NEWS ITEM
The Non-Gazetted Govt.
Officers’ Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands has demanded construction of
government residential accommodation on the same land/site on dismantling of
existing buildings so as to tide over the shortage of entitled residential
accommodation for the employees working under the Andaman and Nicobar
Administration. In a letter sent to the
Chief Secretary, A & N Administration recently, Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary of the
Association said that there is a tendency on the part of the
authorities to hand over the land where government quarters existed, to
Municipal Council, etc. for other purposes.
Lodging the Association’s strong protest against this attitude on the part of
the authorities, he said that it is against the interests of government
employees. He cited a letter sent to
the Assistant Secretary (Housing & Estate), A & N Administration from
the Executive Engineer, Port Blair North Division, APWD, Port Blair in which it
was stated that 8 Nos. type II quarters bearing No. DP -9 to DP -12 and DP 13
to DP-16 located on AIR Road
The Association further brought to the
notice of the Chief Secretary that hundreds of government employees are waiting
for allotment of residential accommodation from the general pool of the
Administration. There is acute shortage of government residential accommodation
at the main areas of Port Blair town like Junglighat, Goalghar, Delanipur, etc.
Since most of the government offices are located at the above places or nearby
areas, government employees prefer to get accommodation at these areas and
hesitate to occupy accommodation at distant places like Nayagaon, Prothrapore,
etc, he said. The Association sought
the intervention of the Chief Secretary in the matter and urged him to restrain
the authorities from handing over of land where government quarters existed, to
other agencies.
