After being grounded off the Miramar beach for almost 70 days, the M V Lucky Seven casino vessel was finally towed to the River Mandovi, where it has now been anchored pending repairs at the dry dock in Jaigarh, Ratnagiri.
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The Mormugao Port Trust offered two tug boats to help the salvers AMS Marine LLC, Egypt in towing the vessel. The entire exercise commenced at around 8.45 am on Thursday. It took 20 minutes for the team to extend the ropes linking the vessel to the tug boats and by 9.15, the vessel was successfully refloated. By 10 am, the vessel was safely anchored in River Mandovi. In a statement, MPT said, "Acting on the instructions of Chairman of MPT I Jeyakumar and under the leadership of Captain Manoj Joshi, Harbour Master of Mormugao Port Trust, M V Lucky Seven was refloated".
Contractor abstains from work for non-payment of dues
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Published Oct 6, 2017, 7:14 PM IST
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MARGAO Blame it on the municipal body or otherwise, segregation and sorting of waste at the Cuncolim Municipal waste treatment plant has come to a standstill with the labour contractor abstaining from the work for want of payment of dues of the last three months.While the labour contractor has insisted that the Municipality has not cleared his dues amounting to Rs 3.60 lakh of the last three months, the Cuncolim Municipal Council is yet to formally rope in a new contractor…
