Hello there - Jane etc, The issue is not those who are here. Its the big mega colonies that are being promoted . Is it susutainable?
Will Goa experience withdrawal symptoms just like what's happening in other suburbs? A little firsthand experience : Mumbai is experiencing a 30% water cut{ In reality it is double that}. Two lakes are below reserve therefore water cannot be drawn. Thane city residents are getting water every alternate day for 1 hr as on May 2009. Earlier it was 3 hrs. Current Pop approx 45lacs. 1992 Thane city Pop; 8lacs; water was available 24 hrs. Promise aplenty were made on bended knees by the Municipal Councilors. My personal experience . The clothes were stuck in the washing machine for 2 days. In two days the odour of a 50% incomplete washing cycle was terrible.; something like a dead rat in the apartment. How do we manage? Patience dear all, and pray the water runs through the taps. Fights took place between those staying on the ground level and those staying on higher floors all because the pressure was inadequate & add to this hydro Pneumatic pumps that has no storage tank. Imagine a house with little children and no water. Imagine staying on the 17th floor with aged parents and one has to subsist on raw water { Bore well water] that smells brackish because every building has the facility for the toilets. What does one do? The truth is that the Municipalities in connivances with greedy builders have sanctioned new MEGA PROJECTS that is not in sync with water supplies', electricity, sewerage lines, concrete roads with a service road etc. What does one do? Gehrao the Municipal Commissioner, abuse him etc? Well this time the people have voted for someone else. Only time will tell; till then one has to patiently wait for the situation to ease out and hope for the best, get involved in civic & political affairs etc and create pressure modules. So the basic issue is the infrastructure - who is going to create it first or Rather build the MEGA COLONIES , AND THEN START ALL THE INFRASRTUCTURE.? Ashley -----Original Message----- From: goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org [mailto:goanet-boun...@lists.goanet.org] On Behalf Of Gabriel de Figueiredo Sent: Wednesday, July 08, 2009 7:34 PM To: Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994! Subject: Re: [Goanet] foreigners buying proerty in Goa Dear Jane, >Since Gabriel is the ACTIVIST in favour of foreigners buying property in Goa, >should every Goan hold him responsible if some problem does take place, >in Goa, because of them? First of all, allow me to express to sogle Goemkar (not Goankars) on this forum, that an activist, accidental or otherwise, I am not and never will be. I don't know exactly when you, Jane, discovered that there are problems looming, but these have been in existence since a very long time ago. I am not going to elaborate. And please refrain from shouting. I hear you loud and clear. Calm down. >Our Freedom fighters liberated Goa from foreign rule Please stop there. None of your freedom fighters ever "liberated" Goa from foreign rule - Krishna Menon and the Indian armed forces saw to that. And don't bother going into that topic either - its a topic that's been torn to shreds on this and other fora in the past. If you do need more information, please visit http://www.colaco.net/4/GoaLib.htm (BTW, since you dislike the Brits so much, inferred from your constant references to "freedom fighters", now tell me: you enjoy a Westminster-style of Govt in India, speak and write English fairly well, travel on a British idiosynchrasy of a double-decker bus, travel on a British-laid railway system, and probably well-educated in an English-medium school/college; isn't it a bit hypocritical on your part to dislike the very things you were brought up with, and use every day? ) >All Indians who wanted to continue to be ruled by foreigners have >migrated to foreign countries and enjoy being governed by Foreigners. Again, you're rambling. We who have settled in "foreign countries" are no longer foreigners - we're locals where we've settled, and rather enjoy each other's company, food and culture in a multi-cultural environment, and we choose who we want to rule over us just as you do in your own country. >Even the USA has a number of immigrants in top decision-making jobs. So what is the point you're trying to make? >We all know about the thousands of Indians who are welcomed into foreign countries >to work at menial, low-paid jobs, because the citizens of foreign countries, >do not want to do their own, dirty work. Oh really? So you think all we do is clean toilets? That's a great one :-)) Indians may work menial jobs to get started (which sometimes is a great way to gain work-experience, contrary to India's theoreticians who know everything in theory and nil in practice - see the state of the Goa Medical College Hospital, the public wing), but perhaps you've never heard of Goan judges, administrators, doctors and other leading Goans in the countries they've settled in? High time you took off those blinkers and read something about Goans. >Goa, at the moment does not have the funds/infrastructure necessary to suypport the influx of foreigners Does it have the funds/infrastructure necessary to support the past, present and future influx of non-Goans, rich or poor, into Goa? FYI, issues being discussed in this thread are issues relating to those who have already purchased property in Goa - not those who are to come. No more from me on this topic. Have a great day. Gabriel. ----- Original Message ---- From: jane gillian rodrigues <janerodrig...@rediffmail.com> To: goanet@lists.goanet.org Sent: Tuesday, 7 July, 2009 8:00:48 PM Subject: [Goanet] foreigners buying proerty in Goa Dear Goankars, My reply to Gabriel' e-mail - I am happy and proud to be able to tell people, that we Goans live in India, the land of our foremothers and forefathers, while many foreigners sadly state, that they live in the country of their "FOUR MOTHERS AND FOUR FATHERS". Since Gabriel is the ACTIVIST in favour of foreigners buying property in Goa, should every Goan hold him responsible if some problem does take place,in Goa, because of them? The statement - "Aren't we all human?". Our Freedom fighters liberated Goa from foreign rule, so that we could live like human beings. All Indians who wanted to continue, to be ruled by foreigners have migrated to foreign countries and enjoy being governed by Foreigners. Even the USA has a number of immigrants in top decision-making jobs. My reply to Mario's e-mail - Some selfish, greedy, mean, NRIs give the same reply as Mario - "Why just NRI's? Do you think they are NRI's because their priority is Goa?" We all know about the thousands of Indians who are welcomed into foreign countries to work at menial, low-paid jobs, because the citizens of foreign countries, do not want to do their own, dirty work. As per Ashley's e-mail,- "Goa, at the moment does not have the funds/infrastructure necessary to suypport the influx of foreigners".We all agree with him and Santano ____________________________________________________________________________ ________ Access Yahoo!7 Mail on your mobile. Anytime. Anywhere. Show me how: http://au.mobile.yahoo.com/mail