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2,000-passenger casino vessel can’t sail into Goa’s Mandovi river just yet, Bombay HC says

The Indian Express·Pavneet Singh Chadha·28 days ago
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People across Panaji and nearby areas are opposing the entry of a new 112-metre-long and 28-metre-wide vessel in the Mandovi river. (Representational image/File) The High Court of Bombay at Goa barred the entry of a new casino vessel in the Mandovi river in Panaji, observing that the vessel shall not sail into the Panaji port without the prior permission of the court and without obtaining all the required certifications. The petitioners – the association ‘Enough is Enough’, Sudip Tamankar and Harish Madkaikar – had filed a public interest litigation and sought directions to set aside various permissions granted to M/s Delta Pleasure Cruise Company Pvt Ltd to replace the vessel ‘M.V. Royale Flotel’, which had a passenger capacity of 70, with the company’s new vessel ‘M.V. Deltin Royale’ with a passenger capacity of 2000 in the Mandovi river. The petitioners also sought to restrain the new vessel from being moored in the Mandovi.…

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