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> ----- Original Message ----- > From: gerry ferns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 1:42 PM > Subject: Re: [goancauses] Goa fishermen resist Raymonds tycoon Singhania's > water sports project. > > > > THREE CHEERS TO THE NERUL FISHERMEN!!! MAY THEIR TRIBE > > INCREASE AND MULTIPLY SEVENTY TIMES SEVEN!!!!FISHERMEN > > WERE AMONGST THE FIRST SIGNIFICANT DISCIPLES OF > > CHRIST- THE UNPARALLELED FISHER OF MANKIND .MAY THEIR > > MESSAGE SPREAD TO OTHER REMOTE FISHING HAMLETS LIKE > > MORJIM WHICH MAY NOW BE SELECTED BY MR SINGHANIA FOR > > HIS WATERSPORTS ACTIVITIES.THE BEER TYCOON OF > > KINGFISHER FAME HAS ALREADY BEEN FROLICKING AROUND AT > > SECLUDED MORJIM WHICH IS QUICKLY BECOMING THE NEW > > LOCATION FOR RAVE DRUG PARTIES. PREVENTION IS BETTER > > THAN CURE. BETTER SAFE THAN SORRY LATER!!!!!! > > --- "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > Goa fishermen resist Singhania s water sports > > > project > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - > > > Devika Sequeira, DH News Service, > > > > > > Raymonds tycoon Gautam Singhania s ambitious plan to > > > run > > > one of the biggest water sports facilities and > > > yachting institutes > > > on Coco Beach in Goa has run into a tide of protests > > > from local > > > fishermen, who view the move as a blatant > > > encroachment on > > > their traditional livelihood. > > > > > > The company has now been asked to look for an > > > alternative location > > > by the state s Tourism Minister Micky Pacheco who > > > had to intervene > > > to defuse tension in the area this morning. There is > > > no way I can > > > accept the situation when people s traditional > > > livelihood > > > is threatened, Mr Pacheco said. > > > > > > The standoff between the Raymonds facility at Nerul, > > > across the river > > > from Panjim, and the fishing village has been > > > growing for over > > > a month, after the company began to test-run its > > > water sports > > > equipment. It took an ugly turn yesterday when > > > villagers off loaded > > > their anger on some staff and equipment of the Coco > > > Club. > > > > > > Though Singhania representative S Vohra claimed that > > > Raymonds > > > had spent Rs 2.5 crore and committed another Rs 5 > > > crore on the project, > > > the company has not acquired a single state > > > government licence > > > to operate it. Even Mr Pacheco confirmed this. > > > According to Nerul > > > Sarpanch Shashikala Govekar, the company s > > > application was > > > unanimously turned down by the panchayat. > > > > > > It is not our intention to use any motorised > > > equipment that will affect > > > traditional fishing. Our institute is basically > > > equipped with kayaks, > > > sail boats and inflatable rafts, Mr Vohra said. > > > > > > But the local fishermen insist that five water skis > > > had already been > > > in operation, despite their numerous protests to the > > > Tourism > > > Department and the captain of ports. The irate crowd > > > of protesters > > > most of them from the Ramponkar (traditional > > > fishermen) community > > > gathered on the picturesque Coco Beach this morning, > > > said that under no circumstances would the project > > > be allowed. > > > > > > Nerul, a traditional fishing and agrarian hamlet, is > > > the latest example > > > of the conflict of interests between an intrusive > > > tourism and an > > > older way of life. In fact protests were also lodged > > > today against > > > beer tycoon and MP Vijay Mallya s swanky yacht > > > anchored just off > > > Coco Beach. A number of fishing boats have had their > > > nets ripped > > > on the yacht s anchor, the fishermen complained. > > > ------------------------------------------ > > > Deccan Herald, January 23, 2003 > > > ------------------------------------------ > > >
