Mervyn: You are right. Unfortunately for Anjuna, the sand is being used for construction. In about five to ten years most of these structures will need major work.
Tim de Mello Anjuna ============ >From: Mervyn Lobo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [Goanet] Letter - Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna >beaches >Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2002 18:59:15 -0400 (EDT) > >Tim de Mello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Re:Illegal extraction of sand from Anjuna beaches > >Tim, >Pray tell me what they are using the sand for? > >And please don't say it is for construction as I >always thought that you could not use salt >contaminated sand with cement. > >In fact, if I remember correctly, POW's in WWII who >were forced to do construction work used to mix salt >into concrete so that it would weaken the structure. > >Mervyn > _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-W-E-B---S-I-T-E-=-=-= To Subscribe/Unsubscribe from GoaNet | http://www.goacom.com/goanet =================================================================== For (un)subscribing or for help, Contact: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dont want so many e=mails? Join GoaNet-Digest instead ! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Help support non-commercial projects in Goa by advertizing!! * * * * Your ad here !!
