Re: [Goanet] An utterly baffling disconnect
If you believe this you believe any thing,i believe Dabolim has no good power system. the new airport Mopa will benefit Marastra [must you trust] as they will supple electricity and get most jobs they win again if Mopa goes ahead. - Original Message From: Philip Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Wednesday, 18 June, 2008 3:20:00 AM Subject: [Goanet] An utterly baffling disconnect The Goa government has repeatedly been saying that it is for two airports in the state. Dabolim would continue and Mopa would be built up. This has been endorsed by ICAO albeit on social and political rather than solely economic grounds. Goa government only has to communicate this formally to the civil aviation ministry which it plans to do any day now. The civil aviation minister is wanting the decision and is waiting for it. He has this vision of an airport every 50 km, which some have translated to an airport in every district, of which Goa has only two. Dabolim/Mopa would fit the bill perfectly in this regard. Despite this ostensibly rosy scenario, at least half of the relevant universe in Goa is viscerally opposed to Mopa airport. Dabolim for ever, Mopa never is their war cry. Another 25% is convinced there is some sort of land scam at work in Mopa. The rest is divided between those who seriously doubt if any private player will come forward without a completely free hand to make money at Mopa (i.e. by insisting on the closure of Dabolim) and those who are convinced that the government will bungle at some point to force the closure inadvertently. Their slogan Mopa yes, but not at the cost of Dabolim. It has not helped to dispel the latters' fears when the government makes off the cuff pronouncements like Mopa will be international and Dabolim domestic ignoring the fact that international charters have plateaued at about only 4-5 per day in recent years, that too during season, and the meagre scheduled international flights (on the Gulf route) by our flag carrier have been brought to a halt leaving just a couple of flights per week by some foreign airlines. This could only result in domestic airlines stampeding from Dabolim to Mopa, provided surface transport connectivity is not as dismal as in Bangalore and Hyderabad's new airports. To cut a long story short, one expects a concerted effort to resolve the underlying problems of a two airport system and its management for the long haul and in the interests of emerging as a leader in this domain in the country, instead of simply questioning, ad nauseam, its very basis and suggesting alternatives such as the outrageous one of making Goa's very own Mopa plateau a national dump! Get real, Goa. __ Sent from Yahoo! Mail. A Smarter Email http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html
[Goanet] An utterly baffling disconnect
If you believe this you believe any thing,i believe Dabolim has no good power system. the new airport Mopa will benefit Marastra [must you trust] as they will supple electricity and get most jobsthey win again if Mopa goes ahead[Januario Po] Here is a disconnect that is absolutely real, right? If somebody can figure it out then Dabolim/Mopa may be child's play after all! Cheers.
[Goanet] An utterly baffling disconnect
The Goa government has repeatedly been saying that it is for two airports in the state. Dabolim would continue and Mopa would be built up. This has been endorsed by ICAO albeit on social and political rather than solely economic grounds. Goa government only has to communicate this formally to the civil aviation ministry which it plans to do any day now. The civil aviation minister is wanting the decision and is waiting for it. He has this vision of an airport every 50 km, which some have translated to an airport in every district, of which Goa has only two. Dabolim/Mopa would fit the bill perfectly in this regard. Despite this ostensibly rosy scenario, at least half of the relevant universe in Goa is viscerally opposed to Mopa airport. Dabolim for ever, Mopa never is their war cry. Another 25% is convinced there is some sort of land scam at work in Mopa. The rest is divided between those who seriously doubt if any private player will come forward without a completely free hand to make money at Mopa (i.e. by insisting on the closure of Dabolim) and those who are convinced that the government will bungle at some point to force the closure inadvertently. Their slogan Mopa yes, but not at the cost of Dabolim. It has not helped to dispel the latters' fears when the government makes off the cuff pronouncements like Mopa will be international and Dabolim domestic ignoring the fact that international charters have plateaued at about only 4-5 per day in recent years, that too during season, and the meagre scheduled international flights (on the Gulf route) by our flag carrier have been brought to a halt leaving just a couple of flights per week by some foreign airlines. This could only result in domestic airlines stampeding from Dabolim to Mopa, provided surface transport connectivity is not as dismal as in Bangalore and Hyderabad's new airports. To cut a long story short, one expects a concerted effort to resolve the underlying problems of a two airport system and its management for the long haul and in the interests of emerging as a leader in this domain in the country, instead of simply questioning, ad nauseam, its very basis and suggesting alternatives such as the outrageous one of making Goa's very own Mopa plateau a national dump! Get real, Goa.
