Dear Joao,
Well done is what I can say on behalf of the afiliated organisations that I represent, The Goa Environmental Action Group and the Goa Su-Raj Party. I had the opportunity to talk to some of the agitators of Colomba at Caritas after the Science and Technology programme on mining. I had also spoken at the meet and what I had said is exactly what we have put down in the party's permanent manifesto, the 'Road Map for Goa'. I shall quote the relevant 'note' in Chapter XIV related to Pollution in general. Quote Note [page 66] Of late, we have been fortunate to see the 'satelite picture' of Goa's landscape. And, needless to say, as Goan citizens who care for Goa's environmental-ecological balance, we have been shell-shocked at what we have seen. Goa's mining belts have devastated Goa's landscape beyond recognition. It is little wonder that the people of these areas are up in arms against the mining-politician lobby. It is very clear that the departmental authorities in charge, have been conniving with the mining-politician lobby in their greed to stay in office, to inflict this irreversible damage to Goa's balanced eco-system. This party has always taken the stand that the mineral resources of Goa is the wealth of the people of Goa and not of a few mine owners and local and central politicians. If this wealth will not be shared with the people, even to the extent of making their lives free from scourges of the mining industry such as chronic dust pollution, depletion of ground water resources and pollution and silting of water bodies, sensitive rivers and agricultural fields and destroying Goa's beautiful God-given landscape, the resources must rest where they are, unexploited. It is the resolve of this party to fight this evil, tooth and nail, to inflict very severe pain and humiliation on the enemies of Goa, who are, most of them without doubt, very much short-sighted Goans. It is only for this reason that this party does not have a single ex-politician in its ranks but only true, loving and caring citizens of Goa. Unquote And for your kind information this party has refrained from accepting any ex-politician in its ranks so far and shall endeavour to remain that way as long as it remains alive believing that socio-conscious people of Goa, like the people of Colomba etc. are the next-generation politicians who will actually save Goa and not the rascals who show that they want to save Goa through naming of their vile organisations in that name. Floriano goasuraj ----- Original Message ----- From: "JOAO FERNANDES" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 9:19 PM Subject: [Goanet] Villagers of Colomba paralised Traffic over 3 hours over alleged assault by the Quepem police > >From John Fernandes, Quepem > > > That a group of villagers from Colomba, Rivona, Dhadolem, Muscavrem, and Kevona blocked the entire Rivona Colomba road for over 3 hours today over the issue of alleged assault done by the ASI P.V. Dessai attached to Quepem police station on one of the villagers at Colomba today. > >
