Dear Group Members

The two Articles from Mr. Zubair Ahmad highlighing the concern over the
rehabilitation programmes perhaps indicate the viewpoint of majority of
population (minus bureaucracy) at Andamans. The existing set up does transfer
the decision making powers to a distant palce and in hands of persons not so
much concerned for the place. The Civil servants guiding the destiny of the
islands are rarely of senior ranks and are not in a position to assert over the
counterparts in New Delhi. The LG and MP of the area are the two key figures who
can access the decision makers in Delhi.

Instead of a legislative assembly coordination in these two authorities and
selection of persons with capability to deliver may be a better option.
Legislative Assembly if given to Andamans may only be an old wine in new bottle
where city level politicians would be upgrade to state functionaries.

Also it is perhaps not fair to suggest a conspiracy behind every decision of
Govt. Of India.Several procurements after Tsunami were necessitated at mainland
and GoI was in a better position to coordinate with the involved agencies and
suppliers.Similarily several expert agencies of national level were inducted in
the rehabilitation process in good faith trusting on their inherent potential
and exposure to similar situations.

Crab




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