NGOs' demand immediate assistance to stranded Students & Teachers in GSSS Swadesh Nagar

The Non-Gazetted Govt. Officers’ Association, Andaman and Nicobar Islands has demanded  rushing of  immediate assistance to  the students and teachers stranded  in the Govt. Sr. Secondary  School, Swadesh Nagar, Middle Andaman.  In a letter sent to the Chief Secretary, Andaman and Nicobar Administration,  Shri D. Ayyappan, General Secretary  of the Association  said that he has received telephonic information from Middle Andaman that about 200 students and all the teachers of  Govt. Sr. Secondary School, Swadesh Nagar, Middle Andaman are stranded  in the  school building today (08.10.2013)  as they are unable to go out due to heavy rain and  flood in  the  Billiground area.   He has also informed the Cheif Secretary that the entire ATR  from Billiground to CFO Nallah are heavily flooded and vehicular traffic came to a halt. 

          The Association informed the Chief Secretary that the students and teachers who are in the school building from 8 a.m. today remain without food and water.  Shri Ayyappan informed the Chief Secretary that  he has spoken to the teachers in the said school over telephone and they asked him  to request the Administration to extend necessary assistance to the students and teachers in the said school.The Association  has requested the Chief Secretary  to direct the DistrictAdministration of North and Middle Andaman to rush necessary assistance to the said school and to ensure that all the students  returned to their homes today itself.   He further requested the Chief Secretary to  direct the North and Middle Andaman District Administration to provide all other assistance including food and water to the stranded students and teachers.