Port
Blair, Apr 28
In order to mitigate the hardship of the
Public, the Chief Secretary, A&N Islands vide Orders dated 27th April, 2020
has directed that the consolidated revised guidelines of the Ministry of Home
Affairs. Govt. of India dated 15lh April, 2020 incorporating SOPs for social
distancing at offices, work places, establishments and other sectoral
requirements, shall be applicable to the Islands of Rutland, Swaraj Dweep,
Shaheed Dweep and Little Andaman of South Andaman District, as no positive case
of COVID-19 has been reported till date from these Islands.
Accordingly, the District Administration
South Andaman has allowed the following activities by issuing an order
detailing the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be followed by various
departments/agencies for undertaking these permitted activities in the Islands
of Little Andaman, Rutland, Shaheed Dweep & Swaraj Dweep.
·
Mines
& mineral production, their transportation, supply of explosives and
activities in incidental to mining operations.
·
Construction
of roads, irrigation projects, buildings and all kinds of industrial projects.
·
Operation
of Micro Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).
·
MGNREGA works
with priority given
irrigation and water conservation projects.
·
Hollow
block industries, and
·
Any other activities that may
fall in the scheme of permitted activities and approved
by the District Administration, South Andaman.
All the departments/agencies have been
directed to strictly implement the National Directives for COVID-19 Management
and the Standard Operating Procedures for Social distancing for offices,
Workplace, Factories and Establishments, as prescribed by the MHA, in the above
stated orders. They have been directed to ensure:
·
Respiratory
hygiene at the worksite / manufacturing unit.
·
All
the staff should be medically screened within seven days from the
scheduled recommencement of the work
and to arrange
for their periodic medical
examination.
·
Obtain
requisite movement/vehicle permits.
·
To
refrain from employing staff who are more than 65 years of age/ suffering from
major ailment and who may be susceptible to infections.
·
Sanitize
all the vehicles, machinery and equipment at the worksite everyday.
Further, SOPs have been issued by the
District Administration for the day to day operation and maintenance of STS
buses in the Islands of Swaraj Dweep, Shaheed Dweep and Little Andaman. As per
the SOP, buses of the State Transport Service (STS) shall be operated within
the Islands on permitted routes only with not more than 40% of the registered
seating capacity and regular sanitization of buses shall be ensured after each
trip. Further, all crew members and commuters shall compulsorily wear mask/face
cover.
Sl. No.
|
Competent authority to issue movement/ vehicle permit In the
Inlands covered by these orders
|
Area
|
Control room phone numbers
|
1.
|
SDM(SA)
|
Rut
Land
|
238881
|
2.
|
Incident
Commander/ Revenue Inspector
|
Swaraj
Dweep
|
282030/282040
|
3
|
Incident
Commander/ Revenue Inspector
|
Shaheed
Dweep
|
284544/254511
|
4
|
BDO/Tehsildar/lncident
Commander
|
Little
Andaman
|
284014/284015
|
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