Baina beach to Dona Paula daily ferry service to start from Oct
- | Saturday | 22nd April, 2017
Captain of Ports has given the NOCs required to use the jetty at Dona Paula and Panaji. MPT has allocated 1,500sqm on Baina beach and awarded the contract to operate the ferry service to Mumbai-based Drishti Marine Solutions Pvt Ltd, which will also construct passenger facilities and ticketing counters for the project. "The boat service will be for commuters and for tourists and will connect Britona, Aldona, Corjuem, Old Goa, Panaji and Ribandar on the Mandovi River Cortalim, Durbhat and Baina. "The state government is exploring the option of intra-state inland waterways public transport connecting Mandovi and Zuari," said CoP James Braganza. All permissions are in place, but we are waiting for the monsoon to get over," MPT chairman I Jeyakumar confirmed to TOI.
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