------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------- Drownings galore but who cares! -------------------------------------------- Five drowning deaths in 18 days. These bare figures stare at the authorities in the face and is a grim reminder on the safety of tourists along Salcete's coast.
Red flags signaling danger zones are erected on Salcete's beaches from Mobor to Colva but there appears to be no one in sight to enforce caution. And the absence of life guards for the last three days has only made matters worse, with none of the authorities police, tourism officials or tourist police around to guide the desi tourists. Take for instance, Saturday's tragic drowning incident. Reports say the 30-member group of 3rd year engineering students and two teachers from Hyderabad arrived at Colva beach shortly after 6.30 pm. When five members of the group ventured into the waters, none of the authorities were present to advise and stop the tourists from going into the sea. Again, Sunday saw Colva beach playing host to a large number of desi tourists who came in chartered buses from their States. No doubt, the Director of Tourism has issued notices asking tourists and locals to avoid venturing into the sea in the absence of the life guards, but that hardly made an impact on the tourists. Incidentally, Colva police says that the cops are aware of the Tourism Director's caution, but appeared helpless in implementing the warning. "It's impossible to patrol when hundreds of tourists descend on the beach. Even otherwise, there are no takers for any advise against swimming in the rough sea", maintained a police official. But, authorities admit that the deaths of five young tourists reported in just a month off Colva and Varca is a warning signal to save the situation. In fact, the drowning incidents began with the death of young railway electronic engineer from Hyderabad off Colva on July 24 when the trainees came on a study tour. ----------------------- HERALD 14/8/06 ----------------------- ======================================= GOA DESC RESOURCE CENTRE Documentation + Education + Solidarity 11 Liberty Apts., Feira Alta, Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Working On Issues Of Development & Democracy ======================================= -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.10.9/417 - Release Date: 8/11/2006 _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list Goanet@lists.goanet.org http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
