Puducherry 03: On learning that Islanders who were to travel on the chartered flight from Chennai, are stranded at Chennai airport due to suspension of air services from Chennai airport because of flooding, the Lt Governor of A & N Islands, Lt Gen A K Singh (Retd), directed immediate relief to be provided to them.
He directed the officers of the Deputy Resident Commissioner and other officials at Chennai to immediately rush to the airport and bring the Islanders back to the Andaman Bhawan and provide them all the necessary assistance.
Accordingly, a bus was hired and all those stranded Islanders were brought to Andaman Bhavan, Chennai. They were provided food and made to stay at the Bhavan.
Separately, he has asked the Civil Aviation Department to take up with Air India for arranging a special chartered flight to bring the Islanders to Port Blair.
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