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M Statistical Outline of Andaman and :^|Cobar Islands 1966-67 M STATISTICAL OUTLINE OF ANDAMAN AND :^|COBAR ISLANDS 1966-67 i, \ ■ Issu ed B y ^»««✓ 3 STATISTICAL BUREAU: - ! v / ^ i ^ANDAMAN AND NICGBAR ADMINISTRATION Price ; R$, 4.00 " — ^ 1, STATISTICAJ. BUIU-AU ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION Statistical Outline OF Andaman and Nicobar Islands 966-67 PRINTED AT THE CrOVEKNMENT PRESS, POUT HLAIR AND PUBLISHED P.Y THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION 'S #V J PREFACE The prescm edition of the Statistical Outline of Andaman id Nicobar Islands (eighth In series) incorporates the latest available ita relating to socio-economic aspects of this territory. The scope the present volume has been enlarp:ed in order to make it more seful to the general public and Government departments. The Statistical Bureau acknowledges with gratitude the voperation of all Government depattments and private organisations ho have supplied the requisite material presented here. Suggestions for its further improvement are most welcome, hese will be carefully considered in planning future issues of e publication- M. M. SINGH, Dated at Port Blair, ^ Statistical Officer, the 29th February, 1968. ^ Andaman and Nicobar Islands. C h i e f C ommissioner : SHUT M AHABIR SINGH, i. a . s . M e m b e r s o f H o m e M i n i s t e r ’ s A d v i s o r y C o m m i t t e e SHUT MAHABIR StNGH SHRE K. R. GANESU ^HRT SHIV KAM SHRI FUEl) RANI CHANGA OF KATCtlAL SHRI NIRANJAN LALL SHRI K. ARAVTNDAKSHAN SHRI MAH AN AN DA BISWAS SHRI BIPAD BHANJAN BISWAS SHRI RAM NARESH SINGH M e m b e r o f P a r l i a m e n t : SHRI K. R. GANESH ADMINISTRATIVE AND JUDICIAL SET-UP OF ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS CHEIF COMMISSIONER .. MAHABIR SINGH ^also I. G. Police and I. G. Prisons) S e c r e t a r i e s /A s s is t a n t Se c r e t a r ie s t o t h e Ch ie f Commissioner : Chfef Secretary Gurbachan Singh Secretary (Forests) J. C. Varmah Secretary (Judicisil) V. K. Chaudhury Seaet;ary (Finance) Prem Lall Derelopment Commissioner- A. H. Scott oim-Development Secretary .\sastant Secretary (Publk) A. A. Khan Asastant Secretary (General) K. K. Warriar Asastant Secretary (Confidential Cell) B. C. Achari A.sastant Secretary (Finance) U. M. Hegde Asastant Secretary (Development) L. Mewa Lall Asastant Secretary (Nicobar Trade) K. Banner]i Asastant Secretary (Establishment) M. S. Malhotra Statistical Officer (Ex-Officio Asst. Secretary) M. M. Singh T h e J u d ic ia r y Di^rict and Sessions Judge Kamleshwarn ath Gupta Sub-Judge S. C. Chaturvedi Sub-Judge F. S. Zulfiquaruddin Sub-Judge Shyamji Krishna D is t r ic t A dministration Deputy Commissioner (also District Magistrate . M, B. Malhotra and Collector) Additional Deputy Commissioner, Nicobars Attar Singh Additional District Magistrate S. C. Chaturvedi Assistant Commissioner F. S. Zulfiquaruddin (North & Middle Andaman) Assistant Commissioner (Settlement) N. Chandrasekharan Assistant Commissioner H. S. Mumtaz and Block Development Officer (Nancowrie) Block Development Officer (Rangat) S. Raha Block Development Officer (Diglipur) B. Chakraborty Block Development Officer (Car Nicobar) C. Rajamanikam Treasury Officer Shyamji Krishna Supply Officer R. Ramakrishna P u b l ic W o r k s D e p a r t m e n t Principal Engineer N. D. Rajan Execitive Engineer (Port Blair South Division) C. D. Dharmani Executive Engineer (S. & W. Division) P. U. K. Nedungadi (v i) Executive Engineer (South Andaman Division) . .. T. K. Moorjani Executive Engineer (Port Blair North Division) . K. S. Narayanaswamy Executive Engineer (Construction Division .. S. K. Das No. I ), Rangat Executive Engineer (Marine Works), Car-Nicobar .. M. C. Lahiri Executive Engineer (North Andaman Construe- ... S. L. Malik tion Division), Mayabunder Surveyor of Works ... P. J. Chainani Personal Assistant to Principal Engineer .. R. Vijayaraghavan Assistant Surveyor of Works (i) K. Narasimham (ii) K. S. Balasubramaniana Assistant Engineer (Independent Stores Sub- .. N. K. Dey Division), Calcutta Assistant Engineer (Port Blair South Division) .. R. S. Sethi .. D. Suryanarayana Rao .. R. Rajagopal .. J. V. N. Moorthy Assistant Engineer (S. & W. Division) P. L. Antony .. V. Sanganal V. Ramakrishna Kadar Baksh Assistant Engineer (South Andaman Division) .. A. K. Vijayaraghavan .. P. R. Ghosh .. T. Venketa Rao P. N. Raisinghani Assistant Engineer (Port Blair North Division) B. B. Dutta .. P Viyasnarayana Rao ... Sudhu Katwani .. T. R. SanTibamoorthy Assistant Engineer (Construction Division No. I). ,. P.K. Balakrishna Filial Rangat .. R. K. Kapoor ... D. S. Choudhury Assistant Engineer (Marine Works), Car Nicobar P. Palani .. S. K. Baroi V. R. Bhuvaraghavai) .. T. S. Santhanaro Assistant Engineer (North Andaman Cons­ ... Shyam Kishore truction Division), Mayabunder .. S. C. Tyagi .. Moolchand Accounts Officer N. K. Sanyal Assistant Town Planner .. H. K. Walia FOREST DEPARTMENT Chief Conservator of Forests J. C. Varmah Conservator of Forests E. S. Thangam Conservator of Forests A. G. Abraham Deputy Conserv^ator of Forests (Working-Plan) A C DXruz Deputy Conservator of Forests (Silviculturist- S. S. Bhattee cum-Utilization) (v ii) Deputy Conservator of Forests (Mill-Division) P. M. Ganapathy Divisional Forest Officer (North Andaman) S. K. Sharma Divisional Forest Officer (South Andaman) P. M. Thimaiah Deputy Conservator of Forests (Depot-Division) R. K. Man dal Howrah Divisional Forest Officer (Middle Andaman) Pandey B. P. Sinha Coffee Development Officer M. R. N. Rao Accounts Officer J. L. Chadda Assistant Conservator of Forests (Head- J. K. Mehta quarteis) Assistant Conservator of Forests Piare Lall Assistant Conservator of Forests (Middle C. A. Balliappa Andaman) Assistant Conservator of Forests A. S. Achappa Assistant Conservator of Forests (Middle B. A. Mathews Andaman) Assistant Conservator of Forests (Nicobar) Alvis Minj Assistant Conservator of Forests (Andaman M. M. Achappa Timber Depot., Madras) Assistant Conservator of Forests (South B. M. Nanjappa And man) Assistant Conservator of Forests (North R. V. D'Cruz Andman) Senior-Assist ant Engineer • N. Stevenson Assistant Mill Manager J. N. Bhatacharjee Veterinary Officer Dr. Fr#d M^sh^ck MEDICAL DEPARTMENT Senior Medical Officer Dr. S. K. Ghosh Assistant to the Senior Medical Officer B. P. Panigrahi Public Health Officer ,, S. R. Haidar Lady Medical Officer Vacant L. M. 0. (V. D. Scheme) Vacant Malaria-cum-Filaria Officer Dr. B. Ghosh Malaria Officer (Port Blair) Vacant Assistant Surgeon Grade I (E.N.T. Specialist) Dr. C. M. Deviah do (X-Ray Specialist) R. N. Sarkar do. „ Raja Lin gain do. G. Moti Ram do. , Shiv Ratnam do. (Surgical Specialist) S. Chatterjee do. (Nutrition) A jit Haidar do. (Eye-Specialist) K. K. Chaturvedi do. „ Govind Ram do. „ K. S. Rao do. „ P. C. Mazumdar do. (Offtg. as Malaria Officer) Ram Ratan Lall do. „ Mrs. A. G. Verghese do. N. Sankara, Pillai do Riaz Meshack do. Mrs. N. K. Chaturvedi (viii) Assistapt Surgeon Grade I Dr. B. N. Tandon do. B. Shanmugam , do. ,, A. K. Sen Gupta do. (Dentist) A. K. Mukherjee do (T. B. Specialist) Vacant do. (Children Specialist) Vacant do. Vacant do. Vacant do. Vacant Pathologist Vacant Anaesthetist Vacant Medical Specialist Vacant Lady Medical Officer Dr. (Mrs.) Usha Paul Matron Mrs. M. D Gurnett AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT Director of Agriculture A. K. Pillai Agricub ure Officer J. C. Barpujari Coconut Development Officer Jagan Singh Horticulture Officer C. S Das Economic Botanist Vacant EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ^^ducation Officer Vacant Assistant Education Officer Brojendro LalJ Principal, Higher Secondary School, Port Blair .. K. S. Naidu Principal, Higher Secondary School, P. C. Sirivastava Car-Nicobar Priiicipal, Girls Higher Secondary School, Smti. Shanti Pande Port Blair SHIPPING AND MARINE DEPARTMENT Harbour Master (Shipping and Commander K. P. Nair Transport) also Customs Collector Marine Engineer S. Agai wal Accounts Officer B. K. Chakravarty P o lic e D e p a r t m e n t Superintendent of Police .. R. K. Ohri Police Radio Officer ... Capt. V. P. Babbar Assistant Superintendent of Police K. Panchapagesan (South Andaman) Assistant Superintendent of Police .. Omkar Sharan Singh (Armed Police) of Police ... M. V. Surya Prasad Andaman) of Police ... Girdhari Lai (Car Nicobar) (ix ) Assistant Superintendent of Police Virender Rai (Area Comdt. Home Guards) Assistant Superintendent of Police V. R. Kishen (C. I. D.) L a b o u r D e p a r t m e n t Libour Commissioner M. B. Malhotra Labour Welfare Officer (HQ) Mohammed Jamaluddin do. (Forests) T. V. N. Reddy do. (Rangat) P. Ramaswamy do. (Mayabunder) N. Shaikh E l e c t r ic it y D e p a r t m e n t Executive Engineer J. L. Bagga Assistant Engineer Bhagat Singh do. P. C. Saha do. D. L. Anand O t h e r D e p a r t m e n t s Controller, Andaman Labour Force K. Balu Cottage Industiies Officer R. Narayana Fisheries Development Officer M- Kumaran Live-Stock Ofificer M. M. Chaw^la , Registrar, Co-operative Societies Lachman Singh Superintendent, District Jail Dr. S. K. Ghosh Ce n t r a l G o v e r n m e n t D e p a r t m e n t s Rehabilitation Department Chief Development-cum-Rehabilitation B. K. Halve Commissioner Assistant Secretary (Rehabilitation) V. Shrikrishna Officer on Special Duty (Agriculture) S. K. Biswas Adhikari-cum-Camp-Comdt., R. V. D. S. K. Mukherjee Camp, Betapur Officer-in-Charge, Rehabilitation D. N, Mukherjee Reclamation Organisation, Rangat Accounts Officer K. S. Rao Ot h e r D e p a r t m e n t s Director of All India Radio Iqbal Singh Director of Light Houses and Light Ships C. V. Chaubal Resident Naval Officer Comdr. M, Ghosh Chief Engineer Wharf Project Col. O. P. Narula Superintendent, Census Operations M. B. Malhotra Principal Engineer (Marine) G.
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