Port Blair, May 10: On the issue of stranded Islanders in various parts of India, the former Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands , Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray has written a letter to the Prime Minister of India, Home Minister of India and Lt. Governor of A & N Islands requesting their intervention.
In his letter he mentioned that it has come to light that many permanent inhabitants of A & N islands
are stranded at Chennai, Vizag, Kolkata, Delhi, Rajasthan, Bangalore etc. cities. He added that most of the stranded islanders are patients (who had gone for treatment at mainland), students, old aged persons, many government, private employees, devotees, spouses and children, business men of these Islands etc.
“These islanders have not been able to return to islands due to lockdown and are presently living under extreme stress being exhausted, physically/ mentally/ financially. As such, their return at the earliest convenience would be of paramount importance,” Mr. Ray added.
He requested to plan their return at the earliest by either Ship or flight with a plan for their institutional quarantine at the islands as the islands are presently free of any positive cases of COVID-19.
