PANJIM: Golden Globe Hotel
Private Limited has signed an agreement with Arihant Ship Breakers to tow the
grounded offshore casino vessel M V Lucky 7 back to Mormugao Port Trust (MPT).
A senior government official
told Herald that the casino firm, owned by Haryana’s former minister Gopal
Kanda, entered into the agreement following instructions from Chief Minister
Manohar Parrikar to tow the vessel back to MPT.
“Since the vessel has run
aground off Miramar beach and is not in a position to sail back to MPT owing to
various reasons include unfavourable weather and sea condition, an expert in
this field is the only option. As such, the firm and the salvaging agency have
entered into this agreement. Government has no role to play at this stage
except for monitoring the situation,” he said.
The vessel has over a dozen
crew members still on board while four – three suffering from sea sickness and
one injured – were rescued on Sunday by the Indian Coast Guard.
Lucky 7 is moored off
Miramar beach after at least three-four attempts to reach the designated spot
off Campal failed.
Arihant had earlier being
tasked with removing the ill-fated M V River Princess vessel from Sinquerim.
Source: herald
goa. 19 July 2017
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