Vishal Jolly Takes Up Problems with Distant Islands of Nicobar District with Chief Secretary

Tarun Karthick

Port Blair, 30 November 2022

Mr. Vishal Jolly, National Executive Member, Bharatiya Janata Party was on a tour to the distant Islands of the Nicobar District lately. After coming back from his tour, Mr. Jolly has now written a letter to the Chief Secretary highlighting the problems associated to energy provide, road lights, non-availability of generator and so on. which is severely affecting the lives of the Islanders residing in Dering Island, Katchal Island, Teressa Island, Chowra Island, Champion Island & Pilpillow.

Mr. Vishal Jolly in his letter has highlighted that there’s a full blackout at Dering Island for the final 4 months due to which persons are going through quite a lot of difficulties. Mr. Jolly has additional talked about that the generator from Dering Island has been transported to Port Blair months in the past for restore and it’s nonetheless stored at Port Blair. 

Mr. Jolly additionally knowledgeable that in Sola Tekri Village of Katchal Island round 60-70 households have their homes, however hardly 3-4 homes have energy provide. He additionally knowledgeable that in Meenakshi Ram Village, E-Wall and Sola Tekri village of Katchal Island there aren’t any road lights.

Mr. Jolly additionally talked about that in Teressa Island out of the 2 turbines one generator developed faults round two years in the past. He added that the opposite generator is used to provide energy from 9:00 Am to 1:00 Pm and 6:00 Pm to five:00 Am and for the remainder of the day the Island faces full blackout. Mr. Vishal Jolly additionally talked about to the Chief Secretary that if the one generator at the moment functioning develops some points then there can be a whole blackout in Teressa Island.

Mr. Jolly additionally highlighted the plight of the residents of Chowra Island who’re hardly in a position to get 16-17 hours of energy a day. Mr. Jolly knowledgeable that one other DG Set of 125 KV could be required to supply an uninterrupted energy provide.

Mr. Vishal Jolly additionally talked about in his letter that in Champin Island energy is provided from 09:00 Am to 1:00 Pm and 6:00 Pm to five:00 Am, however on weekends and on the times when faculties are shut, energy isn’t provided in the course of the day time in any respect. Street mild isn’t accessible in any village and one generator out of the 2 has been stored at Port Blair for practically two years for restore.

Mr. Jolly talked about that in Pilpillow all road lights require alternative and round 20 Km of energy cables are internally broken and require fast alternative. Official automobiles are non-functional as a result of which fast restore works usually are not carried out. 

Mr. Jolly talked about that in Pilpillow all road lights require alternative and round 20 Km of energy cables are internally broken and requires fast alternative. Official automobiles are non-functional as a result of which fast restore works usually are not carried out.