I agree with Cheryl's article. If there have to be migrants (and due to constitutional laws we cannot debar them), whose fault is it. In California (which I visit frequently) there is a lot of Hispanic migrant population working as labourers, gardeners house cleaners, maids, and all kind of lowly jobs. They have/create their own share of problems also but they are also required. If we could find good workmen locally, why did we have to recruit migrants to do these jobs? Sorry, our local workers certainly have an ATTITUDE, which nobody can deny and every problem that we face in Goa is because of this one word - let's face it. The politicians, bureaucrats and of course migrants have taken full advantage of our attitude to exploit us.wholeheartedly. It has come to a stage now where due to lack of local labourers, migrants have become a necessary evil and if we don't look sharp, we are certainly going to be overpowered by them.
As Cheryl has also mentioned "Why is there so much of concentration only on tourism? Why not mining and IT". IT does not create pollution.and surely there is no dearth of bright young Goan entrepreneurs who would like to take up this challenge. Bernice Pereira Keep up with people you care about with Yahoo! India Mail. Learn how. http://in.overview.mail.yahoo.com/connectmore