BJP seeks better deal for Dweep passengers

“It is not the first time that such an incident is happening. The passengers who were stranded in Kochi due to the delay in the service of the vessel are finding it difficult to meet their food and accommodation expenses,” said BJP Lakshadweep president K P Muthukoya.

He said that the BJP would launch an agitation against the apathy of the officials. The Lakshadweep administration had cancelled the sailing of mv Tipu Sultan after some defects were detected in the survey by the Marcantile Marine Department( MMD) and it was announced that sailing would be delayed for two or three days.

Adding to the islanders’ travelling woes, the administration also cancelled the sailing of ‘MV Bharat Seema’, another passenger vessel that reached Kochi from Lakshadweep on Sunday.Tipu Sultan was scheduled to leave Kochi on June 7.

With the postponement of sailing of both vessels, transportation between island and mainland at a standstill.