This message is on behalf of Fr. Nascimento Mascarenhas who is presently collecting information of historical importance on the twin cities of Vasco da Gama and Mormugao. If any of the old timers and historians happen to hold and cherish some old memories, such as photographs or documents, Fr. Nascimento would love to have them and enrich our history for the benefit of future generations in his forthcoming book. Apparently, there are no records of interest in the various government offices in these cities and is very much frustrated by the ignorance and lack of interest in preserving old records. Any help you can give will be greatly appreciated by him. You may contact him directly by e-mail at <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> . Tel. 011-91-832-2512391 or at St. Andrew's Church, Vasco da Gama, Goa. He specifically requests:
".... documentation and especially old photos of Vasco and Mormugao ... wards. Kindly name [and date] the photograph from which area it is. I know there was power house in Baina, but no-body seems to know when it was founded during the portuguese regime. It is now in ruins and no sign of its foundation anywhere; as well as the railway bridge built by Britishers, now in Desterro parish near oil companies. When some years back the authorities wanted to demolish it to make way for its extension they used gelatins to destroy it and even then they did not succeed. But in the end it was rased to the ground and the present one built. It dos not bring the date of re-building also..This date is also not there. The old little cottages in the Municipality property in Vasco with beautiful gardens in front are gone an big buildings have come. Now they look ugly and the city too planned by Luis A. Maravilhas an engineer of repute who worked here in Mormugao in 1916, had planned a beautiful city circa 1922 and some things executed that too have disappeared. What remains now are buildings in ruins. The city of Mormugao was planned three times earlier than Maravilhas' plan, but not executed well and yet it is Goa's industrial and commercial city .... May be also other Goans who may have not have resided in Mormugao-Vasco also have some documentation, photographs etc...."
