Tarun Karthick
Sri Vijaya Puram, 07 July 2025
Angshuman Roy, State Youth President of Hindu Rashtra Shakti, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, has written to the Chief Secretary of the A&N Administration, urging fast motion to resolve the escalating parking disaster at GB Pant Hospital, Sri Vijaya Puram.
In his illustration, Roy highlighted the extreme scarcity of parking house on the hospital, which he stated has led to each day chaos and inconvenience for sufferers, attendants, and hospital workers. “The existing parking infrastructure is grossly inadequate to handle the volume of vehicles arriving at the hospital each day,” he said.
Due to the overflow of automobiles, adjoining roads—together with the busy Cellular Jail Road—typically grow to be congested, obstructing ambulance motion and compromising emergency response occasions. Many sufferers and their households are compelled to park so far as Netaji Stadium or the seafront and return to the hospital through auto-rickshaws, including each bodily and monetary pressure throughout already aggravating conditions.
Roy additionally identified that the hospital workers face issue in accessing the hospital premises throughout peak hours, which straight impacts well timed healthcare supply.
To deal with this urgent difficulty, Roy proposed the fast building of a multi-level parking facility on the prevailing hospital parking web site. He instructed {that a} construction with three or extra ranges might accommodate over 300 automobiles, guarantee devoted emergency lanes, and cut back congestion round essential junctions reminiscent of Jail Junction.
He additional appealed to the Administration to:
- Conduct a feasibility research for the proposed multi-level parking facility;
- Allocate budgetary provisions for the venture within the upcoming infrastructure plan;
- Form a joint oversight committee comprising hospital authorities, PWD officers, and visitors police for clean implementation.
Describing the scenario as a matter of public security and dignity, Roy referred to as for pressing administrative intervention to make sure uninterrupted healthcare entry and civic comfort.
A replica of the illustration has additionally been forwarded to the Member of Parliament, Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
