------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre Ph:2252660 Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------------------------------------- Tenders to be floated for removing ship -------------------------------------------------------- The government on Tuesday disclosed that it would be floating tenders for removal of the grounded M V River Princess within the next two-three days.This reply came from Tourism Minister Mickky Pacheco to a query from Calangute MLA Agnelo Fernandes during Question Hour on Tuesday.
To the question which came up at the fag end of the Question Hour, Pacheco assured that as soon as the applications were received form interested parties, work orders would be issued to the qualifying company.
Pacheco in his written reply informed the house that three companies have carried out inspections of the grounded vessel in December 2003 in preparation for the bidding process.
In continuation of the process, he said, the government will now be inviting open tenders on the basis of the international salvage agreement called Wreckfixed-99 after taking assistance form the Directorate General of Shipping in finalising the terms and conditions of the bid documents.
When Fernandes flayed the government for "fooling" the people time and again on this issue, the Chief Minister replied that removing the grounded vessel was not an easy job.
When Fernandes said that a Goan company was ready to undertake the mammoth job Parrikar said, "The Goan company did not qualify." ---------------------------------------- HERALD 18/2/04 page 1 ---------------------------------------
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