Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 29 July 2025
Mr. Bishnu Pada Ray, Hon’ble Member of Parliament, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, has issued a powerful attraction to the Andaman & Nicobar Administration to take quick steps in the direction of reopening the Wandoor Sea Beach, which has remained closed for greater than eight years following a crocodile assault in 2017.
In a letter addressed to the Chief Secretary of the A&N Administration and copied to the Hon’ble Union Home Minister Mr. Amit Shah, the MP criticised the extended closure of one of many Islands’ most scenic and standard vacationer locations. He highlighted the extreme affect this has had on the livelihoods of residents, particularly unemployed youth in and across the Wandoor Gram Panchayat of Ferrargunj Tehsil.
Mr. Ray acknowledged that regardless of repeated assurances by the Administration that the closure could be momentary and that satisfactory security measures could be put in place, no concrete motion has been taken by the involved departments — neither the Forest Department nor the Department of Tourism. No everlasting infrastructure, similar to crocodile monitoring techniques, security nets, or lifeguards, has been applied to make sure customer security or permit for the managed reopening of the seashore.
Drawing a comparability, the MP identified {that a} related crocodile-related incident in Swaraj Dweep in 2020 was swiftly addressed with security measures, permitting tourism to proceed with out long-term disruption. However, Wandoor Beach has seen no such urgency or seriousness regardless of persistent appeals from native panchayats, PRI members, and unemployed youth.
In his communication, Mr. Ray made the next key calls for:
- A radical and quick reassessment of the present standing of Wandoor Beach in session with the Forest, Tourism Departments, and native stakeholders.
2. Installation of sturdy security infrastructure together with crocodile surveillance, security nets, educated lifeguards, warning signage, and emergency protocols.
3. Swift reopening of the seashore for regulated tourism and swimming actions.
The MP careworn that reopening Wandoor Sea Beach shouldn’t be merely a tourism difficulty however a matter of financial survival for a whole lot of native households who’ve been pushed into monetary misery as a consequence of extended inaction.
