The Regional plan and PDA will be the murder of whatever is left of Goa Sent from my iPhone
> On 07-Apr-2018, at 4:00 PM, Joao Barros-Pereira <joaobarrospere...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Has the Regional Plan plague returned to haunt Goans once again? > TheTown and Country Minister has diagnosed the case correctly and > withdrawn his demand to include villages in the PDAs. He knows his > limitation which includes not trying to ram his version of the > Regional Plan down the throats of the Goan people. The people have > cried enough is enough, and not for the first time! > > Vijay Sardesai has accused MLAs of misleading his Department. The > demands of the MLAs are not the same as the aspirations of the Goan > people; in fact, the MLAs dreams have become Goan nightmares. He has > inadvertently climbed up the wrong tree, and from its dizzy heights he > is afraid of falling on his head. He is no bondo and knows when to > climb down. He is not dangling from the tree anymore but has made a > sure-footed landing on the ground. The man has learned from his folly, > accepted his limitations and withdrawn the villages from the PDAs. > Unfortunately, not all the MLAs are capable of learning from the past. > > Michael Lobo intends to ram the Regional Plan down the throats of the > Goans. He claims he is going ahead with the plan in its present shape > and color. Can he succeed against the wishes of the Goan people? Is he > powerful enough to get away with it it in a democracy? Is he being > realistic or is simply drunk on power and living in a world of > delusion? Can he succeed? > > The Congress Party also tried to push forward the Regional Plan but > withdrew when push came to shove because they read correctly the > writing on the wall. Stalwarts, such as, expert Town Planner Edgar > Rebello resigned from the planning committee as they felt important > negative aspects were introduced by the MLAs and others who had no > expertise in drafting a Regional Plan other than finding ways to > placate and reward the builders lobby and themselves. When this > scenario did not go down well with the Goan people, they stopped or > more precisely were stopped in their tracks. > > Some people learn from the mistakes of the past and others cannot as > they believe they are invincible and will succeed even though other > leaders have failed miserably. Can Michael Lobo go against the wishes > of the people of Goa and succeed? Is his future perfect or imperfect? > Only the Goan people can provide him with an answer.