Stephen Bab, Looks like that vsl will be there for some time, the owners did nothing to avoid this and looks like its a perfect beaching of the vessel.
The vessel will sinking deeper and one JCB cant do anything. There seems to be no objections from NIO or any other land protection agencies...and I think the only solution will be to let it stay there or cut the vessel. There are chances the vsl may break even if they try to tow it, since its an older vessel. Regards Eddie Verdes On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 7:51 PM, Stephen Dias <[email protected]> wrote: > [24/07, 21:53] Stephen Dias: How an Off-Shore Casino came On-Shore? > ============================ > ARTICLE WRITTEN > By Ashwin Tombat > 23 July 2017 18:54 IST > > > COMMENTS: > [24/07, 21:53] By Stephen Dias > I think according to Ashwin Tombat reporting on Lucky -7 it appears we are > heading for trouble as many of the points mentioned by him are true. I was > associated with the River Princess removal episode and two long articles > were written by me and Dr Joe D'Sousa in the Gomantak Times which resulted > in full payment being made conditional to the debris being removed from the > sea off Candolim beach. > There was enough pressure from the then Congress Govt to clear their > payment, until former NIO Director Dr.S.W.A. Naqvi dived with underwater > gadgets and reported that debris still existed. Our NIO divers, Scientist > Dr. Chaubey and his team did extremely good surveys despite pressure to > give a green signal. > Now the same Arihant Ship Breakers are asked to do the salvaging. Their > past record shows they may try shortcuts which will result in trouble > during removal of this grounded boat as said by Tombat. If there is > breakage of the hull during removal it could cause environmental damage to > our pristine beach at Miramar which will impact the health of the thousands > of visitors and people living in surrounding areas and will cause major > impact to biodiversity. > Hope this present BJP government opens their eyes and makes sure the > removal operation is done in a scientific manner. > > Stephen Dias > Former NIO Technical Officer > Dona Paula > > Sent from my Samsung device
