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http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article1726103.ece
Goa's answer to 'Baywatch' unveiled
By David Randall
Published: 24 September 2006
First, the good news for bathers on the notoriously treacherous
beaches off Goa in southern India: women lifeguards have been hired.
Now the really good news: they won't be Baywatch-style bikini-clad
posers, but, in the words of a state tourism official, hardy types
from the local fishing community who regularly pull heavy boats and
nets. "These are not," said Fatima D'sa, "women anyone can misbehave
with."
They will, however, wear one-piece bathing costumes, a rare sight in
conservative India where women commonly wear saris when they take a
dip in the sea. The guards will also be fully trained in resuscitation
and life-saving techniques, and have a good knowledge of the local
tides.
The female lifeguards are part of a batch of 100 newly appointed
life-savers. These skills are sorely needed. More than 200 people have
drowned in the Arabian Sea off Goa over the past four years. In 2006
alone, 45 people drowned, six of them on a single day last month.
Goa, a former Portuguese colony, has a large Christian population -
unlike most of India, which is mostly Hindu. The area's white-sand
beaches are probably best known to Westerners as a stop on the old
hippie trail. Goa remains popular with backpackers, as do its
drug-infused beach parties. More than two million tourists throng its
beaches each year.
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DEV BOREM KORUM.
Gabe Menezes.
London, England
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