Staff Correspondent
Diglipur, Mar 22: Mr. Akram Feroze, a Cyclist Dramatist met with an accident today while he was heading toward Diglipur, on his cycle. According to reports, near a sharp turning at Kerala Junction (nearly 12 km away from Diglipur) Akram failed to negotiate with the turn and fell into a 15 feet deep trench. But the Cyclist Dramatist, dramatically survived the accident but his cycle was heavily damaged.
Akram was lucky again that he was still within mobile network coverage area and hence he immediately called people at Port Blair for help. Soon a SOS update was posted by Mr. Zubair Ahmed, Editor of Light of Andaman in Facebook. Mr. D J Venkatesh from A&Z Travels, Diglipur reacted immediately to the Facebook message and sent a vehicle to rescue Akram. He was immediately brought to Community Health Centre Diglipur for treatment. As there were no major injuries, Akram was allowed to leave the hospital after first aid. According to last report Akram, has now got his cycle repaired and is planning to stay back in Diglipur for few days. Akram Feroze is popular for organizing street plays on social issues in remote areas.
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