Staff Correspondent
Havelock, Jan 03: Recently the Lt. Governor of Andaman Nicobar Island visited the Havelock Island and directed the authorities to improve the basic infrastructure so that the Havelock Island, which is the face of Andaman tourism, gets a facelift. He had also categorically directed the authorities to address the load shedding problem.
But sadly, it appears that the directions of the Lt. Governor have been taken too lightly by the Electricity Department.
Yesterday, the Jetty area of Havelock Island witnessed several hour long power cut.
Here, considering the large number of tourists visiting Havelock, the Shipping Department had sent a special ferry, which is scheduled to leave Havelock Island at 7.00 pm.
Absence of any light in Jetty complex made things too risky for visiting tourists. Many had to use the flash light of their mobile to reach to the ferry somehow.
A lot of tourists have already died in Andaman for various reasons in past and one more major accident at Havelock is the last thing anyone would imagine. Any passenger falling into the sea from the jetty due to lack of proper lights will be deadly as because of darkness rescue work will also become impossible at Havelock jetty.
Residents of the area demand posting of professional JEs at Havelock Island so that minor faults are addressed in war footing and problems are solved in no time. “The Electricity Department must post a full time AE at Havelock to ensure that problems of public are addressed in time-bound manner,” said a villager of Havelock Island.
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