John Wilbert & Rabindranath
Long Island, Nov 23: About four years ago the Forest Department had constructed a semi RCC building in Long Island near Jetty for Canteen purposes for the tourists as well as for the people of Long Island and the idea was to provide food for locals, visiting Islanders and tourists.
However, as per report, after completion of construction work of the proposed canteen, it was reportedly locked and left un-inaugurated and the reasons behind it are best known to the concerned authorities. As such, the building has been losing its lustre day by day since its construction.
The proposed canteen is in the proximity of the Jetty in Long Island, hardly a 200 meter (approx.) from the pier, and once inaugurated, it will definitely cater to the needs of the tourists and will also prove to be immensely popular among locals and government servants posted at Long Island, the residents claimed. Hence, the people of Long Island are thrillingly demanding the opening of the Canteen.
On the other hand, keeping such a building (to be used as a canteen) unused for years together is undeniably a waste of money as observed by Mr. Kamaraj, Pradhan Long Islands.
Four years ago, Tourism Department A & N Administration had reportedly given the fund to the Forest Department for constructing a semi RCC Building to be used as a Canteen and accordingly, the Forest Department successfully constructed the building, he further disclosed.
But he sees no justification to keep the proposed canteen closed for such a long time, he said.
He further added that the built Canteen should be opened so that tourists as well as local residents can get benefitted. “If the Forest Department has no plan to open the Canteen, then they should handover it to a Self Help Groups (SHG) so that they could run it and earn some money, which will also lead to employment generation,” Mr. Kamaraj suggested.
