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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! ----------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Website: www.goadesc.org Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Press Clippings on the web: http://www.goadesc.org/mem/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------- SAG orders replacement of broken tiles
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The Sports Authority of Goa (SAG) has
ordered the immediate replacement
of broken tiles in its swimming pool at
Fatorda after sharp edges of these
tiles reportedly injured five minors,
the latest one being a 16-year-old
Loretto DCosta who had to put three
stitches for the same.The incident
assumed significance after the mother
of the injured boy, Ms Umbelina DCosta
addressed a hurriedly-convened press
conference and accused the assistant
swimming pool manager of being
indifferent towards her injured son despite
his foot profusely
bleeding.
He just did not help and the boy had to be moved to the hospital
by other
fellow swimmers instead, she stated. Ms D Costa informed that the
incident occurred at around 9 a.m. on May 10 and that later when she
tried
to meet the assistant manager, he was reportedly found to be
missing.
The parent revealed that during her visit to the swimming pool to demand
an explanation from the assistant manager, Mr Nitin Gaonkar she met
the manager, Mr Gilsen Baptista who was apparently on leave and could
offer her no help.
I will take up the matter with the authorities, she announced. The
swimming
pool which also allows diving in the
17-ft end of the swimming pool caters
to children of all ages who are trained in batches both during the
mornings
and afternoons. There are 28 personnel working at the Fatorda
pool.
When contacted the SAG executive director, Mr V M Prabhudessai away in
Pune revealed that he would immediately instruct the stadium manager to
have the broken tiles replaced at the earliest. As per Ms DCostas complaint
against the assistant manager, the SAG will verify the facts and punish
him,
if found necessary, Mr Prabhudessai remarked.
The SAG executive director further revealed that all SAG swimming pools
faced
complaints from parents. This is not
just about broken tiles (the Fatorda
incidence is the first instance) but also about swimming classes. Their
interference
is sometimes a nuisance, he observed.It is learnt that some chemicals were
procured for the tile repair work. The pool would also have to be emptied
for the
same, it is learnt.
The stadium manager, Mr Gurudas Vernekar has stated that the damaged
tiles
would be repaired shortly and the SAG will bear the medical expenses of
Mr DCosta. The repairs could not be
undertaken earlier due to two reasons
non-availability of the required
chemical and secondly due to ongoing
swimming classes.
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The Navhind
Times 12/05/06 page 2
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