Port Blair, Sept. 23: The Member of Parliament, Shri. Kuldeep Rai Sharma today met the Secretary of Transport Department and highlighted the crucial issue of shortage of buses in Diglipur region for which general public, especially school children are suffering heavily.

Highlighting the problem of Diglipur region, the Member of Parliament said that due to shortage of STS Buses, school going children, especially girl students, are facing huge inconvenience on a daily basis, due to overcrowding and getting no seat inside the bus.

He said that in many cases students travel from a long distance in STS buses to reach their respective schools and often due to overcrowding it becomes difficult to find a place in the buses during school timings.

The Member of Parliament demanded to send more buses for Diglipur region considering the vast area and huge population under Diglipur region.

The Secretary of Transport Department gave a patient hearing and assured to do the needful to fulfill the demand.