{"id":104484,"date":"2025-07-28T19:48:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=104484"},"modified":"2025-07-28T19:48:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:18:12","slug":"solar-ferry-mission-is-total-commission-yuri-alemao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=104484","title":{"rendered":"Solar Ferry mission is Total Commission : Yuri Alemao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goa Khabar : Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Monday said that \u2018Solar Ferry Mission is Total Commission\u2019 of the Government, which was procured despite unsuitable for Goa\u2019s river conditions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao said that \u201cDespite unsuitable for Goa\u2019s river conditions, solar electric hybrid ferry was procured for approximately \u20b93.97 crore. It is a scam. Solar Ferry Mission is Total Commission. This is waste of public funds,\u201d Alemao said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cThe Captain of Ports had noted that the Solar ferry was unsuitable for Goa\u2019s river conditions. Despite the red flags, the Solar ferry was put in operation. This was just for three months. Ferry could not carry vehicles, users were low. Ferry remained idle for last three years. Rodents damaged internal wiring,\u201d Alemao pointed out.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104485\" src=\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/29.07.25-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">\u201cInspite of warnings and advises to check economic viability, suitability of Solar ferry in Goan water, what made Government to procure this Solar ferry?,\u201d he questioned.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He said that even charging infrastructure was not ready, while the ferry was purchased.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He said that the expenditure on repair of Betim Ferry boat for last five years was around Rs 1.09 Crore. \u201cThis is more than the cost of new ferry boat. New ferries cost less than what we cumulatively spend to maintain old ones,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He demanded that government should investigate this whole matter and hold responsible to those, who failed to adhere suggestions and warnings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : Leader of Opposition Yuri Alemao on Monday said that \u2018Solar Ferry Mission is Total Commission\u2019 of the Government, which was procured despite unsuitable for Goa\u2019s river conditions. Cuncolim MLA Yuri Alemao said that \u201cDespite unsuitable for Goa\u2019s river conditions, solar electric hybrid ferry was procured for approximately \u20b93.97 crore. It is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":104345,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[155,6],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-104484","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-155","category-6","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104486,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104484\/revisions\/104486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}