What Manohar Parrikar was talking about in his recorded interview
(yesterday's telecast of it by HCN cable channel) is the same thing which
Miguel Braganza had said much earlier. TDR ( Transfer Development Rights).
This should be the government's policy (Goa's policy which no elected
government can undo once put in place) based on SPECIAL ZONING to protect
(1) CRZ (2) Historical Sites (3) Forests and Hill sides & slopes (4) Urban
areas as City lungs. (5) Low lying areas such as salt pans, mangroves, river
sides etc. These no development zones can be kept intact if the owner's are
adequately compensated. These FARs can be made transferrable to the
specially marked hyper-development zones where even manmoth sky-crappers can
be built and every one satisfied with no more cribbing such as 'why should I
be deprived from developing my land' etc.
If no one goes for it, Goa Su-Raj will make it happen in a jiffy. That is a
promise
floriano
goasuraj
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mario Goveia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <goanet@lists.goanet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2008 6:19 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Defacing Goa
Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2008 21:04:21 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Rajan P. Parrikar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In a year or two, there won't be anything left to
photograph in Goa. All the hillsides are going,
going, gone. What the @*&% is wrong with us Goans?
Mario responds:
Hasn't the same @*&%^& thing happened near the Saligao
church?
First the beaches, then the other seafronts, then the
rivers and hillsides.
If the land belings to private citizens the only thing
the municipality can do is pass zoning laws that
specify building codes and other specifications.
These zoning laws should pay special attention to the
preservation of the architecture and ambience around
historical sites like the old churches and temples in
Goa. One they are messed up very little can be done.
