THE LAKSHADWEEP TIMES Vol. * XXXV. No. 22 * KAVARATTI *FRIDAY * 23 OCTOBER 2020. Price Rs. 2. TOP STORIES Advisor to Hon’ble Administrator and Indigenously built stealth High Level Officials Visited Agatti Island corvette INS Kavaratti commissioned into Indian Navy Chief of Army Staff Gen MM Naravane commissioned the last of four indigenously built Advisor to Hon’ble Administrator and high level officials of Advisor to Hon’ble Administrator and high level officials hearing anti-submarine warfare UT Administration is being received by Deputy grievances from public at Agatti. (ASW) stealth corvettes Collector,Chairperson,VDP and others. ‘INS Kavaratti’ into the Agatti: Shri. P. During the visit at Households. He also needy requirements. E-Hospital, Oxygen plant Indian Navy in Krishnamurthy, Advisor to Agatti, the Advisor to inaugurated the Lobster While interacting with etc. He also directed to Visakhapatnam on concerned the increase Thursday. Hon’ble Administrator and Hon’ble Administrator and Holding and Fattening Deputy Collector, the contingent fund and Army Chief General high level officials of UT his team visited various Cages-Plot Farm Chairperson VDP, Manoj Mukund Administration visited places like Govt. Senior established at Agatti Administrative Officer speed up the annual Naravane said, “The Agatti Island on 17th Secondary School, Coir jointly by the Department RGSH and Manager procurement of OPD commissioning of INS October 2020. Production Centre, of Fisheries, UTL and DAYA, Advisor to Hon’ble medicines. Kavaratti marks yet Smt. A.M. Kadeeshabi, Western Side Jetty, ICAR-CMFRI sponsored Administrator has given While visiting Govt. another significant step Deputy Collector and Smt Agriculture plot, Rajiv by NFDB GOI by putting directions to concerned Senior Secondary School, in securing our country’s A. Sajitha, Chairperson Gandhi Speciality a lobster into cage. department heads to the Principal and senior maritime goals. I VDP alongwith District Hospital etc. While visiting Advisor to clear all pending issues teachers were received congratulate and extend the dignitaries and lead my best wishes to the Panchayath Members Agriculture Plot the Hon’ble Administrator and related to the smooth Team Kavaratti.” and Head of Institutions Advisor to Hon’ble his team visited all units functioning of the them to the School. The Advisor and his team had st received the Advisor to Administrator inaugurated and proposed additional hospital war footing 1 space Hon’ble Administrator and Farmers Cluster building and MRI Scan at manner and advised them a meeting with principal station crew to his team at Agatti Airport. Launching and distributed Rajiv Gandhi Speciality to start new development and other teachers for (See page 2, col. 1) launch during seed kits to ten selected Hospital and sought all on hospital functions like th th the pandemic Review Meeting of 4 Meeting of the 5 District Planning return after Lakshadweep Samagra Committee Held 196 days Shiksha Held NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy and Russian Shri. Asker Ali, Chairman of the Committee addressing the fourth meeting cosmonauts Anatoly of 5th District Planning Committee at Kavaratti. The Secretary, Education, Shri. Shiv Kumar holds a Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner Administrator has returned to Earth on meeting with Director of Education, State Project Kavaratti: The fourth Parliament, the President th constituted the District Thursday after spending Officer, Pedagogy Coordinator and other staff of meeting of the 5 District cum Chief Counsellor, Planning Committee to 196 days at the Education at Secretariat Conference Hall. Planning Committee was District Panchayat and th consolidate the plans International Space Kavaratti: The Secretary, Education analysed the held on 13 October such number of persons, under the Chairmanship prepared by the Village not less than 4/5th of the Station. The crew Education, Shri. Shiv progress of launched to the space of Shri. Asker Ali, and District Panchayats total number of the Kumar took a Review implementation of station on April 9, just Chairman of the and prepare a draft committee elected from Meeting of Lakshadweep Samagra Shiksha weeks after WHO Committee. As per the Development Plan for the amongst the elected declared COVID-19 a Samagra Shiksha held on activities in Lakshadweep provisions of the Union Territory as a whole. members of the District th pandemic. They landed 20 October 2020 at and suggested to expedite Lakshadweep The District Planning Panchayat. The District back on the steppe of Secretariat Conference the activities approved by Panchayats Regulation, Committee consist of the Magistrate, Director of Kazakhstan, NASA said. Hall. The Secretary, (See page 2, col. 1) 1994 the Hon’ble Hon’ble Member of (See page 2, col. 4) THE LAKSHADWEEP TIMES 23 October, 2020 Page 2 (From page 1, col. 6) of the Panchayat th functionaries and public. 11 Session of the On the way to Airport th Advisor and team also 5 District Panchayat Held visited the proposed land Kavaratti: The 11th and site of Airport th Extension and discussed Meeting of the 5 District about the current status Panchayat was conducted of the project with Shri in the Secretariat Multi M.P. Kunhiseethi, Airport Purpose Hall on 7th, 8th, 9th Director. While visiting and 10th October 2020 RGSH Advisor to Hon’ble under the chairmanship Administrator presented of Shri. B. Hassan, a memento to Smt. Dhannya Anilkumar, Staff President cum Chief Counsellor of the Shri. M.P. Kunhiseethi, Airport Director briefing plan Nurse who took effort and courage to take delivery Panchayat. The presiding graph of proposed Airport Expansion project. successfully at onboard Officer made a brief Shri. B. Hassan, President cum Chief Counsellor review the status of at Agatti Island. The the helicopter on the way welcome address to all chairing the 11th Meeting of the 5th District Panchayat to Kochi from Agatti. education and the Advisor Advisor also reminded the the participants and Advisor to and Secretary Education trainees that they should said sought suggestions Rs.25,000/-, approval of discussions among others directed principal and take up the rearing of Hon’ble Administrator received a memento from and proposals for the beneficiary list of various included proper teachers to take marine ornamental Shri P. Abdusamad, development of the islands maximum effort to shrimps as a livelihood sectors, presentation of implementation of the Director PS&T and Dr. improve the result as well option as it can fetch and welfare of the people the minutes of different schemes and programme Soudabi, Administrative the quality of education. them an income with of Lakshadweep. standing committees devolved by the Officer RGSH while he The Meeting Advisor and team less effort. visiting Coir Production were also discussed and administration and also visited the National Advisor to Center and RGSH approved the minutes of adopted. streamlining of the Bureau of Fish Genetic Hon’ble Administrator respectively. previous Session of the The Panchayats Education sector. Resources (NBFGR) held public interactions Advisor to Hon’ble meeting and adopted the in Lakshadweep are in the The District Germplasm Resources with common people and Administrator and team income and expenditure Centre (a Scheme under elected representatives process of revising the Panchayat in the UT of of Officers left to for the period from 01-06- the ministry of Earth of Panchayats, leader of present taxation structure Lakshadweep consists of Bangaram by Chopper 2020 to 31.08.2020 of the Science) after inspecting Political Parties, NGO’s, in the evening. The for which the 26 directly elected breeding and other facility Officers and public to Panchayat functionaries District Panchayat Administrator has members, all the ten available at Hatchery, seek their feedback on and head of institutions including all the five constituted a Committee Chairpersons of the Advisor and Secretary various issues and were present at Airport to sectors devolved to the under the Chairmanship Village (Dweep) Fisheries interacted with projects and spent time receive and see off the Panchayats, viz., of the President Cum Panchayats, the Hon’ble the trainees who residing to hear the grievances dignitaries. Agriculture, Animal Chief Counsellor. The Member of Parliament. Husbandry, Education, (Review Meeting...) State Project Director and proposal of the The meetings of the Director of Education, Fisheries, Medical and Committee was placed District Panchayat is held the minutes of Project plan for implementing the Shri. Rakesh Singal also Services and also the before the meeting and in such a manner that the Approval Board of same in a productive shared his view and Rural Development Cell. was discussed. The intervening period between Samagra Shiksha, manner was discussed highlighted the need of Subsequent to suggestions and two meetings shall not Ministry of Education. in the meeting. The implementation of Shri. K.T.P Abdul Secretary Education discussions and adoption modifications proposed exceed 90 calender days. all interventions with of income and Gafoor, State Project opined that ICT detailed action plan. The by the meeting will be Inspite of the fact that the expenditure, the Officer, SMSA implementation through Pedagogy Coordinator conveyed to the UT of Lakshadweep is a Lakshadweep welcomed KITE Kerala and all the Shri. K K. Anwar Sadath statement of tax and other Committee. COVID-19 free zone, the the participants and activities approved are and Education Officers revenue collected were After the meeting was conducted presented the review aimed at improving quality Smt. C. P Subaidabi and placed before the session. completion of the Official following the norms and through power point of education and Shri. A Showkathali, Shri. As laid down in the rules presentation. All the ensuring joyful learning business, private SOP for the COVID Shanavaz, Subject governing the Panchayats, interventions/activities environment. He also members agenda points pandemic. Expert, English and other expenditure above approved by the Ministry asked to ensure timely Samagra Shiksha staff were taken up. The of Education for the F.Y implementation in a were present in the (From page 1, col.