Outdated Tree Comes Crashing on Retailers at Baratang; Six Retailers Utterly Broken, One Particular person Sustains Minor Accidents

Tarun Karthick

Port Blair, 09 March 2023

As many as six small retailers close to Baratang Jetty have been broken after an outdated tree fell on them right this moment. All six retailers had been small joints promoting snacks and different eatables. 

No one was severely injured within the incident; nonetheless, one particular person sustained minor accidents. 

According to sources, the locals have been requesting the forest division to take away all harmful timber from the Forest land within the neighborhood of the retailers, however the division by no means bothered to take any motion.

The locals additionally knowledgeable that two extra harmful timber within the space pose a threat to life and property.

Soon after the incident, Fire Service Personnel arrived on the accident website and assisted.

The broken retailers offered livelihood to a number of households for the reason that final twenty years. 

Department of Environment and Forest and different departments of A & N Administration ought to instantly act on all requests to take away harmful timber, as in lots of circumstances harmful timber had been the trigger for the lack of human life.