Car Nicobar Sub-Division
The Car Nicobar Sub Division is consisting of four Police Stations i.e. Car Nicobar, Nancowrie, Katchal and Teressa, one Look out post Tilongchoung at PS Nancowrie and one Out Post Chowra at PS Teressa.
Teressa Police Station
- A Cleanliness drive conducted in the occassion of swatch bharat abhiyan
- An expedition cum interactio program for school children
- Joint community interaction programme at bambooka island
- A Fire fighting demonstration at primary school alurong village
- A awareness programme on Cybercrime & POCSO ACT 2012
- Mass plantation drive was carried out in this PS premise for two consecutive days from 19/06/16 to 20/06/16. During the drive saplings of different kind were planted in the entire land allotted to this PS.
- On 12th June, 2016 A Community Interaction programme for fisherman group was held at this PS premises chaired by Shri. A. Alex anand Deputy Commandant along with Shri. Ankur Vashistha Assis. Commandant coastguard, the undersigned and few sailors of coastguard.
- On 10th June, 2016 A Mock drill on Crowd Controlling actions was conducted/ performed by associating locals as well as inhabitants of this Island. During the drill the undersigned along with SI M.S Murugan (IRBN) and the police party consisting Fire service staffs and staffs of this PS duly performed the event at appreciating level.
- A Six-Day Training course on “Disaster Management & Disaster Preparedness “(CSSR & MFR) undertaken by SI M.S Murugan (IRBN) at the premises of this PS the course initiated from 06/06/16 and brought to a close on 11/06/16.
- On 04/06/16 from 0600hrs to 0830hrs in a true letter & spirit, a special cleanliness drive conducted at Bengali village, Teressa. All the staff of this PS and staffs from fire service under the supervision of the undersigned participated in the cleanliness drive in fully enthusiasm
- A beach clean drive was conducted on 02/01/16 at Bengali village near Teressa jetty beach involving all the PS stff. Cleaned the menace of garbage smudged with plastic bottles, domestic waste etc. All the garbage were collected and disposed off. This beach is also used by the dinghy commuter. Efforts have been made by this cleaning drive to reshuffle the beauty of beach.
- 27th road safety week is being organised in this PS jurisdiction from 16/01/16 to21/01/16. In which various programme on road safety like special drive on drunken driving, village level Motor Cycle rally with proper helmet, Lecture on Road Safety, Traffic checking and Painting competition on Road Safety is being organised.
- A beach clean drive was conducted on 16/02/16 at Safed Balu beach involving all the PS staff. All the staff involved in this cleaning drives have been briefed about the value and necessity of the cleanliness.
About the Teressa Police Station
Phone No: 03193-294039
Police Station Teressa was started functioning on 03/02/2005 vide Notification No.4-67/97-Home dated 02/02/2005 at Bengali village. Before this, there was Look Out Post at Teressa. Police Out Post Chowra comes under the jurisdiction of this PS.
The Police Station is functioning in a newly constructed double storied RCC building located at Bengali village inaugurated by Shri. Sharad Agarwal, IPS, Dy. Inspector General of Police(HQ), A&N Islands on 31st May, 2011. This building has all modern basic amenities for the staff posted in the Police Station.
Teressa Island comes under Nancowrie group of Islands under Nicobar District. In Teressa Island eight villages are situated namely Bengali, Alurong, Kalasi, Kanamhinot, Minyuk, Enam, Chukmachi, Luxi and Bambooka and in which approx. 2520 tribal population are residing.
PS Teressa jurisdiction is also part of the Andaman and Nicobar Tribal Reserve Area, which bars non-tribal people from visiting or conducting business on the island without permission, subject to the provisions contained in A & N Islands (Protection of Aboriginal Tribes) Regulation 1956. PS Teressa jurisdiction having only tribe namely Nicobari constitutes the larger part and they reside in all the villages of Teressa, Bambooka and Chowra Isand. They are horticulturist and pig herders. The main food pattern of Nicobaries is Coconut, Pandanus Pulp, Fish and Rice. Pigs and Fowls are kept for freasts. Cultivated fruits of many oriental kinds are eaten everywhere. Chewing pan and taking coconut brew. The great past time of Nicobarese is feasting. Football and Volleyball are the most popular game here. Canoe racing at Chowra, Volleyball and Crict are other popular games and sports. The Primary occupation of the tribal pupulation is agriculture, which is basically limited to Coconut, Arecanut and Banana plantation.