Just a quick note, Lionel for your delightful site. Am enjoying it
best jc On 15 July 2013 07:31, Lionel Messias <lionroars....@gmail.com> wrote: > -- > > > > NEW > > *Runaway failures: a tale of failed airport projects -7* > > *July 15-21, 2013* > > *Federa airport grounded?* > > *Confusing aviation policy* > > ……………..In January 2010 the Airports Authority of India (AAI) did a > feasibility study of the proposed airport, 130 km from Ahmedabad, after > meeting top government officials and industry organizations. However, the > Gujarat government’s commitment to the project has always been suspect and > its aviation policy outwardly confused. In June the same year it announced > it had created an aviation company to meet the growing demand in the public > and private sector. It was to be named Gujarat State Aviation Company > (GUJSAC) and would be a public sector enterprise tasked with building > infrastructure and providing trained human resources for the fast growing > civil aviation sector. It also set up the Gujarat State Aviation > Infrastructure Co. Ltd (GUJSAIL). > > By the year end, in December, Gujarat declared it would set up a special > purpose vehicle (SPV) for the Dholera international airport to be called > Dholera International Airport Company Limited (DIACL), ostensibly to avail > of the benefits of the proposed Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) as > well as the (also proposed) Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC). The SPV was > to study the public private partnership (PPP), implementation of a master > plan, land acquisition and the infrastructure required……………………. > > Full story: > > http://goanspirit.com/index.php/lead/327-runaway-failures-a-tale-of-failed-airport-projects-7 > > *Lionroars – 13* > > *July 15-21, 2013* > > *The rogue VP of Betalbatim* > > Despite what the news headlines say the heated issue over the gated housing > complex in Betalbatim which the villagers are opposing, may not be over > yet. > This columnist thinks their victory may be a temporary one if the Nuvem > legislator Francisco ‘Mickky’ Pacheco is, as I believe, two-timing his own > voters in this case; despite all that emerged from the July 12th critical > meeting of the village panchayat (VP). And this would not be the first > time either. There were just too many strange events that occurred in the > run up to this victory and perhaps one of the few occasions a north Indian > developer well versed in Goa’s cesspool of deceit and under-the-table money > transactions; was vanquished. > > Let’s begin from the beginning. A resident of Majorda, Alvaro Braganza > sold approximately 3,000 sq mt of his land at Betalbatim to a person/s who > has come to be known as Ibrahim & Sons, predictably through a non resident > Goan possibly from the same village but now believed to be a resident of > Benaulim. > > Full story: > http://goanspirit.com/index.php/lion-roars/lion-roars-2013/325-lionroars-14 > > *July 15-21, 2013* > > *Falling rupee could crash land Mopa* > > It should be the next level of anxiety but nevertheless it’s going to be a > reality when Mopa comes, if it comes. When swanky airports built by > private companies come, user fees follow because it costs thousands of > crores sometimes to build airports. And they are always destined to go > skywards as passengers using the Greenfield Bengaluru and Hyderabad > airports are discovering, several years after they were completed. > > So Mopa becoming a reality will definitely come with the rider that > travelers will have to fork out big money to use the airport. For those > not in the know, the story unfolding at Bengaluru and Hyderabad airports > are a glimpse into the future. While at Dabolim, which is run by the > Airports Authority of India (a government-agency), Mopa will have a PPP > model. Therefore the current airport is not charging flyers an arm and a > leg to use it, but at Mopa, the picture will be totally different………………. > > Full story: > > http://goanspirit.com/index.php/news-summary/324-falling-rupee-could-crash-land-mopa > > *July 15-21, 2013* > > *Team GS* > > *Proof of the Pudding….* > > After 16 months as the chief minister of Goa, it’s time Manohar Parrikar > stops acting like an opposition leader whose only focus is to score brownie > points off the Congress and get down to governance rather than making > expansive promises about accomplishing all and sundry. And nothing > happens on the ground. > > The casino issue is an example. Parrikar is still stuck on exposing the > Congress. “The first casino was given the license by Congress. All > subsequent casinos came to the state during the tenure of the Congress > government. They should answer the people how much money they have made by > issuing licenses,” he said last week…………….. > > Full story: * * > > > http://goanspirit.com/index.php/contact-us/letters/111-the-week-that-was/328-proof-of-the-pudding > > *July 15-21, 2013* > > *Goa’s Vintage Vinters* > > *Lionel Messias* > > Like wine is all about how long it is matured, it seems logical to assume > that homemade wine makers traditionally called vintners are matured persons > themselves. Proof of my age theory is the fact that two of Goa’s truly > dedicated vintners are 80 (Dr John Carmo Rodrigues) and 65-years-old > (Anselmo Mascarhenas and his co-vintner/wife Mary Santan). From the > confines of their homes in Chinchinim and Parra respectively, they turn out > an incredible array of fruity wines albeit in small quantities because > without the modern technology used by big and popular wine makers, theirs > is undoubtedly a painstaking task. “A tiny bit of air leakage into the pot > during the fermentation process will turn wine into vinegar. In fact, > right now we are selling some vinegar which was meant to be grape wine,” > Mary Santan said, brushing off her loss with a smile. The smile is also > proof that even after 30-years of fine tuning right up to being perfect > vintners today, a hiccup can occur…………… > > Full story: > http://goanspirit.com/index.php/travel/326-goa-s-vintage-vintners > > > > > > > Lionel Messias > Editor, > *Goan Spirit*, *Goa's Spirited Online Weekly Magazine.* > ** > Website:www.goanspirit.com > > Worked for the best: > Goa Today, Gomantak Times, Herald, Mid-Day, The Pioneer, > Indian Express (Bangalore), Economic Times (Chennai, Hyderabad), > Newstime (Hyderabad), Gulf News (Hyderabad) > > 125-E, Bellem, Velsao, > P.O. Cansaulim, > Goa 403712 > Tel: 0832-2884484 > Mob:9822152164 >