Sarthak Kajilal
Port Blair, Sept 14: In view of the hardships being faced by tourism service providers and general public of Havelock, the Department of Transport, UT Administration has resumed issuance of permits for public vehicles recently.
Administration had prohibited issue of permits to tourist vehicles and other public vehicles for about eight months owing to burgeoning vehicular population in the small but tourist hotspot, Havelock Island.
According to reports, increasing population of vehicles, irresponsible parking and related issues raised by people of Havelock forced the Lt. Governor to issue a bar on issue of permit to commercial vehicles. Thronged by thousands of tourists on a daily basis, Havelock is a small island with narrow road stretches and the increasing number of vehicles had become a cause of concern for the people of the area. Recently, stakeholders of the tourism industry of Havelock highlighted various problems being faced due to the prohibition, the Transport Department resumed the issue of permit to commercial vehicles.
Speaking to Andaman Sheekha, the Secretary-cum-Director, Transport, Mr JB Singh said that pending applications for issue of permit for commercial vehicles of Havelock are currently being processed.
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