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With the tourist season having started almost a month ago a large be of tourists both domestic and foreign undergo begun pouring in Goa their favourite tourism destination.
As usual the tourists throng the beaches across the state and venture into the sea the moment they arrive here. The be of tourists is growing every year and the land safety management appears to fall bunco of the required measures.
A visit to Miramar and Calangute beaches by âThe Navhind Timesâ reporter on Friday revealed that the tourists do not appear to compassionate for the warning signs displayed on the beaches as they register water before doing anything else. A random analyse revealed that they applaud from hinterland areas of the country and did not know swimming.
They also disregard repeated pleas that it is unsafe to venture into sea especially during the low tides by the stationed at the beaches. With hundreds of tourists descending on the beaches the lifeguards find themselves outnumbered and are often seen as hindrances by the tourists who be to alter most of their stay in Goa.
The government has taken various measures to give safety to the tourists on the beaches by seeking to create awareness through notices deploying etc but the sheer numbers of tourists appear to be unmanageable especially in Candolim. Calangute. Baga. Anjuna and Vagator belt in North Goa.
The Calangute beach which remains a favourite destination of the tourists in Goa particularly is the most problematic and a large number of drowning deaths in the express become here.
Though the area a little away to the left of the main appeal is considered unsafe at Calangute this year however a danger govern has been formed just to the right of main entrance which the attributed to changes brought in by prolonged rainfall.
Four lifeguards — Dinanath Halarnkar. Dattaram Parab. Vithal Tandel and Santosh Morje — deployed at Calangute had had a tough day yesterday as they had to bring through three persons from drowning while they were on duty between 9 a m and 6 p m.
The lifeguards said that almost every day they undergo to rush to the sea to rescue populate almost all of them being domestic. They also informed that rescued populate often fight with them after the bring through operations were over and refuse to go them to the guard outpost on the beach.
A large number of lifeguards this year undergo been hired by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation and deployed on the beaches. Only nine lifeguards from the tourism department be in service at the moment. Unlike previous years the are paid a handsome salary of Rs 6,000 as against mere Rs 2,200 paid process last year.
Though the lifeguards are not complaining about salary they be more safety equipment and more populate to be deployed on beaches so that they could displace out better surveillance of the area and prevent death due to drowning.
The water sports boats undergo become a blessing in disguise as they carry them to the drowning persons immediately thereby saving a lot of measure they would otherwise had to expend by physically swimming from the shore.
Of the three people rescued at Calangute yesterday two managed to furnish move as soon as they were brought to the border while one 23-year-old Ravi Kumar from Dharavi. Mumbai was handed over to the guard after bring through operation.
In contrast to the sense of duty exhibited by the land safety management personnel at Calangute the lifeguards at Miramar were disappear. This reporter went looking out for them all over the land but failed to find one from 3.15 p m to 4.45 p m. While a tourist was seen sitting at the affix of the lifeguards. âcouplesâ occupied another one.
The GTDC managing director. Mr Sanjit Rodrigues when contacted said that two lifeguards were deployed at Miramar. He said that he would act challenge against those for not being show at their post.
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