Faced with the problems of cordoning off the area around the beach at Candolim, the state authorities have decided to notify its property at Britona as customs area and to dump all the scrap of the River Princess, which is to be cut and removed from its grounded place at Candolim. Top officials in the tourism department said that the government was likely to notify the area as customs area by Friday so as to set in motion the process for removal of the ship lying grounded for nearly 11 years. The process for signing the contract with Arihant is in final stages and would be inked by next week, the officials added.
Arihant, the successful bidding firm, has moved its machinery and equipment to undertake the job of cutting and removing the vessel. The government on its part has directed the shacks in the area to vacate to facilitate the company officials to execute the work. Arihant Ship Breakers management informed that the company has cut up bigger ships in the past 30 years of ship breaking, but this one could be challenging. Refusing to divulge all its operations, the technical director on condition of anonymity said blasting could be involved and the beach has to be cleared off as even a small steel bit flying from the blast could cause serious injury.
In case of air blasting it will be executed from the hull to uproot the base, the official said adding that the relevant metal cutting equipment and machineries for removing wreck have already been brought to Goa. He also said that three to four floating cranes have been ordered for lifting the pieces after cutting. A brand new imported 80 tonne capacity crawler crane mounted on a floater, the latest model from XCMG, having a height of 80 feet has been just assembled at a Cortalim yard and would be towed to the River Princess in Candolim. “Its maximum rated lifting capacity is 8,000 kg x 4. Another huge 400 tonne crane, probably will be the biggest Goa has ever seen, will soon join the machines and an environment friendly Cummins silent power genset with 125 megawatt will power the machines,” he said.
The dredging machine TS H Ganesh-1 for dredging out the sand is parked at Betim towards the old Mandovi Bridge. Arihant, which has so far spent over Rs 5 crore, is patiently waiting for the government’s green light to start the work.
In case of air blasting it will be executed from the hull to uproot the base, the official said adding that the relevant metal cutting equipment and machineries for removing wreck have already been brought to Goa. He also said that three to four floating cranes have been ordered for lifting the pieces after cutting. A brand new imported 80 tonne capacity crawler crane mounted on a floater, the latest model from XCMG, having a height of 80 feet has been just assembled at a Cortalim yard and would be towed to the River Princess in Candolim. “Its maximum rated lifting capacity is 8,000 kg x 4. Another huge 400 tonne crane, probably will be the biggest Goa has ever seen, will soon join the machines and an environment friendly Cummins silent power genset with 125 megawatt will power the machines,” he said.
The dredging machine TS H Ganesh-1 for dredging out the sand is parked at Betim towards the old Mandovi Bridge. Arihant, which has so far spent over Rs 5 crore, is patiently waiting for the government’s green light to start the work.
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