Port Blair, Mar 21: Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, the Member of Parliament, Andaman has submitted a letter to Railway Ministry vide dated 20th March,2018 with the submission of that the UT of A & N Islands is a backward area and most of the eligible aspiring candidates are belonging to economically weaker section and facing financial constraint even for maintaining their livelihood.
So, participating the recruitment examination by the eligible candidates of this UT Islands at mainland is not only a matter of travelling of long journey by ship, but also the matter of huge expenses towards travel and stay at mainland. Mr. Ray in his letter further added that earlier there was Railway Recruitment Examination centre at Port Blair which have discontinued since past several years.
This results, the aspiring candidates who are from the economically weaker section of A & N Islands are deprived due to non availability Railway Recruitment Centre at Port Blair, as they are not capable to afford such expenses.
Recently the Railway Department has notified large number of vacancies. So, considering the above bottleneck situation of the Islanders, Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, MP has requested the Minister of Railway to conduct Railway Recruitment Examination also in Port Blair for the benefit of Islanders.”
