<RESPONSE: All the more reason, not to pursue the Mopa agenda!> This seems to be a knee jerk political reaction, pure and simple. How does it help?
Note that Thiruvanantapuram and Cochin together help "Kerala" to vault into 7th place. Same way, Dabolim and Mopa might 'jointly' boost Goa's standing at some point in the future. A more curious finding concerns "rates of growth" at CIVIL ENCLAVES. In an earlier post we had discussed the stats at CEs like Bangalore, Hyderabad and Goa. Assuming that the present ones are for the subsequent year (say 2004-05) and adding the separate figures for domestic and international given in the previous one we find that there have been astounding rates of growth at Bangalore, Hyderabad and to a lesser extent at Goa. How have Bangalore and Hyderabad achieved these ROGs? Are their slot control regimes somehow different from Goa's? Why cant Goa be as flexible? Some information sharing on goanet about Bangalore and Hyderabad slot control regimes may prove to be eye-openers. Cheers!