Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 12 July 2025
In a decisive transfer addressing long-standing healthcare infrastructure issues in Baratang, the Hon’ble Member of Parliament for Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, has known as upon the A&N Administration — notably the Health Department — to halt the proposed renovation of the prevailing Sub-Centre at Jarawa Creek, Nilambur, and as an alternative provoke the development of a brand new facility on the roadside land already earmarked for well being companies.
The present Sub-Centre, inbuilt 1988, stands on a steep hill with round 30 steps main as much as it, making it extraordinarily troublesome to entry — particularly for pregnant ladies, senior residents, and sufferers with mobility points. Despite present process three rounds of renovation over the a long time, the ability continues to fall wanting assembly the neighborhood’s healthcare wants as a result of structural limitations and its inconvenient location.
Mr. Ray identified that persevering with with additional renovation would quantity to a misuse of public funds, as it will fail to resolve the core difficulty of accessibility. “The proposed renovation is not only unjustified but would be a wasteful expenditure,” he acknowledged.
Local villagers, PRI members, and social staff have constantly advocated for relocating the Sub-Centre to a extra accessible website. However, no tangible steps have been taken up to now. The MP advisable {that a} new semi-RCC construction be constructed on the flat, roadside plot already within the Health Department’s possession. This, he mentioned, would guarantee inclusive, safer, and more practical healthcare supply for the area’s rural inhabitants.
Mr. Ray additional urged the Directorate of Health Services to make sure correct upkeep and performance of the prevailing facility within the interim in order that important medical companies proceed uninterrupted till the brand new Sub-Centre is constructed.
