said that the last flight between Port Blair and Kolkata is scheduled on March 24, while June 30 will be last Jet Airways flight taking off from Port Blair to another city in India. “The corporate of- fice has taken a decision to wind up services here from July 1 owing to revenue losses,” he confirmed. Shompens provided ration articles BALRAM SINGH CAMPBELL BAY, MAR 16/--/ A three-member group from the Shompen tribe from the East West Road 24 km settlement arrived at the Shompen Sarai here on Thursday. Staff of the Andaman Admi Janjati Vikas Samity provided them rice, pulses, salt and match boxes and later dropped them in a vehicle closer to their settlement. On Friday, another four Shompens from Govindnagar settlement approached the Andaman Admi Janjati Vikas Samity authori- ties where they were provided with ration items and other articles. One among them, suf- fering from certain skin ailment, was taken to the Primary Health Cen- tre here where doctors prescribed necessary medications. They were, later, dropped near their settlement, according to information. Seminar on ‘Socio-Legal Rights of Tribals’ begins PORT BLAIR, MAR 16/--/ The two day National Seminar on ‘Socio-Legal Rights of Tribals in Andaman & Nicobar Islands: Is- sues and challenges’ got underway in the Andaman Law College on 16 March. The Chief Secretary, A&N Administration, Mr. Anindo Majumdar, who is also the Chair- man, Andaman & Nicobar Islands Legal Education Society, inaugurated the semi- nar as the chief guest. He reiterated the Administration’s commitment in protect- ing the rights and freedom of the tribal community in the Islands. Policy was formu- lated under PAT Act for protecting and safe- guarding the socio-economic and cultural interest of the tribal people in the Islands, he said. About socio-legal rights of the tribal, he also said that more effort is needed to sensitize the tribal about their legal rights. Laws are framed to bring in just and humane society to which the tribals are part; and we need to work for protecting their safety, social and economic interest, he said. (Contd. on page-2) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan in all its (stinking) glory at Anarkali JYOTI PORT BLAIR, MAR 16/-- / A gigantic omnipresent pile of garbage sits pretty day in and day out with horrendous stink that can even rouse someone with olfactory disability near the playground at Anarkali, right in the middle of the city, aiming to become a Smart City soon. People liv- ing or running their business, or school chil- dren using the playground are welcomed by it and its stench, surely inviting many diseases into homes. Umpteen re- quests by the harried citi- zens has fallen into the deaf ears of the Port Blair Municipal Council. Has the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan gone on a vaca- tion here, asks Sudhir, a resident of Anarkali. “The civic body is per- forming well in imple- menting the cleanliness mission in other parts of the city, but this area probably has gone out of radar. The garbage pile- up at this location has re- mained unattended for the past many days and people are forced to bear the brunt of insanitary conditions here. Hope- fully the Council will wake up from slumber now and take necessary steps to relieve people of the mess,” he said. MORE LOCAL NEWS ON PAGES -2 & 3 EVENTS TODAY Telecast: ICAR-Krishi Vigyan Kendra, CIARI, N & M Andaman to live tel- ecast the speech of Prime Minister at Mahatma Gandhi Govt. College, Mayabunder from 10 am. Meeting: Annual Gen- eral Body Meeting and Election of new commit- tee of DBRAIT ALMA (Alumni of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology in the confer- ence hall of DBRAIT, Dollygunj at 3 pm. Seminar: National Seminar on ‘Socio-Legal Rights of Tribals in Andaman & Nicobar Is- lands: Issues and Chal- lenges’ at Andaman Law College. Circuit Court: Justice Arindam Sinha and Jus- tice Ashis Kumar Chakraborty, Judge of Calcutta High Court to hold Circuit Court at Port Blair. Till March 19. CBSE Exams: Central Board of Secondary Edu- cation to conduct All In- dia Secondary School Certificate Examinations (Class XII) exams and All India Senior School Ex- amination (Class X). Till April 12.
