TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT: The berth’s locations make it impossible for them to not affect Vasco and its residents. 1 – Berth numbers 5A, 6A operated by JSW since 2005. 7 million tonnes of coal per year. Wants to expand to 14 million tonnes; 2 – Berth number 7 operated by Adani Ports since 2014. 5 million tonnes of coal per year; 3 – Vedanta’s proposed berth – Berth numbers 8, 9 and barge berths nearby. Proposed coal handling: 7 million tonnes each year; 4 – Berths 10, 11 – Former coal handling berths. Berth 10’s coal handling shut down by high court order. Enclosed coal terminal was proposed on berth 11, but not followed through. Both berths now handle wood chips; 5 – Vasco fishing jetty where all fishing boats are anchored. Directly faces berths 10, 11 of MPT. When coal was handled, fishermen recall, “everything turned black”; 6 – Vasco da Gama main market, 7 – Sada hill – The entire area is a hill/plateau housing MPT’s headquarters and residential colony; 8 – Navigation channel – The 10 km long channel that MPT proposes to deepen by 5 metres to 20 metres. Ships sail along this to approach MPT berths 5A, 6A (operated by JSW), 7 (Adani), 8, 9 (Vedanta), 10 and 11 (MPT); 9 – Zuari ‘estuary’ – this is where the Zuari meets the Arabian Sea. The GCZMA had warned that dredging in this area could flush down river sediments, threatening riverside settlements like Chicalim and Sancoale