<p class="title">The Goa government assured the state Legislative Assembly on Friday that it will examine the possibility of shifting casino vessels anchored in River Mandovi to Aguada Bay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ports Minister Michael Lobo said the possibility of shifting the vessels to Aguada Bay will be considered after conducting a proper survey of the location.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aguada Bay is located where the Mandovi meets the sea on the outskirts of Panaji.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lobo was responding to the demand of BJP MLA Atanasio Monseratte that the casino vessels be moved out of the Mandovi as they have created a "mess" in the state capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Panaji MLA was speaking after Lobo tabled `demands for grants' of his department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The offshore casino lobby seemed to have privatised the jetties, which come under the Ports and Fisheries Department, to transport casino visitors to the vessels, he alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Today, you say casinos generate income for the state, you can take them to your constituency (Calangute) as it is in the tourism belt," he said to Lobo.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It is the bureaucracy who are patronizing the casinos," the BJP MLA alleged.</p>
<p class="title">The Goa government assured the state Legislative Assembly on Friday that it will examine the possibility of shifting casino vessels anchored in River Mandovi to Aguada Bay.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ports Minister Michael Lobo said the possibility of shifting the vessels to Aguada Bay will be considered after conducting a proper survey of the location.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Aguada Bay is located where the Mandovi meets the sea on the outskirts of Panaji.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Lobo was responding to the demand of BJP MLA Atanasio Monseratte that the casino vessels be moved out of the Mandovi as they have created a "mess" in the state capital.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Panaji MLA was speaking after Lobo tabled `demands for grants' of his department.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The offshore casino lobby seemed to have privatised the jetties, which come under the Ports and Fisheries Department, to transport casino visitors to the vessels, he alleged.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Today, you say casinos generate income for the state, you can take them to your constituency (Calangute) as it is in the tourism belt," he said to Lobo.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"It is the bureaucracy who are patronizing the casinos," the BJP MLA alleged.</p>