Port Blair, Dec 23: The Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Chief Secretary to direct the Shipping Department to schedule Ship for Car Nicobar via Hut Bay atleast once or twice a month.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary the Member of Parliament mentioned that due to the non-availability of ships for Car Nicobar via Hut Bay, a lot of people from Nicobari Community are unable to visit Car Nicobar to meet with their family members.
He added that there are thousands of Nicobari brother and sisters at Little Andaman Island, who have a strong link with Car Nicobar but presently due to unavailability of connecting ships, they are forced to come to Port Blair and wait for several weeks to get a ship for Car Nicobar and they have to undergo similar hardship in their return journey. For this journey from Little Andaman to Car Nicobar and vice versa via Port Blair they have to incur heavy expenditure and go through tremendous mental agony.
The Member of Parliament pointed out that there are hundreds of Nicobari brothers and sisters in Little Andaman who have been waiting to visit Car Nicobar since more than the last one year.
He mentioned that occasional ships to Car Nicobar via Hut Bay are also required to supply fresh vegetable, fish and meat from Little Andaman to Car Nicobar Island, where a large number of tribal population and government servants and their families reside.
The Member of Parliament said that such connecting ships will also open up business opportunities for poor farmers and other small business owners of Little Andaman, who have already suffered heavy financial loss during this pandemic time.
