Deputy Commissioner Nicobar Visits Chowra and Teressa Islands to Overview Improvement Initiatives and Strengthen Public Providers

Tarun Karthick

Sri Vijaya Puram, 26 June 2025

As a part of the Administration’s ongoing efforts to boost governance and repair supply in distant tribal areas, the Deputy Commissioner of Nicobar District, Mr. Amit Kale, IAS, undertook an official go to to Chowra and Teressa Islands. The go to aimed to evaluate the progress of developmental works and reinforce coordination amongst departments for efficient implementation of presidency schemes.

During the go to, Mr. Kale performed assessment conferences with members of the Tribal Councils, Village Headmen, and departmental officers in each Chowra and Teressa. Discussions centered on figuring out native challenges, developmental priorities, and mechanisms to speed up ongoing and future initiatives.

In Chowra, the Deputy Commissioner inspected a number of key infrastructure factors, together with the R.O. Plant, the native faculty, the Health & Wellness Centre, jetty services, water provide methods, and the highway community. Emphasizing the significance of public well being, he directed officers to make sure cleanliness and correct maintenance of the Health & Wellness Centre. He additionally instructed BSNL representatives to take care of uninterrupted communication companies by making certain the continual performance of the VSAT facility.

On Teressa Island, Mr. Kale visited the villages of Alurong, Luxi, Chukmachi, and Kalaasi, partaking straight with residents to know their issues and assess the bottom realities of public service supply. He reviewed the implementation standing of varied authorities schemes and inspected infrastructure together with roads deliberate underneath the PMGSY scheme, native faculties, Anganwadi Centre, and the Primary Health Centre.

Addressing infrastructure bottlenecks, the Deputy Commissioner directed the involved departments to provoke essential enhancements in highway connectivity underneath PMGSY, with bodily work scheduled to start post-monsoon by November 2025. He additionally underscored the significance of expediting pond development initiatives in Chowra to enhance water storage and administration capability.

Reaffirming the Administration’s dedication to equitable growth, Mr. Kale assured Tribal Council representatives that every one initiatives authorized throughout the latest District Planning Committee (DPC) assembly could be carried out in a well timed method with strong monitoring mechanisms in place.

The go to displays the Nicobar District Administration’s centered strategy in direction of inclusive growth, making certain that distant tribal communities obtain sustained consideration and entry to important companies.