Protest Brewing in Great Nicobar Amid Demand for Further Ship Crusing

Campbell Bay | May 21, 2026

The Pradhan of Gram Panchayat, Govind Nagar, Great Nicobar Island, has urged the Directorate of Shipping Services to rearrange particular and extra ship companies between Campbell Bay and Sri Vijaya Puram in view of the extreme scarcity of ship tickets affecting residents of Great Nicobar Island.

In a letter addressed to the Director of Shipping Services, the Pradhan of Gram Panchayat Govind Nagar highlighted that every one tickets for the upcoming sailings have already been booked, leaving many passengers stranded regardless of pressing journey necessities.

The Panchayat acknowledged that the state of affairs has change into significantly troublesome for faculty college students who had returned to Great Nicobar throughout their annual trip and are actually unable to safe tickets to return for his or her examinations. Several college students are reportedly nervous about lacking their exams because of the unavailability of seats on the vessel scheduled to sail on May 21.

The letter additional talked about that quite a lot of youths who had travelled to Campbell Bay for Forest Mazdoor recruitment bodily exams performed by the Forest Department are additionally stranded on the island due to the scarcity of ship companies. According to the Panchayat, lots of them are dealing with hardship whereas staying within the distant island for prolonged intervals.

It was additionally identified that passenger motion has elevated considerably because of the ongoing trip season, instructional journey associated to varsity admissions and better research, medical and family-related journeys, in addition to the upcoming Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) vacation.

The Gram Panchayat has requested the Shipping Directorate to rearrange a particular vessel service instantly and schedule further sailings of vessels comparable to Nalanda or Sindhu from Sri Vijaya Puram to Campbell Bay on May 22 and from Campbell Bay to Sri Vijaya Puram on May 24.

The Panchayat acknowledged that the extra sailings would enormously assist stranded passengers, significantly college students and youths who urgently have to journey to Sri Vijaya Puram.

Meanwhile, the letter additionally warned that if the real calls for of the general public are usually not addressed on the earliest, affected passengers and native residents could stage a peaceable dharna on May 22 at 9 am in entrance of the Office of the Assistant Commissioner, Campbell Bay, in search of fast intervention within the matter.