Snake triggers panic in All India Radio :::: High Drama near ‘Drama Studio’ of AIR, Port Blair

Staff Correspondent
Port Blair, Jan 15: A snake today disrupted the programme production works of All India Radio Port Blair for nearly five hours.

According to reports a long snake entered inside the audition studio of All India Radio Port Blair this morning. When someone noticed the snake, he immediately cautioned others and everyone inside the studio came out and cried for help.

Soon a team of Forest Department was called to catch the snake. Though the snake was seen somewhere around 10.30 am but only by 3.30 pm, the snake could be caught, to the much delight of AIR staffs.

This is not the first such incident in All India Radio Port Blair. Earlier in several occasions snakes had entered the studio and duty room area. Very recently a snake had bitten a lady causal announcer at night hours.

Sources said that the jungle around the All India Radio’s Port Blair unit is infested with deadly snakes and in future human and wildlife conflict may yield fatal results.

This is high time for the authorities of All India Radio, Port Blair to clean bushes and jungle around the studio and approach road to get rid of snake menace.