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Port Blair, February 20: Acommunication has beenreceived from the Govt oflndia/Bharat Sarkar,Ministry of Home Affairs/Grih Mantralaya, New Delhiabout insult or disrespect ofthe Indian National Flag onseveral occasion regardingthe Prevention of Insults toNational Honour Act, 1971and Flag Code of India, 2002for strict compliance of theprovision contained in theAct and the Flag code.

On important events,the National Flag made ofplastic are being used in placeof paper Flags. Since, plasticFlags are not biodegradablelike the paper flags, these donot get destroyed for a longtime. This affects the dignity

Provisions of Flag Code ofIndia to be complied with strictly

of the Flag. Also plastic, notbeing biodegradable, isharmful to the atmosphere.

This is brought to thenotice of General Public toensure that on importantnational, cultural and sportsevents, only Flag made ofpaper are used by public interms of the provisions of theFlag Code of India and suchpaper Flags are not discardedor thrown on the ground afterthe event. Such Flags are to bedisposed off in privateconsistent with the dignity ofthe Flag.

The provisionscontained in the Flag Code ofIndia and Prevention ofInsult to National HonourAct, 1971 are to be compliedwith by all of us strictly.

Finally long wait ends for movie lovers in Andaman

Diviyum Talkies to startscreening movies in two

screens from 27 February

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Port Blair, Feb 20: The longwait for movie lovers is over.Diviyum Talkies is ready for

screening movies forIslanders from 27

Good News for cricket lovers

Netaji Stadium to have floodlights soon for

Day & Night Cricket matches

Special CorrespondentSheekha News Service

Port Blair, Feb 20: The Lt.Governor of Andaman andNicobar Islands on 18 th

February visited the Netaji

Stadium in the eveninghours to inspected sportsfacilities related to cricket.

During his visit theLt. Governor reportedlyasked senior officers ofElectricity Department andDepartment of Sports to

restore the flood lights for Dayand Night matches.

Talking to AndamanSheekha the chairperson ofPBMC said that he had earlierrequested the Lt. Governor topay a visit to the Netaji

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Telangana bill moved in RajyaSabha amid unprecedented bedlam

NEW DELHI: Amid unprec-edented bedlam, home min-ister Sushilkumar Shindemoved the Telangana bill inRajya Sabha for consider-ation leading to three adjourn-ments within 30 minutes.

The well of the Up-per House virtually turnedinto a battle field as Shindemoved the bill with anti-Telangana protestors display-ing huge placards opposingthe bill and creating uproar.

Even though Leaderof the Opposition ArunJaitley, who had raised theissue of constitutional inval-idity of the bill was asked bydeputy chairman P J Kuriento put forth his point of view,

the surcharged atmosphereforced the Chair to go for ashort break.

Jaitley was not al-lowed to have his say despitebeing called by the Chairwhose repeated pleas to main-tain order in the House wentunheeded. The house had wit-nessed high drama onWednesday with SecretaryGeneral Shumsher K Sheriffbeing heckled by a TDP mem-ber who tried to snatch fromhim papers related toTelangana bill.

When the Chair tookup the Whistleblowers Bill forconsideration, PrakashJavadekar (BJP) went nearthe podium to demand that the

Telengana Bill be broughtfirst, even as V Maitrayan(AIADMK) got into a scufflewith the marshals demandinga discussion on the Tamil fish-ermen issue.

The Telangana billwas moved for considerationeven as a deadlock persistedover it with the governmentaccusing BJP of bringingamendments at the eleventhhour. "We have listed theTelangana bill in Rajya Sabhaand we would be attemptingto get it passed.

The question ofamendments at this stage doesnot arise," parliamentary af-fairs minister Kamal Nath hadtold reporters earlier.

Port Blair, February 20: LtGovernor, Lt Gen (Retd) A.K. Singh, has condoled theuntimely death of Shri R. K.Maji, Superintendent of Juve-nile Homes, Directorate ofSocial Welfare, who passedaway at G. B. Pant hospitalyesterday due to cardiac ar-

rest. He is survived by hiswife and two children. TheLt Governor has conveyedhis deep sympathy to themembers of the bereavedfamily and also asked theSecretary (SW) to ensurethat welfare of the family islooked after.

LG condolesdeath of R. K. Maji

Port Blair, February 20:Power supply will remainsuspended in some of the ar-eas on 22.02.2014 from 0800hours to 1500 hours for main-tenance and clearance ofHT/LT line and repairing ofABS at Tusnabad junctionand repairing/maintenance ofthree pole structure at

Power suspensionBambooflat.

The areas to be af-fected by power disruptionare Ferrargunj to Tusnabadand Ograbraj to Tirur,Tylerabad, Bimlitan and itssurrounding areas, Ferrargunjto Jirkatang, Bambooflat,Wimberlygunj to Shoal Bay(Complete Panel-V).

Tailoring and FashionDesigning Course at Dairy Farm

Port Blair, Feb 20: In thechain of programmes formaking these isles’ womenfolks self- reliant and self-suf-ficient, the Andaman &Nicobar State CooperativeUnion opened yet anothercentre for tailoring and Fash-ion Designing Course in theFishermen’s Colony, DairyFarm (Word No.8) on 19th

February 2014. The openingfunction for this Tailoring &Fashion Designing Centrewas held in the hall of FishLending Centre, Dairyfarm(Word No.8)- whichwas graced by Mr. KuldeepRai Sharma, Chairman, A&NState Cooperative Union asthe Chief Guest.

Addressing the gath-ering the Chief Guest at thevery outset expressed his

pleasure over the overwhelm-ing response received fromthe potential beneficiaries in-asmuch as 80 (eighty) candi-dates registered their namesfor undergoing training in theenvisaged tailoring and Fash-ion Designing Centre. Mr.Sharma said that the A&NState Cooperative Union hasa vision to make the womenfolks of this far flung unionterritory as a ‘strong power’so that they may be able tocontribute their efforts in de-velopment of society as wellas Nation-building. To covertthis vision in to a mission, Mr.Sharma said the women of thisarchipelago have to step in tothe greater world - so thattheir confidence level, theirlifestyles, their approach to thelives be changed. That is pos-

sible by joining such trainingcentre - where women of dif-ferent walks of society irre-spective of age, caste, creedand religion would join to-gether and learn together. Ifsincere attention is given,such learning can even yieldsome income-generation fortheir respective families too,Mr. Sharma wished.

Others who spoke onthe occasion include local resi-dents Mrs. Krishna Kumari,Mrs. Ganga and Mr. BallavaRao and another. Earlier, Mr.Ghayas Meshack, Vice Chair-man, A&N State CooperativeUnion welcomed the gather-ings. The programme came toan end with the vote of thanksproposed by Mr. P.G.Paul, Di-rector, A&N State Coopera-tive Union.

Black Batch protest byHealth Department StaffsPort Blair, Feb 20: All HealthDepartment Staff such as,Word Attendant, SafaiKarmachari, Ayahas, Labo-ratory Staff, OphthalmicStaff, Technicians, Pharma-cists, Malaria mazdoors,Drivers, Mechanical &Store, Section Staff, Radiog-rapher, Peons, Laundry Em-ployees etc. have per-formed their duties in Hos-pitals, PHCs, CHCs and SubCenters etc. including inter-islands today i.e, 20.02.2014by wearing Black Batch inprotest against A&N Ad-

ministration for taking abnor-mal time to accord approvalfor implementation of Hospi-tal Patient Allowance / Pa-tient Care Allowance(HPCA/PCA), which wasalready approved by UnionCabinet, DOPT and Ministryof health and family welfare,new Delhi.

On 17.12.12. TheProtest was conducted theleadership of Mr. P.Kannan,President , Govt. EmployeesFederation. The employeeswere also taken a mourn pro-cession carrying a Card-

board Box written with “Pa-tient Care Allowance fileDead and kept in Mortuaryand a postmortem will bedone on 24.02.2014”. Theprocession was started fromGB Pant Hospital to AayushHospital today afternoon andended at Mortuary of GBPant Hospital, Port Blair.The Employees will continuetheir protest till the approvalis accorded by A&N Ad-ministration. Further, theemployees will go on “PenDown Shows” w.e.f.24.02.2014.

Diviyum Talkies... (From page 1)

February.Addressing apress conference at DiviyumTalkies the owners ofDiviyum Talkies Mr. LMurthy and Divakar toldmedia persons that theCinema Hall has twoscreens and hence, it canshow two movies together.The first hall is Priyamwhich is having 110 seatswhile the second hall isknown as Diviyum which ishaving 108 seats.

According to theowners in one screen theywill be showing Hindi moviewhile in other screenregional movies will be

screened. Initially there willbe only two shows, whichwill be increased as perdemand of public. Accordingto Mr. L Murthy the firstshow will start at 2.30 pmand the second show willstart at 6 pm in first screenwhile in second screen firstshow will be at 3.30 pm andsecond show will be at 7.30pm.

The theatre will beinaugurated on 26thFebruary by the ChiefSecretary and the Member ofParliament while from 27thFebruary the Hall will beopened for public.

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Port Blair, Feb 20: Car mar-ket leader Maruti Suzuki In-dia Limited launched its muchawaited compact car, Celerio,in Andaman, with the revolu-tionary Auto Gear Shift hereyesterday.

With fuel efficiencysame as the Manual transmis-sion, the revolutionary AutoGear Shift, christened EZDrive, is all set to redefine thecar driving experience on In-dian roads. Interestingly, AutoGear Shift on the Celerio is afirst for India amongst pas-senger cars.

Poised to stir the A2segment Celerio is a completepackage full of pleasant sur-prises. Among several ben-efits, Celerio comes with abest in class fuel efficiency of

23.1 kmpl, for both, Auto GearShift and the Manual Trans-mission variants.

Celerio is launchedat an attractive price. Thisprice puts to rest any argu-ment that superior technologyis expensive. Often, the wideprice gap between Manualand Automatic transmission

v a r i a n t sprompts buy-ers to settlefor manualtransmissioncars. Interms ofmaintenanceof the car, the

Maruti Suzuki announcesglobal debut of ‘Celerio’ withrevolutionary Auto Gear Shift

Nucleus BreedingCentre of RGCA at KodiyaghatPort Blair, Feb 20: Rajiv Gandhi Cen-tre for Aquaculture, a society underthe Marine Products Export Devel-opment Authority, Ministry of Com-merce & Industry, Govt. of India, hasbeen functioning as a Research andDevelopment Centre pursuing appliedresearch in Aquaculture for upgrad-ing the existing aquaculture technolo-

gies in the country and for develop-ing and disseminating new economi-cally responsible technologies forimmediate adoption by costal aquafarmers, fisher folk as well as entre-preneurs.

On 28th February, Mr.Anand Sharma, Minister of Com-

Port Blair, Feb 20: The Min-istry of Youth Affairs, Govt.of India is launching theschemes ‘National YouthPolicy 2014 and Rajiv GandhiKhel Abhiyan’ on 21/02/2014throughout the country.Alongwith the Nation this Is-land will launch theseschemes on 21/02/2014 at

03.00 pm. The processionrally will start from CellularJail at 03.00 pm and culminateat ITF Ground. The route ofthe rally will be : Cellular Jail,Narayan Chowk, ClockTower, Model School, Tour-ism Office, Secretariat, RBV,Agency House and culmina-

Launching of National Youth Policy2014 & Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan

Semi Final Match of SOARCVBC played

Port Blair, Feb 20: The PCCPresident Kuldeep RaiSharma and all leaders havedeeply mourned the untimelydeath of Shri RK Majhi, 51years r/o Prem Nagar who

left for heavenly abode on19th February, 2013 and prayto Almighty for eternal peaceof the departed soul andstrength to his family mem-bers.

Death Mourned

Port Blair, Feb 20: The first Semi-fi-nal match of the “State Open ARPANRolling Cup Volley Ball Champion-ship - 2014” was played on 19/2/14.Shri. Anant Rao, State Gen. Secre-tary, DCC and Shri. Subramanyam,Dist. Gen. Secretary, DCC was thechief guests on the occasion. Shri.Raj Kumar, Asst. Engineer APWDand Smti. Manju, Coach NIS andShri. P.K.Aboobaker was the guestof honours. 22 Punjab Regiment beatPTC Phoenix Bay in straight 3 sets.

Shri. Jagtar Singh of 22 Punjab wasadjudged Man of the Match. Shri.Majeed and Shri. Shaktivel were thereferee for the match.

In the second semi-finalmatch, A&N Police will lock hornswith YFC Haddo on 20/2/14 at 6pm.The final match of the championshipshall be played on 22nd Feb’2014 at6:30pm. The tournament is being or-ganized by ARPAN in associationwith Youth Club Ograbraj and MAKAzad Youth Club Tushnabad.

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EDITORIAL.....There’s So Much To Be Grateful For

Why should I be grateful? Beinggrateful makes us positive, happy andoptimistic; it helps us see the brightside of life. It teaches us the art ofappreciation. Some believe that welack in spirit of gratitude because wetake things for granted. The streeturchin into whose hands you drop apacket of biscuits looks up at you withgratitude and smiles happily. He hasknown what it is to be hungry, to gowithout food often times. He knowsthe value of those biscuits which maynot be dainty enough for our palates.

What do we do? Someonetakes the trouble to shop and planand cook and clean, so that a plate ofhot food is put before us at regularintervals; we make faces and complainthat the dish is either too spicy or notspicy enough; that it is boring; that itnot our favourite recipe that has beenserved; and that the vegetables onthe plate are not the ones we like.

May be we need to go with-out the things we take for granted, tobe able to appreciate what wehave.When you become aware of allthat you have to be grateful for, whenyou actually begin to count yourblessings, you will be overwhelmedwith gratitude for all that has beenbestowed on you unstintingly. Yoursleep, your friends, your good healthwhich you fail to appreciate until youfall ill, the fresh air and sunlightaround you, the marvels of technol-ogy which have made your life soeasy, your society and community –where would you be without them all?

Many think that if they hada little more of this or that, a little more

than what they now have, they wouldindeed be very happy, satisfied andthankful: they are quite mistaken. If weare not satisfied with what we have, weare not likely to be satisfied even if itwere increased many times.

What you feel strongly abouthappens to you. It is thought power thatmakes things happen. If you feel grate-ful for what you have, you will attractmany more things to be grateful for. Grati-tude is the very basis of the abundantlaw of attraction.

I often urge my dissatisfiedfriends to actually put down in black andwhite, all the things for which they aretruly grateful: they are in a black moodwhile they struggle to think of the firsttwo or three; and then, the joy of dis-covering gratitude carries them forward,and they simply don’t want to stop.Their very attitude changes for the bet-ter and they find a new perspective. Be-ing alive, being free to do what you careabout, being literate, being with people– these are privileges which we enjoyand take for granted. Be grateful for them.Gratitude is not an attitude to yourself;it should be an attitude to life, an atti-tude which you show to others.

Gratitude is most beautifulwhen it is expressed, and not just whenit is felt. When we show gratitude, weare sharing our joy and happiness withothers. In the Hindu way of prayer, welight agarbattis or offer incense to showour gratitude to God; the fragrance fromthe incense spreads all around, makingothers happy. So it is with gratitude: itblesses both giver and receiver. Itstrengthens their faith in life, and teachesthem to show their gratitude to others.

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My Islander Identity cardissued in the name ofMadhusudan Mondal s/oBrijubasi mondal r/oSubhashgram Diglipur lostat Diglipur bazaar.Finderplease call 9474241942.

LOST LOSTMy Class XII certificatebeing Roll No 4662709 is-sued in the name of DipakDewri s/o Ananta DewriR/o Nabagram , Diglipurlost at Diglipur bazaar.Finder please call DipakDewri on 9476021046.

Auto Gear Shift technologyon Celerio is affordable andhassle free. With Celerio, theCompany is keen to changethese perceptions and raisethe technology bar.MarutiSuzuki has always believed inoffering cars that set newbenchmarks of technology,style and overall costs in In-dia. Maruti Suzuki Celerio isthe latest example that bringspath breaking Auto Gear Shifttechnology in cars for the firsttime and that too, in country’smost popular compact carsegment. The Celerio prom-ises a new, convenient and

fun to drive experience, withtop class fuel efficiency, at ahighly attractive price and lowmaintenance cost. MarutiSuzuki is confident thatCelerio will soon become apopular choice among cus-tomers as they enjoy the ben-efits that this new technologybrings. The Celerio is stylishon the outside and has roomy,spacious & functional interiorswith a large boot. Offered insix variants, including two withAuto Gear Shift, the Celerio ispowered by the high perform-ing K-next petrol engine.

Maruti Suzuki.... (From page 3)

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merce propose to inauguratethe Nucleus Breeding Cen-tre of RGCA at Kodiyaghat,South Andaman, in the pres-ence of Lt. Governor, ChiefSecretary, A & N Islands

and senior officials fromministry.

The Minister alsoproposes to visit sea cageculture facility of RGCA on28th February (Noon).

Nucleus Breeding... (From page 3)

tion point at ITF Ground.Altogether, 400

youths including 350 del-egates from all over India willparticipate in this rally. Therally will be flagged off byDr.S.N.Subba Rao, a true liv-

ing spirit of Mahatma Gandhiand also member of NationalIntegration Council. ShriRakesh Bali, Secretary,Sports and Youth Affairs willbe the Chief Guest at the cul-mination point.

Launching of National.... (From page 3)SA ZP deliberates uponmeasures to generate revenue

Port Blair, Feb 20: The Fi-nance, Taxation & AccountsCommittee of the ZillaParishad South Andaman metunder the Chairmanship ofthe Finance Member ShriNipendra Nath. TheAdhyaksha of the ZillaParishad, Miss. Mariyam Bibiobserved the proceedings.The Chief Executive Officerof the Parishad was alsopresent.

The Committee delib-erate upon the measures thatneeded to be undertaken forrevenue generation sincethere is presently no sourceof revenue for the Parishad,and under GOI instruction, theParishad is required to gen-erate revenue for seekingmatching grant.It was observed with regretthat although the ZillaParishad has constructedmany assets, these had beenhanded over to the GramPanchayat and the PanchayatSamitis. Many of the proper-ties were in varying states ofdisrepair and even where theywere in use, there were noearnings, accruing the ZillaParishad.

The Committee alsotook note of the recent com-plaints pouring in from manysections of the population, thatthe Zilla Niwas of the SouthAndamans Zilla Parishad wasin a state of neglect, andneeded maintenance as well

as facelift. The canteen ofthe Niwas was not servinggood and wholesome food,and was closing at 8.00 PM,which was too early, and didnot provide meals to guests,who often have to be work-ing till late evening. Moreover,the canteen was not operat-ing on Sundays. There werealso complaints that somepersons had blocked some ofthe rooms on long term basisand members of the Parishadbeing denied accommodationin the Niwas.

The Finance, Taxa-tion & Accounts Committeetherefore took the followingdecisions in the interest ofrevenue generation and forthe proper utilization of theZilla Niwas.The Parishad would seek toresume all the properties con-structed by its, which werecurrently under the custodyand use of the GramPanchayat and Samitis, sothat they could be put to opti-mum utilization and generateincome for the Parishad. Al-ternatively, the Parishadwould press for being given40% of the income earnedfrom these properties.

On every liquorbottle sold in the rural areaunder its jurisdiction, theParishad would seek to earn50 paisa, which would beadded to the cost of the bottleby ANIDCO and transferred

to the Parishad. This will bedone after consulting withA&N Administration.

One every truckleaving a quarrying site, theZilla Parishad would seek alevy of Rs. 50/- as a charge.This measure was felt appro-priate as it would not onlybring revenue to the Parishad,but also check illegal quarry-ing operation. This will also bedone after consulting withA&N Administration.

The room rent of theZilla Niwas, which is cur-rently pegged at Rs.100 perday for bed, would be raisedRs. 250/- for members of thePRI, Rs.300/- per day bed forEx-PRI Members and suitrooms Rs.750/- per day perbed. These charges would bedoubled upon expiry of seven(7) days of stay in the Niwas.

All guests would nec-essarily have to produce andfile copies of identificationdocuments upon occupationof the room. At a subsequentstage, entry into the rooms isproposed to be electronicallyregulated to ensure safety offacilities and check overstay-ing or other unauthorized useof the premises.

The revenue genera-tion by these measures wouldbe used to obtain matchinggovernment assistance, andthe funds would be used fordevelopment activities in thepublic interest

Mariyam Bibi places various demands infront of LGPort Blair, Feb 20: TheAdhyaksha, Zilla Parishad,South Andaman along withUp-Adhyaksh, Zil laParishad, South Andamanmet the Lt. Governor,A&N Islands today anddiscussed various develop-

mental issues pertaining torural a r eas of SouthAndaman such as IndoorMultipurpose S tadiumNayapuram; Bridge fromBambooflat to Chatham;Dry dock at Shore Point;Ice Plant a t Hope Town

and Introduction of Cargovessel to Neil Island asVegetable cultivation sea-son started.

The Lt. Governorassured to look into thema t ter and will do theneedful at the earliest.

Stadium, as the RegionalSports Council is going toorganize day and night T-20matches soon.

The SuperintendingEngineer of Electr icityDepartment, the ChiefEngineer of APWD, theSecretary Sports , theDirector of Sports were alsopresent during the LG’svisit.

“Once upon t imethere used to be regular dayand night matches at NetajiStadium but these matcheswere stopped for unknownreasons. Such matchesattract thousands ofspectators and keep youths

busy in sports and hence itis now a necessity to havethose flood lights inworking condition,” hesaid.

He added that theLt. Governor has asked theDirector of Sports to meet thehim with the estimate forrepairing the flood lights ofNetaji Stadium.

“We are thankful toLt. Governor for showingdeep interest in ensuringproper sports infrastructurefor Island youths. This willhelp youths to come out ofthe claws of alcoholism,”the Chairperson of PBMCand RSC added.

Netaji Stadium... (From page 1)

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Ford Goes Further In Andaman and Nicobar; Expands Sales andService Footprint with the Inauguration of Mohan Ford, Port Blair

Port Blair, Feb 20: Com-mitted to elevate the brandand ownership experience,Ford India yesterday aug-mented its sales and ser-vice network with the de-but of two new facilities ofMohan Ford in Port Blair.

Of the newly inau-gurated facilities, MohanFord sales facility near Ab-erdeen Bazaa r, in Por tBlair will display Ford’s2014 line up of smart, safeand class-leading fuel-effi-cient products. The MohanFord workshop a tBhatubasti, GaracharmaMain Road, Port Blair willoffer a host of unique af-ter-sales services and of-ferings to customers in theregion.

Both Mohan Fordfacilities were inauguratedby Ba la sunda ramRadhakrishnan, vice presi-dent, Powertrain Opera-tions, Ford India along withMohan Lall, dealer princi-pal, Mohan Ford.

With newly inaugu-rated facilities, Ford willgrow closer to customersin Andaman and Nicobar

Islands while expanding itspan-India presence to 304facilities across 164 cities.

“One of our keypriorities is to make theFord brand even more ac-cessible to new customersacross India. With a grow-ing footprint of 304 salesand service facilities in 164cities, we are making itconvenient for customersto experience and enjoyour gr ea t br and,” sa idNigel Harris, president,Ford India.

The Mohan Fordsales facility will be spreadover 2400 square feet andthe service facility willspan over 6,000 squarefeet. The facilities are builtto new Brand@Reta ilguidelines to deliver a trulyworld class, and positivepurchase experience, es-pecially for several firsttime buyers across tier 2-4 markets.

T he new MohanFord workshop will beequipped to service 12cars in a day.Besides the network ex-pansion, Ford’s superior

engineering of long-lastingschedule ma intenanceparts compared to com-petitors will help in enhanc-ing ownership experience.

With the launch of‘Happy Pocket Service’,Ford is redefining owner-ship experience and offersextremely competitive andhighly transparent ‘fixed’pricing on scheduled ser-vice costs starting at Rs.2 ,199. Performed withgenuine Ford parts, toolsand equipment by Ford-trained technician acrossstate of the art service net-work, Ford ‘Happy PocketService’ is among the priceleaders for scheduled ser-vice and will offer Fordowners incredible value formoney and peace of mind.

Ford continues tooffers several customer fo-cused initiatives such asparts at sub assembly lev-els for repairs, pan-IndiaRoadside Assistance, 90minute-Quick ServiceBays, Mobile ServiceVans, Vehicle report cardand Quick Lane.

“We are delighted

to introduce this new facil-ity to our customers in PortBlair. From localization toaffordable spares and af-ter-sales service initiativeslike Happy Pocket service,we are committed to go

fur ther in enhancing theownership experience andoffer peace of mind andconvenience to our cus-tomers in the region,” saidB a l a s u n d a r a mRadhakrishnan.