With voyagers missing, Goa lifeguards feed hungry wanderer hounds

With voyagers missing, Goa lifeguards feed hungry wanderer hounds


Panaji: Packs of hungry canines presently meander Goa's sea shores, rather than crowds of energetic vacationers, since the time the state went into lockdown mode a month ago, after the COVID-19 pandemic. 

With common pieces of nourishment like chicken bones, extra grub from sea shore shacks and pieces tossed to them by holidaying travelers now non-existent, a nearby club and groups of lifeguards have now taken to taking care of the sea shore strays, particularly along the most mainstream sea shore stretch from Sinquerim to Baga, which in typical course would see a large number of sightseers skipping ordinary. 

The prime stretch of sea shore is home to in excess of 200 wanderer hounds, who without nourishment and water, had turned forceful. 

"At the sea shore stretch between Baga to Sinquerim there are near 200 pooches, frequently in packs of 10 to 12, who living space close to the territories where there is a high thickness of sea shore shacks. With no water or nourishment coming their direction, the canines had become forceful and eager," as indicated by Ravi Shankar, Official Chief at Drishti Marine, a private sea shore the executives organization which runs lifeguard benefits on Goa's sea shores. 

The drive to serve nourishment to the ravenous canines began a week ago, as a major aspect of the lifeguard office's #TeraMeraBeach outreach activity. 

"At all of our 38 lifeguard towers over the coast, we have made a water station for the wanderers. An enormous bowl of water which is continually renewed with crisp water, offers reprieve from the cruel summer warmth to the wanderer creatures and winged animals," Shankar told IANS. 

The nourishment, cooked extraordinarily for hounds, is prepared at the kitchen of Cohiba, a snappy, well known dance club in Sinquerim sea shore town. The club has brought down its shade because of the restriction on shut amusement spaces in wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, yet the kitchen capacities to prepare hound nourishment for the wanderers regular. 

The every day apportion for the canines is 30 kg of porridge made of rice, meat soup and turmeric, the last being a characteristic calming operator which additionally helps digestive system and inside wellbeing. 


"On account of Cohiba, who have thoughtfully opened their kitchens for us to prepare a healthy feast for the wanderers of rice, meat soup and turmeric, we are currently ready to take care of the canines among Singuerim and Baga," Shankar said.
"In south Goa, we have made game plans for nourishment to be appropriated at Colva, Betalbatim, Arossim, Mobor, Palolem and Baina sea shores. On Tuesday, we likewise started taking care of the wanderers in and around the Old Goa legacy destinations. Near 30 kgs of nourishment and 30 liters of water is circulated each day to the wanderers across Goa through our lifeguard organize," the high ranking representative likewise said. 

Lifeguards on watch spread out the dishes of nourishment and water while they set out on their sea shore watches and gather the vacant vessels on their way back to their individual towers. 


Goa is one of the top sea shore the travel industry goals in the nation and its sea shores pulled in excess of 7,000,000 visitors a year ago. Because of the COVID-19 lockdown in any case, the sea shores wear an abandoned look, with just wanderer dairy animals and packs of canines denoting their quality.

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