2 ferry boats Madgao, Betim commissioned Written by NT Network Wednesday, 09 December 2009 00:45
PANAJI: The Chief Minister, Mr Digambar Kamat commissioned two new twin screw ferry boats Madgao and Betim in the presence of the Minister for Transport, Mr Sudin Dhavalikar at the Panaji ferry warf on Tuesday morning. This is the first batch of two of the six ferry boats procured by the state government to strengthen its fleet while another two ferry boats are expected by the end of this month while two will be commissioned in January. The two new ferries have been built at a cost of Rs 1.5 crore and have twin engines and that the ferries will not stop incase one of the engines fail besides having a 10 mm bottom plate as against the normal 8 mm plate, which can take fully loaded truck and six cars at a time. Speaking on the occasion, the Chief Minister said that four more ferry boats will be commissioned very soon and that the acquisition of the new ferries will enable the government to put more ferries on congested routes. The Transport Minister said that the existing fleet of ferry boats will be further strengthened with 4 more ferry boats to be procured in the next financial year. He said that the new procurement will be delivered by August 2010 adding, that apart, the government has already tendered the repairing of old ferry boats at an estimated cost of Rs 1.5 crore at the river navigation workshop Further, Mr Dhavalikar called upon the people of Chorao to give up their agitation as the government is looking to improve the ferry boat services. He also said that all the ferry boats will be registered with the Captain of Ports as per High Court directives. http://www.navhindtimes.in/news/goa-news/6058-2-ferry-boats-madgao-betim-commissioned
