Rupesh Samant

Daijiworld Media Network - Panaji

Panaji, Nov 29: The striking lifeguards have given a deadline of eight days to resolve their demands failing which they have warned to intensify their agitation.

Several lifeguards working with Drishti Marine have been striking since the last two months. All Goa Marine Lifesaving Guards Union leader, Swati Kerkar said that the state government and Lifeguard agency should solve the demands of the lifeguards within eight days, or the agitation will be intensified.

She demanded that the state government should discontinue the services of Drishti and take over the work of lifeguarding, hand it over to the Goan lifeguards.

Kerkar said that in the last two months the lifeguards met almost all the MLAs including the chief minister Pramod Sawant and tourism minister Manohar Ajgaonkar but none have been able to provide respite.

She said that the agitation would be taken across the villages informing people about the misdeeds of this company.