Sanjib, Port Blair: The Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Mr. Kuldeep Rai Sharma today requested the Chief Secretary to withdraw the system of seeking permission from DC, N&M Andaman for travelling to South Andaman from North and Middle Andaman District.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary, the Member of Parliament mentioned that certain restrictions imposed on Islanders during the second wave of COVID-19 are still continuing, which are causing great troubles to the Islanders.
He pointed out that one such restriction was to seek permission from the Deputy Commissioner of North and Middle Andaman for traveling to South Andaman from North and Middle Andaman, which has become a constant source of harassment for people of North and Middle Andaman.
The MP mentioned that Andaman and Nicobar Islands have a negligible number of COVID-19 patients and there are hardly any COVID-19 cases in North and Middle Andaman and hence seeking permission from DC, N&M Andaman, every time for travelling to South Andaman, is unnecessary. Moreover, for villagers living in remote pockets of North and Middle Andaman, it becomes too difficult to find someone to write an application on their behalf for a movement permit.
He added that in other cases of urgency like attending funerals, medical cases, court cases the process of seeking permission for the movement, causes further agony for the Islanders.
Considering all these issues the Member of Parliament requested the Chief Secretary to withdraw the system of seeking permission from DC, N&M Andaman for travelling to South Andaman from North and Middle Andaman region and allow people to travel to South Andaman as per their own convenience and time, without any restriction, as it was the case before the second wave of COVID-19. News courtesy Andaman Sheekha
