When the tough gets going one needs to be tough, Rebello should not have quit
but put on the fight if he is on the right track and for the development of
Goenkars ,and this goes out to every Goenkar today , no matter what disaster
you face in life , be strong and god fearing , after all the lord has said "Be
Still And Strong for I am God"> Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 01:07:43 +0530> From:
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> By A Staff Reporter> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > PANJIM: Disparate forces with the
Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA)> have finally forced the resignation of its convenor
Oscar> Rebello.> > Two other prominent members of the GBA, Ritu Prasad and>
Patricia Pinto, who represented Rebello in the Task Force to> prepare the draft
Regional Plan 2021, have also decided to> stay away from the panel henceforth.>
> "I can understand people from outside the GBA criticizing> me," said a
frustrated Rebello, "but when your own people> start labelling you a sell-out,
it is better to resign."> > The resignation is a fallout over differences over
the draft> Regional Plan with some groups arguing that the GBA should> pull out
from the Task Force.> > Trouble in the GBA came to the fore a few months ago
when> Rebello was on a foreign trip and co-convenor Sabina Martins> was coerced
into signing a letter stating that the GBA> rejects the "methodology adopted"
by the Task Force to> formulate a Regional Plan.> > The letter was leaked to
the Press. Thereafter, a vicious> campaign was launched on the Internet to
discredit Rebello.> > "I think the GBA has lost faith in me and I should
resign,"> Rebello said.> > Part of the problem lies with the variety of
interests in the> GBA with each group pursuing individual agendas and>
forgetting the larger picture, sources said.> > One group wanted the ban on
casinos to be included in the> regional plan, another wanted the entire process
to be> restarted because it believed all the data provided by the> government
was manipulated.> > Yet another wanted the spirit of the 73rd and 74th
amendment> to be included in the plan.> > Another demand was that members of
the Task Force should not> sign the document until the Town and Country Plannin
gAct is> rescinded ... the list is endless.> > "How long are we going to wait
for the government to change> the laws?" asked Dr Rebello. "If people want to
change> government policy, then they should get elected to do it, not> through
the back door."> > Added to his was the complication caused by the rising
demand> by gram sabhas across the state for a blanket ban on mega> projects,
sources said.> > "When I suggested that we take a stand on mega projects, it>
was rejected," said Dr Rebello.> > Explaining the other issues, he said, the
Regional Plan is> being held back only because of the 73rd and 74th amendment.>
There is no precedent in the rest of India, as far as> provisions pertaining to
planning.> > "We asked the core committee to produce a document on this> issue
so that we could take it to the Task Force, nobody> responded," Dr Rebello
said.> > "So on the one hand, you have GBA members insisting that the> spirit
of these two amendments be included, on the other you> have a situation where
no one is willing to say how this can> be accomplished."> > The problem faced
by those who represented the GBA on the> Task Force -- Rebello, Ritu Prasad and
Patricia Pinto -- was> that the disparate forces wanted them to behave as
messengers> between the GBA and the Task Force instead of active> participant.>
> "Everything has changed so much, that I can no longer> articulate the
concerns of the GBA," lamented Rebello. The> doctor took exception to the
vicious campaign launched> against him by Internet-savvy members of the GBA.
"They have> tried to destroy my credibility," he said.> > -------------->
Patricia, Ritu resign from Task Force too> > When contacted, Patricia said they
had resigned from the Task> Force, but would continue to be the GBA members.> >
"We (myself and Ritu Prasad) have not resigned from the GBA.> We were helping
Dr Oscar on the Task Force and were> authorised to attend the Task Force
meetings since Dr Oscar> was often pre-occupied with his profession."> > She
said that one of the reasons for them to quit the Task> Force was that the GBA
had not yet arrived at a consensus to> put the process of the 73rd and 74th
amendments forward at> the Task Force.> > "We did not attend the Task Force
meeting held on Friday> because the views we were trying to put forward were
not> acceptable to the GBA. We can't contribute, as there was no> direction to
move forward. The GBA was not agreeing to it."> > The GBA has to arrive to a
consensus, Patricia said, adding> that the GBA would meet at the Caritas Hall,
St Inez, Panjim> at 4 pm today, August 2, where Ritu Prasad is likely to make>
a presentation on Section 16 and 16A of the TCP Act.> > The resignation of the
top three members means the GBA will> have to appoint a new set of leaders to
represent it on the> Task Force.> > ENDS>
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