The state-appointed lifeguard services which man Goa's beaches have decided to put up red flags at all the beach entrances from this week onwards as monsoons are likely to hit the coast anytime.
Tushar Sunil Shinde, Manager (Operations), Drishti Special Response Service (DSRS), said they will be putting up red flags at the main entrance points of beaches which otherwise have red and yellow flags signifying safe swimming zones.
“The red flags across the different beaches now mean that the area is not meant for swimming,” he said.
The Goa government has already shut down the beaches for swimming as the sea is rough during monsoons.
The DSRS, which has 420 lifeguards manning 105 km long beach stretch, will also try to educate people through public address system.
“We will also try to educate people via our Public Address System put up on the jeeps through which the lifeguards will announce the ban on swimming in the waters,” he said adding that lifeguards who patrol the beach will also further communicate with tourists who try to venture out into the sea and explain the dangers involved.
Shinde said the monsoons coming in the water current turns violent and the size of the waves rise considerably.
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