Animal Husbandry Department distributes Vanaraja chicks to farmers and self help groups in North Andaman to promote backyard poultry farming and rural livelihoods.
The interception of a large quantity of methamphetamine by Andaman and Nicobar Police has exposed the scale of synthetic drug trafficking targeting the islands. Security agencies view the region’s strategic location and maritime connectivity as factors that traffickers attempt to exploit for narcotics movement.