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"Lifeguards should be employed either as part of a society or a government corporation, because right now they have neither job security nor regular payment," local politician Siddesh Bhagat, a spokesperson for the striking lifeguards said.Delay in payment of wages and poor work conditions had triggered the strike last week.Bhagat also said that the lifeguards would be submitting a memorandum to the Chief Minister listing their grievances and demands soon."We are surprised that neither the Chief Minister nor the Tourism Minister have commented anything about the poor conditions of the lifeguards, over the last few days of the strike," Bhagat said.Drishti Marine, a private beach management agency hired by the Goa Tourism Ministry employs neatly 600 lifeguards, who are tasked with beach safety on Goa's 100 plus km long coastline, which is dotted with beaches.Ever since the large group from the 600-odd lifeguards went on strike last week, the Congress has also accused the state government of ignoring the plight of the workforce, which state Congress President Girish Chodankar said, was being deprived of even adequate drinking water facilities.While Drishti Marine, through a press statement has conceded to the delay in transfer of wages to the lifeguards, the beach management company has maintained that efforts were being made to streamline the process.Meanwhile, amid the ongoing strike one person drowned off South Goa's Benaulim beach. This is the second death due to drowning on Goa's beaches ever since the strike began last week, just as the tourism season in the coastal state kicked off.( With inputs from IANS )

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