<Alemao alleged that chief minister Pratapsingh Rane and the BJP had been misguiding the people of Goa over Mopa airport issue, by saying that both airports Dabolim and Mopa should function to meet the boom of tourism business in Goa, as after 20 years, the lone Dabolim Airport would not be able to accommodate more aircraft, for which Mopa is must. But it is not a fact. Dabolim airport can meet with any challenge if the government acquires addtitional land surrounding the aiport for construction of more runways, according to him. Alemao who is determined to have the Mopa airport project scapped has said that he would hit the streets from next week, starting with a meeting at Vasco to be followed by another at Navelim and thereafter across the state to get the referendum from people to support Dabolim to retain and to scrap Mopa.>
According to the report in HERALD, Churchill was threatening to quit the 'committee' constituted to go into the airport issue. The agitation etc would follow. My personal hope would be that Churchill "bats out the full 50 overs" on the committee instead of throwing his wicket away. We have tried to give him all the ammunition we can muster to help him put up a decent fight in the committee. He has to be prepared to make some adjustments for the sake of Goa as a whole and not resort to imaginary boogeymen to justify his doomed strategy. But, what the heck, its his life, right?
