Shore leave a welfare issue for Indian seafarers: South Goa MP to Centre | Goa News
Panaji: South Goa MP Viriato Fernandes has written to Union minister for ports, shipping and waterways, Sarbananda Sonowal, urging Centre to address a range of long-standing gaps in maritime welfare, particularly from the indignity faced by Indian seafarers denied shore leave at domestic ports.Fernandes has also presented Sonowal a five-point proposal to overhaul Goa’s maritime…