Port Blair, Feb 02: Pointing out that no ship has been scheduled for Car Nicobar Islands since a long time, the Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma today requested the Chief Secretary of A & N Administration to schedule a ship for Car Nicobar Island, as early as possible.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary the Member of Parliament mentioned that he has been approached by some residents of Car Nicobar Island that no ship has been scheduled for Car Nicobar Island since the last nearly five weeks.
He mentioned that the last ship sailed for Car Nicobar from Port Blair on 27.12.2021 after which no ship was scheduled for Car Nicobar Island.
The Member of Parliament pointed out that due to delay in the scheduling of ships for Car Nicobar Island, a large number of people are stranded at Port Blair, many of whom are facing financial problems due to the high cost of lodging and boarding at Port Blair.
He said that not only this, there are many people at Car Nicobar who are planning to come to Port Blair for medical and other reasons but due to the unavailability of ships they are unable to do so.
