After the first attempt of Indian Navy which was made on Wednesday and in recent the six ships of the Indian Navy and two Indian Coast Guard ships sailded to evacuate about 800 tourists from Havelock Island in Andaman and Nicobar (A & N) Islands.
According to a statement by Indian Navy, “Six Indian Navy ships and two Indian Coast Guard ships sailed out at 9.30 a.m. from Port Blair for rescue operations. Three Indian Air Force helicopters also taking part in IN, ICG, Army, State administration joint operation for evacuation of stranded tourists in the Havelock Island.”
The sudden evacuation mission was initiated at the request of the A&N disaster management which speculates that a "cyclonic storm" might struck Havelock, an island about 36 km from capital Port Blair.
But the tourists could not reach the jetty to board the ships due to extreme weather conditions.
According to the officials from A & N Disaster management said, “Now the weather conditions have improved. It's only moderate rain and winds. We hope the tourists will be able to reach the jetty. Ships have already left from Port Blair.”
The official also said that the sudden evacuation was called for as they did not want to take any risk given a deep depression (in the sea) developed about 310 kms from Port Blair.
Earlier, due to the cyclone came on the Island which arised the problems of the tourists who were there at the same time.
As you know, the Home Minister Rajnath Singh also gave a statement on Thursday that the tourists on Havelock Island are safe and the government planned everything to rescue them from the Island.
--with agency inputs
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