MARGAO: Goans For Dabolim Only (GFDO) has questioned what happened to the promise made by Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar to look into the Navy golf course.
“It is now over two months since Defence Minister Parrikar claimed that his ministry had initiated an inquiry ‘against illegal construction of golf course by the Indian Navy’ in Goa. If the golf course is illegal as the Defence Minister himself has confirmed, the question arises as to why the golf course is not being demolished to make way for urgently needed airport facilities. It is also perplexing why the taxiway that would facilitate the operation of an increased number of flights has been delayed and left pending for so many years,” GFDO convenor Fr Eremito Rebello said.
GFDO also requested the Defence Minister to examine very closely the possibility of providing more operational time at the airport to accommodate more commercial flights.
