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Union Minister for Shipping & Water Resources Nitin Gadkari has underlined the need to conduct a study whether the proposed airport at Mopa can be linked by rivers a la Venice where tourists make it to the airport from their hotels dotting the shore and the river banks.
He also suggested to the hotels to set up floating jetties to facilitate tourists to reach their destinations after alighting at the airport, promising to clear the floating jetty proposals.
"Since the proposed Mopa airport will be commissioned soon, I have asked the officials to conduct a study whether tourists can make it to the airport from their hotels via inland waterways. We have seen this facility in Venice and I have told the officials to explore the possibility whether any river passing through
Mopa can be linked to the airport through the inland waterways," he said, adding ‘this will solve pollution as well as avoid congestion on the roads'.
Meanwhile, the Union Minister said his Ministry will grant approvals for
the hotels who are willing to build floating jetties to pave way for tourists to check
in the hotels directly from the airport via the
waterway.
"If the floating jetties are in place, tourists after alighting at the airport can go to the nearest port and head to the hotel via a ferry or boat,"
he said.
Minister urges govt to go for 100% transportation on bio-diesel, ethanol
MARGAO: Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday has requested the Goa government to go for 100 per cent public transportation on bio-diesel, bio-CNG, ethanol etc to make the State pollution free.
"I am not against the environment. In my Nagpur Parliamentary constituency, 55 buses are running on bio-fuel, besides 1,000 taxis are running on bio-diesel. I have discussed with Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar how to go about in making public transportation in Goa run on 100 per cent bio-diesel, ethanol, etc," he said, adding that the Centre is ready to extend all possible assistance to the Goa government to make Goa pollution free.
Saying that the Goa government is in the process of floating a tender to run the State public buses on
bio-fuel, the Union Minister said the Goa government's state-of-the-art waste treatment plant at Saligao can offer bio-fuel to the project.
NITIN'S TAKE
Since the proposed Mopa airport will be commissioned soon, officials have been asked to conduct a study whether tourists can make it to the airport from their hotels via inland waterways
Hotels suggested to set up floating jetties to facilitate tourists to reach their destinations after alighting at the airport
Ministry to grant approvals for the hotels who are willing to build floating jetties to pave way for tourists to check in the hotels
