Port Blair, Jun 23: Mr. Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member BJP, Former State President BJP, A&N Islands and Member Home Ministry Advisory Committee, GoI has requested the Union Minister of State for Highways, Roadways and Civil Aviation GoI to consider the extreme urgency involved in the matter related to fishermen.
In his letter, he mentioned that he has been approached by a large number of fishermen who have informed that the air cargo operation for transporting the daily chilled fish from air cargo to Flights has been stopped since 17th May 2022, due to which they are suffering immensely. By this time, they have already suffered heavy loss and damage, as the fish are perishable items.
Further, he stated that the Airport authority informed that the only agency which is authorized for transporting the daily chilled fish from air cargo to Flights has been stopped due to non-clearance of the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.
He mentioned that the fishermen’s community informed that the papers for clearance are pending for a long time due to which the entire fishermen’s community is suffering heavy loss and the people of these Islands are also facing a crisis.
Therefore, Mr. Vishal Jolly requested the Union Minister to kindly direct the concerned authority to intervene in this issue and pass necessary instructions/directions to either make some alternative arrangements and start the cargo operations for loading the chilled fishes to the flights or to permit the authorized agency to operate pending clearance of papers from the Bureau of Civil Aviation Security.
