Goa, Nov. 27 -- Tourism operators in Cavelossim-Mobor and fishing communities across Salcete have raised fresh alarm after the Mor mugao Port Authority (MPA) issued a tender for a feasibility study on de veloping a multipurpose terminal at Betul. The move has unsettled a wide stretch of coastal stakeholders, who warn that even a pre liminary feasibility exercise could reopen the possibili ty of large-scale industrial activity at the mouth of the River Sal, threatening liveli hoods, the local ecology and the tourism-dependent fab ric of the belt. Cruz Cardozo, president of the Goa Shack Owners Welfare Society and a resi dent of Cavelossim, said the tourism sector was shocked by the renewed administra tive movement on the port plan. He said...
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