the goan I network
MARGAO
Parents of a seafarer broke down outside the South Goa District Collectorate on Wednesday when they demanded to know why their son, who is on board the Karnika ship, has not returned home to date.
The family members pointed out that they have been only running from pillar to post for the last 50 days, hoping their son will return home at the earliest, but in vain.
They along with the President of Goan Seamen Association of India, Frank Viegas, Capt Venzy Viegas and others had come to the South District Collectorate to check the documentation (e-passes) and to find the provision for the yellow gate pass at Mumbai.
“It’s now two months our son aboard the Karnika ship was in Mumbai, but he is yet to return home to date. We have been only given promises after promise that our son will return home, but in vain,” the mother of the seafarer told the media.
GSAI President Frank Viegas made a fervent plea to the Goa administration to get all the seafarers back home at the earliest without any more delay. Capt Venzy demanded to know why the families of seafarers had to run from pillar to post and call the right people in Mumbai to facilitate the documentation when all this falls in the domain of the authorities.
