AATO President M. Vinod has urged the Andaman and Nicobar Administration to extend the validity of existing NOCs for new commercial tourist vehicles to one year, citing financial difficulties faced by tourism stakeholders amid high airfares and limited flight connectivity.
A Car Nicobar training programme covered psychosocial disaster care, preparedness, heat-wave response and disease surveillance reporting for frontline personnel.
Wildlife Week programmes exposed students to Andaman’s biodiversity through birding, trekking, endemic species awareness and visits to Biological Park.