“The administration will make all arrangements to send tourists back home once they are rescued,” he said.
Flight operations are normal since morning today.
“Today we are hopeful that the stranded tourists will be brought back to Port Blair. There is no need to panic as everyone is safe,” the administration official said.
The official said that there was no report of any loss of life or major damages to property.
However, trees in the islands have been uprooted and electric posts twisted.
Besides the tourists, 600 of whom are from West Bengal, local population in ten villages of Havelock and Neil islands has been affected due to limited supply of essential commodities.
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