To Goanet - I was near Verna this morning and on a whim decided to drop by the proposed SEZ site there. The vast expanse of this land giveaway is hard to convey through pictures. You have to go there and see for yourself. Only then will the appropriate level of outrage set in. The people who thought it fit to hand over these large quantities of Goan acreage to outsiders ought to be charged for crimes against the people of Goa. Cheek-by-jowl is the Verna Industrial Estate (or what I call, GGWSM - Goa Govt's Welfare Scheme for Migrants).
Don't mind the harsh lighting conditions in these photographs. At that late morning hour I wasn't in it for landscape photography. The first gate we encountered, where a guard from Orissa promptly arrived on the scene - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/SEZ-Verna-01.jpg A short distance away, another gate. This time a car appeared and the two men in it gave me menacing stares (not that they had any effect) - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/SEZ-Verna-02.jpg A close-up of the gate reveals the SEZ promoter's identity - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/SEZ-Verna-03.jpg Construction on this site began even before it was notified - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/SEZ-Verna-04.jpg A section of the vast land for the proposed SEZ - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/SEZ-Verna-05.jpg View in the opposite direction, of the Zuari river basin - http://www.parrikar.org/images/samples/SEZ-Verna-06.jpg Warm regards, r ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs