Cruise terminal at Aguada bay on govt agenda
BY HERALD REPORTER
PANJIM, FEB 13 - The Goa government has plans to put up a cruise
terminal at Aguada bay to boost cruise tourism and would also formulate
a 'blue print' for bringing about e-governance in the State through
public-private partnership.
This is among the various developmental works - which are either
underway or proposed to be taken up in Goa - enlisted by Governor S C
Jamir during his customary address to the Goa Assembly on the opening
day of the five-day winter session.
He said the cruise terminal proposed at Aguada bay with private
participation would cater to the large cruise vessels offering a draft
of 7 metres.
In his 30 minutes speech, the governor said the Planning Commission
during the mid-term appraisal has taken cognizance of the fact that Goa
has achieved 80 per cent of the expected resource generation in the
first four years of the 10th Five-Year Plan. Goa is ahead of the
monitorable targets in the areas of health, education and gender
equality and is nearer to the Millennium Development Goals, the Governor
said. The government has also proposed to provide broadband
connectivity in every village by laying optical fibre cable. The
government is in the process of finalising the "Universal Mediclaim"
scheme.
The government, he said, has arrested the trend of declining budgetary
support to the Goa University. An additional allocation of Rs 4 crore
has been made during the financial year.
Concerned at the rising accident rate, the government is conducting
various road safety programmes including special refresher training
courses for mining drivers.
Convention Centre, Institute of Hotel Management, Monorail, Mopa
airport, North-South Expressway, augmentation of regional water supply,
schemes to boost horticulture, fisheries, khadi industry, poultry,
eco-tourism, etc were the other highlights of Jamir's speech.
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Avelino D'Souza
