Port Blair, June 23: The PCC President Kuldeep Rai Sharma has requested the Lt Governor to consider additional convoy on the Andaman Trunk Road. In his letter Sharma stated that while he was on tour to North and Middle Andaman, this was brought to his knowledge by the people of the areas that many times, the passengers travelling by State and private buses from Diglipur, Billiground, Rangat and Mayabunder for Port Blair are stranded at Baratang due to sudden break down of the buses they travel. Such break down needs much time to get the faults repaired and many times the passengers miss the last convoy and become helpless to find a suitable place for night stay.

The elderly person, sick person, females and children become restless with such unpredicted events. Acute problem arises to those passengers who have to proceed to mainland by Air in the next morning. Taking care of such genuine problems of the passengers, Sharma has requested the Lt Governor to consider enforcing his special powers to allow one additional convoy for such faulty buses on the day of occurrence of mishap.