For the second time this month I have heard the Navy top brass in Goa propagating the point (myth?) that Rs 70,000 crores (~$ 16 billion) have been sunk into Dabolim. As mentioned by me on the previous occasion, this figure was stated to be about Rs 25,000 crores just 18 months ago on goanet.
For good measure this time the Navy worthy added that the Rs 70K crores is from the resources of Goa! These twists were simply to justify the Navy's continuation at Dabolim and aversion to any transfer of flight training activities to Seabird/Karwar to reduce prevailing restrictions on civilian flights at the former. However, the Rear Admiral seemed resigned to the functioning of two airports (Dabolim and Mopa) and even cited the examples of New York and Tokyo's multi-airport systems! Most probably he is hoping that the civil enclave at Dabolim will die a natural death once Mopa is in full swing. This (the closure of Dabolim CE) must, of course, NOT be allowed to happen, no matter what. Cheers. _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list ([email protected])
