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The following article made interesting reading
Here is a quote from the article --
“Three bidders are from Goa – Madgavkar Salvage, Salgaocar Mining Pvt Ltd and
Sea Pleasure,”
Doesn't the River Princess belong to Salgaocar Mining Pvt. Ltd and Mr. Anil
Salgaocar?
If Salgaocar Mining Pvt. Ltd, has the winning bid to remove the trans-shipper,
the Goa Govt.
might end up paying the company crores of rupees to clean up its own mess!
I believe that elsewhere in the world, Mr. Salgaoclar would have been sued for
creating an
ecological disaster.
Naguesh
http://www.oheraldo.in/news/Main%20Page%20News/12-companies-bid-to-remove-River-Princess/35276.html
12 companies bid to remove River Princess
HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, MARCH 29
Twelve companies including two from Singapore and three from Goa have sent
their bids for removal of River Princess, which has been grounded off the
Candolim coast since 2001.
After several unsuccessful bids by Jaisu Shipping to tow away the ship, the
Tourism Department took a decision recently to cut the ship and tow it away.
“Twelve parties have submitted their bids for cutting River Princess into
pieces,” Director of Tourism Swapnil Naik told Herald.
He said that while 11 tenders were put in the tender box, one was sent by
e-mail.
“Out of the 12, two are Singapore-based companies they are Smith International
and Titan Salvagers,” he said.
“Three bidders are from Goa – Madgavkar Salvage, Salgaocar Mining Pvt Ltd and
Sea Pleasure,” he stated.
Naik said that today only the bids were opened and the technical committee
would meet again on Wednesday or Thursday to scrutinise them,”he said.
The State Disaster Management Authority recently met under the chairmanship of
Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat and decided to float new tenders to cut the
ill-fated vessel and remove it by pieces.
The authority’s decision came in the wake of indications sent by the team of
the Union Ministry of Earth Sciences, that came down to Goa recently, to
inspect the condition of the vessel. The team found that it was impossible to
tow away the vessel in view of its bad condition, especially the part not
visible from the shore.
The team has also indicated that it was not possible to tow away the ship in
view of its critical condition as it has developed cracks.
