Port Blair, Apr 19:  The Lt. Governor has delegated the authority for issue of free bus passes to persons with disabilities to the Directorate of Social Welfare with immediate effect under single window system. In view of this, all the persons with disabilities who are holding valid disability identity card have been advised to contact any of the officers viz. Director (SW), Programme Officer (ICDS), Assistant Commissioners of Nancowry, Campbell Bay, CDPO (Car Nicobar), CDPO (Rangat), CDPO (Diglipur), CDPO (Ferrargunj) and CDPO (UP) for getting their bus passes affixed in the disability identity card. 

Henceforth, the bus passes will be issued along with the renewal or issuance of fresh disability identity card. The validity period of bus passes would be as same as that of disability identity card.