Andaman College Row
Proposed ANCOL at C hakkargaon contravenes M aster P lan – 2030 There has been a large hue and cry ever since it has been made public that the proposed G ovt college namely ANCOL (A ndaman C ollege) will have its permanent campus at C hakkargaon in P ort B lair. Members of the public, elected representatives, political organizations and their likes had opined that since P ort B lair town already has one G ovt college (JNRM) of the same type, the second one be established in rural area. The views expressed by the public however did not cut ice with the bureaucratic set up governing the islands. In a bid to assert itself the project proponents chose to overlook public demand and in doing so, it contravened the development regulations propounded in the M aster P lan for P ort B lair P lanning A rea – 2030 . Notified in D ecember 2011 , the M aster P lan for P ort B lair P lanning A rea (PBPA) rightly observes that P ort B lai...