Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar Friday evening met with secretaries and senior officials to discuss the preparations for the high-profile two-day event. Parsekar had recent met Union Minister of State for Home, Kiren Rijjiju, and Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Ravi Shankar Prasad, with regard to improving the existing facilities.
Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of the ‘The Knowledge Exchange – Goa 2016 Summit’ – a national summit, the Chief Minister said the event is scheduled in October and over 8,000 delegates from five countries are expected to participate in it.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending as India assumied the BRICS chair in February and will hold it till December 2016.
“This is one of the biggest international high-profile events with all VVIPs attending it and hence we need to be well prepared to provide them the best, right from the airport to the hotel,” Parsekar said.
Parsekar said the focus is on improving infrastructure and making it state-of-the art. “We want to create such infrastructure that can be maintained even after the event. We still have three more months to prepare,” he said.
During his recent visit to Delhi, the central government has agreed to enhance the immigration as well as other facilities existing at Dabolim Airport on a priority, in view of the summit scheduled on October 15 and 16.
