STATE
POLICIES

ANDAMAN & NICOBAR

VI. INFRASTRUCTURE SUPPORT SYSTEM:

  1. LAND DEVELOPMENT

    1. INDUSTRIAL ESTATE PROGRAMME:

      The Administration acquires land under the Industrial Estate Programme and develops land for Industrial Use. Developed plots of various sizes/built up sheds are leased out and offered to the entrepreneurs on 15/5 years lease initially (extendable from time to time) on very reasonable lease rent. Apart from one Industrial Estate at Garacharama (South Andaman), three more industrial Estates at Dollygunj (South Andaman), Bakultala (Middle Andaman) and Campbell Bay (Great Nicobar) are being developed. A total of 33 hectares of land is covered under these estates wherein more than 100 sheds and 100 plots are proposed to built/developed. An Industrial Estate exclusively for coir product is planned at Mithakhari, South Andaman wherein land to the tune of 5 hectares is being developed. An Industrial Estate for Coir & Rubber Industries is planned at Katchal and land to the tune of 2.5 Hectares will be made available by the Administration. The Administration also proposes to develop slip ways which will be made available to Registered Boat Building/repairing Industrial Units on Lease basis.

    2. INTEGRATED INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES (IID):

      The Integrated Infrastructure Development (IID) project has been introduced by the Govt. of India for the development of infrastructural facilities for Small scale and Tiny Units in the Industrially backward area with the objective of generating maximum employment opportunities. The Administration intends to develop one IID center. It has already identified suitable land measuring an area of 13 Hectares at Wimberlygunj in South Andaman. It is estimated that 300 plots, will be developed for allotment on lease basis to industrial units. Besides developed plots, infrastructure facilities like captive power, Water, Telecommunication, Post Office, Bank, Conference Hall, Raw Material storage facilities, Effluent Tratment Plant, Common Service Facilities Centre are proposed to be provided.

  1. POWER:

    At present the Islands have Diesel power generation only which is largely meeting the requirements of household sector and commercial establishments. The installed capacity in the territory is 28.4 MW, the firm power available is only 17.5 MW. There is, therefore, power shortage which is increasing day by day. The Power consumed by the local Industrial Units is around 7% of the total power generated. To meet the increasing power demand, new power generating stations both hydel and thermal have been planned. In case of time, private participation in power generation has to be encouraged to cope with the increased power needs. Captive generation of power by high consuming industries is also the need of the hour as the Government does not find adequate resources to invest in large numnber of projects. The Administration has launched new schemes for granting interest free loan and subsidy to Small Scale Industrial Units to set up their own captive power generation plants as detailed in Chapter VIII of the policy statement.

  2. WATER:

    The Islands entirely depend on rain water. In the absence of adequate number of Water resources, the Administration is finding difficult to ensure perennial supply of water to Industries. The present requirement of potable water is met through Dhani Khari Dam. Though potable water is available to the SSI Units set up in the Industrial Estate of the department upto 20,000 KI/Day, the SSI Units could meet their additional water requirements by harvesting/storing the rain water during the monsoon for captive use by installing in house water harvesting equipment's such as RCC storage tanks/water conveying pipe and water lifting pumps. The Administration has launched a scheme of interest free loan and subsidy for installation of water harvesting equipment by the SSI units, as detailed in chapter VIII of this policy statement.

  3. TRANSPORT:

    1. Road Transport:

      The Islands have 932 Kms. of all weather road as on 1995-96. This Mayabunder in the Middle Andaman. The Administration has a fleet of 164 buses operating in 11 major Islands right from Diglipur in North to Camphell Bay in South. The total coverage of route length is 2189 Kms. in 104 routes carrying an average of 46,800 passengers covering 16355 Kms. per day. It is proposed to have a direct road link between Port Blair and Diglipur in the North Andamans in the near future and the work on this project has already started.

    2. Shipping:

      The Islands are connected to mainland by sea with 4 passenger-cum-cargo vessels making regular trips between Port Blair and Madras, Calcutta and Vizag with a cargo carrying capacity of 6,000 MT, apart from one exclusive cargo vessel M.V.Diglipur owned by SCI of 5,000 MT capacity. Besides 14 private cargo vessels of combined capacity of 12,775 MT also operate on this sector. The existing cargo carrying capacity is more than adequate to meet the demand. Morever the Private Shipping Lines are keen to increase the capacity if there is demand. Under the Inter-Island Services Sector, the Administration has nearly 18 vessels of 1490 MT cargo carrying capacity. The private vessels are also plying on these routes. Hence upto 2005 AD there may not be any need for new cargo vessels on this sector.

    3. Air Travel:

      The Alliance Air operates three flights each in a week between Port Blair and Calcutta/Madras. The extension of the Port Blair runway by another 5000 feet at an estimated cost of Rs. 49.50 crores will be completed in a period 36 months. This will pave way for operating larger Air crafts such as A-300 and A-320 which would be a major step towards the promotion of tourism in these Islands. The National Airport Authority is contemplating to install sophisticated facilities like instrument landing system etc. to enable Aircrafts to land even during the poor visibility conditions. Once these facilities are created the International Airlines will be encouraged to operate flights which will facilitate tourism promotion and direct cargo movement between Port Blair and other national/international destinations.

  4. PORTS:

    The Ports of A&N Islands are strategically located and in the vicinity of three major international shipping routs. These are 23 notified ports which are spread over the entire stretch of A&N Islands. These may be broadly categorised as follows:-

  5. INDUSTRIAL GUIDANCE BUREAU:

    A&N Administration proposes to set up a fully computerised Industrial Guidance Bureau during the 9th Five Year Plan with the objective of simplifing the procedural formalities for setting up industrial units for ensuring time bound clearances and speedy implementation of projects. The idea of starting this Bureau is to provide a system of Single Window clearance for industrial The Industrial Guidance Bureau would act as an Information Bank with complete networking facility for data/information pertaining to availability of raw materials, power, water, land, land policy and marketing. This would facilitate dissemination of information at a faster pace. This Bureau would guide the potential/existing entrepreneurs in choosing and selecting the right product of manufacture and to set up the project. A Facilitation Committee would be constituted under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Industries) with representatives at various agencies involves in industrial promotion as members to review periodically the problems faced by Industrial Units and resolve pending matters relating to Power, Water, Land Availability and conversion, land policy and statutory clearances etc.

  6. COMMON TESTING FACILITIES AND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

    Industries cannot survive and grow without constant efforts to update their products, both in design and performance to meet the changing demand pattern. For this purpose, it is necessary that the Research and Development programme should grows as an integral part of any industrial development programme. The Govt. of India, Ministry of Industry, New Delhi has therefore on the request of the A&N Administration, approved the setting up of a common testing/repair facility center in Dollygunj, under the aegis of the branch office of the Small Industries Service Institute, Port Blair. A proposal to add a Research and Development section to the center is also under consideration. It is necessary for local industries to adopt the latest technology for their own survival and growth. In deserving cases, the Administration may help the industries in obtaining technology either by itself or through other agencies, and transfer the same to a number of small units so that they are not deprived of the benefits of latest technology because of its high cost.

  7. PROJECT PROFILES

    The District Industries Center has a collection of nearly 1000 project profiles on various products and 100 numbers of project profiles exclusively prepared on identified location specific products under the Prime Minister's Rozghar Yojana. All these project profiles are available for reference and guidance in the Technical Library of the Department.