THELIGHTOFANDAMANS: CHALTE CHALTE: Fast Moving Tourism on Wheels

Thursday, September 27, 2012

CHALTE CHALTE: Fast Moving Tourism on Wheels

THE LIGHT OF ANDAMANS | VOL 36 | ISSUE 01 | 01 OCT 2012

CHALTE CHALTE

Fast Moving Tourism on Wheels

Years back, the then Director Tourism of the Administration was sent to China on a study tour on the subject related to tourism development in Islands. The day he left Port Blair for China, his transfer order to Delhi reached Port Blair. However he returned back to Port Blair making himself enriched with many skills that could have helped the tourism sector to take off in the islands. But, the next day he was served with the order. Within a week, the said officer packed his luggage and returned to Delhi to join his new assignment with the Delhi Government. The assignment had nothing to do with any type of tourism, forget about island tourism.

'The officer, if married, would definitely have allowed his wife to sell/throw the study materials and his project work during his study tour to China Tour as garbage', said a local official of the Administration.

"The tourism in the island is still in nascent stage and we have miles to go. We have many proposals in the pipe-line' are statements of Delhite officials during 'Tourism Days' and other related occasions, who come here on 'Picnic-cum-duty tour' for a couple of years or so, sarcastically said a veteran journalist.

"Don't you worry man, the tourism in the islands is marching fast. Now most of such activities are on wheels since they are on Auto-Rickshaws and Omnis and definitely it will reach to its 'DESTINY', commented a 'High Value-Low Volume' activist.

Three cheers for another government sponsored 'World Tourism Day' in the islands!

—Musafir

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About The Light of Andamans

The Light of Andamans’ was born out of the zeal and determination to fight against the suffocating Kafkaesque atmosphere on the society that existed even after 30 years of Independence under bureaucratic rule. It was a hangover of the ‘Raj’that extended much too long in the Islands.

The Light of Andamans’ was started in 1975. The paper had always been a crusader, taking up the causes that no other newspaper would touch. In doing so, it very often stepped on the toes of the authorities and had to face persecution in the form of denial of advertisements and numerous court cases against it. For a small stint, the publication came to a halt in 2003.

Gezira Publications Private Limited took over the paper in the year 2005 and transferred the title in a bid to revive the second oldest newsmagazine from extinction and also to carry forward the mission.

The Newsmagazine, under the new management, has undergone a sea change both in form and content. It turned into a full-fledged tabloid with 10 pages with plenty of photographs making both pleasing to the eyes and soothing for the mind. “It has acquired a position where it influences the policies in vital matters concerning the development of the islands, protection of aboriginal tribes and addressing the problems of the disadvantaged groups. The newsmagazine is known and appreciated for its bold, free, fair and balanced reporting.”

Late Govinda Raju and his team worked very hard to rebuild the reputation, goodwill and a healthy new image of the newsmagazine brick by brick. After the demise of Mr Raju in 2010, the magazine is now being edited by Zubair Ahmed and published by Basudev Dass. The newsmagazine continues its mission of highlighting policy issues pertaining to the Islands.