Unannounced Rule Proscribing Journey of Non-Locals to Great Nicobar is Changing into Extraordinarily Irritating for Residents

Tarun Karthick

Port Blair, 18 March 2023

Campbell Bay was the one place within the Nicobar District the place everybody, together with foreigners, may journey with out restrictions. In February 2023, Administration applied an unannounced rule of not permitting non-locals to journey to Great Nicobar.

No order or notification relating to journey restrictions to Campbell Bay is offered within the public area. Still, the restriction is being enforced for journey by each air and sea.

No directions or process has been notified for non-locals to safe a ticket for travelling to Campbell Bay. 

The unannounced rule is changing into extraordinarily irritating for the residents of Great Nicobar as their non-local kin are going through difficulties in travelling to the Island. Great Nicobar has a number of companies and contractors who often supply workforce from the mainland and different elements of the Islands. Businesses and contractors are additionally going through issues in arranging tickets for his or her workforce.

No process has been introduced for the residents to use for tickets for his or her kin and workers.

It could also be obligatory to limit the motion of outsiders to Great Nicobar because of varied causes, however it is usually crucial that correct process ought to be notified in order that the kin of the locals and their workers ought to be capable of journey with none issues.