You are very much right Doc.
Paid Opinions I would say. When writers are experts in publishing their views on anything and everything. Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-rj.org ----- Original Message ----- From: Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão To: goa...@goanet.org Sent: Thursday, July 18, 2013 9:15 AM Subject: "Politicising the airport issue" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: drferdina...@hotmail.com To: edi...@herald-goa.com Subject: "Politicising the airport issue" Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 09:14:47 +0530 I fully agree with the title “Politicising the airport issue” in people’s edit Herald 18 July. The Mopa issue sure has the blessings of both major National political parties in Goa, besides the other lobbies of real estate. Some disgruntled and defeated politicians are politicising the issue to garner public sympathy which is insignificant. But what is significant are the numerous sporadic letters that appear in media with distorted facts and spurious social movement that are staged by politicians to exhibit support for Mopa; like in this ‘people’s edit’ mentioned above. These writers should realise that it is only the educated who read others viewpoints whereas the uneducated mass will only scan the classified and advertisements in the media as they are mostly, brokers, contractors, waiters and cooks. Writers should also realise that politicians have not technical knowledge that one should accept their views as from technical experts in the field. There is this expert report from “International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO)” Feasibility Report 2007 stating the dual airport system “a second best solution”. It concludes “a single airport is the most efficient solution for Goa”. It also states that “the Mopa international airport will not be financially viable even with the private participation;” the reasons for which are given therein. There was a prior report by Airport de Paris International (ADPi) and STUP Consultants in 2005 which assumed that Mopa will handle three million passengers in 2010. But this number was surpassed by Dabolim in the 2010-11 season itself. This was achieved even before its current Rs 500 crore modernisation. ICAO has pointed out that new airport will require at least 12 million departing passengers and 24 million total traffic. The estimated passenger traffic is pegged at four million by 2022 as per ICAO. These are the facts from experts and not from politicians. Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão ===================================================================================== Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão. M.B.,B.S.(Bom) Margão - GOA. Tel : + 91 . 832 . 2703 100.
