The Mini India

TMI Correspondent Port Blair, July 03: Due to the non-lifting of garbage for the past month from various municipal wards in Port Blair City, despite readily available segregated waste, several councillors, dissatisfied with responses from the junior engineers of their localities, visited the Brookshabad garbage dumping yard to investigate the issue. On 29/06/2024 Sr. Vice Chairperson, Ravichandran, Ward Councillor Someshwar Rao, and others inspected the site and observed a large number of plastic bottles covering approximately 150 square meters, with a thickness of one to two meters. This situation violates the National Green Tribunal (NGT) guidelines. During the inspection, they received a call from the Superintending Engineer of PBMC, Avinash Kumar Singh, who allegedly threatened them, questioning their permission to enter the site and accusing them of seeking a commission. He is also reported to have used abusive and vulgar language towards all councillors of the 24 wards. War...

Port Blair, July 03: In a major stride towards commencing night operations of civil flights at Port Blair, an Air India Airbus A321 with 68 passengers onboard landed at the defence airfield INS Utkrosh of Andaman and Nicobar Command (ANC) at 1900h on 28 Jun 24. The aircraft then proceeded to Veer Savarkar International Terminal to disembark passengers. This successful night landing marks a significant step towards enhancing air connectivity to ANI, benefiting islanders and boosting tourism. This landmark event was made possible through consistent efforts by the Indian Navy, ANC and the Airports Authority of India (AAI) over the past few years. The airfield has undergone major upgrades, including navigational aids and has achieved the status of a precision airfield. Other crucial work, such as runway resurfacing and a Precision Lighting System with approach lights have also been completed. Meanwhile, AAI upgraded the Instrument Landing System (ILS) to CAT-I and created a modern Veer...

TMI Correspondent Port Blair, June 26: In observance of the "International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking" and following the directives of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in Mohanlal vs. Union of India and the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Rules (Seizure, Storage, Sampling, and Disposal), 2022, a mass drug disposal event for multiple case properties from various police stations was initiated at 1130 hrs on 26/06/2024 by the CID Unit under the supervision of the Drug Disposal Committee chaired by Smti. Varsha Sharma, IPS, DIGP (L&O). The committee members included Shri Rajeev Ranjan, IPS, SP(CID), Shri. Mohd.IrshadHaider, IPS, SP(HQ) andShri. Kumar Abhishek, DANIPS, Dy.SP (CID) along with representatives from the A&N Pollution Control Board, Enviro Check (for measuring emitted pollutants), and GB Pant Hospital. A total of 61 case properties is being destroyed, comprising 238.416 kg of Methamphetamine, 67.636 kg of Ganja, 1.060 kg ...