Churchill gives a call to oppose Mopa airport

Majorda: The PWD Minister, Mr Churchill Alemao today asserted that Mopa being on the border of Goa with Maharashtra, why should Mopa airport be not shifted to the other side of the border, that is in Maharashtra.
He said “if Mopa airport is shifted into Maharashtra, tourism in Goa will not suffer and tourism in Maharashtra will prosper”.
In a faxed message, Mr Alemao, while reacting to the appointment of committees on Mopa airport by the Prime Minister, said tourism promotion should not be advertised in Maharashtra with the airport (Mopa) being in Goa.
“Do not advertise to tourists that the destination is in Goa, with the intention of the tourist industry taken into Maharashtra”, Mr Alemao said in a signed statement.
He said that it was wisdom that superseded when the Goans voted against the merger to save their identity and its fruits are seen today -- from a Union territory to a state and from becoming a district of Maharashtra, administered by a collector.
30/01/08 Navhind Times

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