panaji even as tourists and locals alike have been warned to stay away from the arabian sea a few water sports operators continued their activities off the north goa coast according to reliable sources around 25 operators conducted dolphin and sightseeing trips at sinquerim while parasailing activities continued at calanguteit is further learnt that these operators did not even provide safety equipment to their clientswhile these water sports operators flouted directives of the goa tourism development corporation gtdc it is also learnt that the annual nocs issued to them by the captain of ports had expiredwhen contacted the captain of ports a p mascarenhas said that the nocs were eligible till may 31i am not aware that they were conducting watersport activities neither has the tourist police nor the tourism department brought it to our notice he saidmascarenhas said that his department had revoked the licences of nine water sports operators from calangute this season they had violated their area of operation and were thus endangering lives he saidincidentally the tourism department was aware of the activities tourism director elvis gomes said that he in his capacity as managing director of the gtdc had issued a strict warning not to venture into the sea from june 1 onwardsi got calls on sunday that water sports activities were going on and i asked the deputy director to lodge complaints with the mapusa and the calangute policeas far as tourists are concerned all hotels have been sent leaflets to warn their guests not to venture into the sea during the monsoon we have done our bit in issuing warnings he said a water sports operatorsaid that his colleagues probably wished to make an extra buck as june 1 was a sunday its a weekend so they thought they could make a little bit more money he said