Ixttaghots, Goenkars Anni Fellow Countrymen & Women, You country needs
you, so can you HELP PLEASE ??
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From: Allewyn Asristo De Pinto
To: joseph rebello
Sent: Fri, 3 September, 2010 12:06:35
Subject: Times View from the Times of India - Goa Edition
Times View
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The
invasion of Goan beaches by tar balls, close on the heels of the Mumbai
oil spill, calls for policy intervention against criminally negligent
ships ruining the Indian coastline and putting marine ecology at risk.
It is time India, emulating US action in the BP case, vigorously
enforces the ‘‘polluter pays’’ principle so that such ships are rendered
automatically liable to pay for environmental damage without going into
the question of fault. The contamination of coastal waters by oil spills
is bound to worsen unless errant ships are slapped with exemplary
damages to the tune of crores of rupees, commensurate with environmental
repercussions and costs of remedial action. The Mumbai spill was due to
a collision. Goa’s case is a shocking ‘‘spill and scoot’’ by a rogue
ship. Government should also leverage its prerogative to impose legal
sanctions, including cancellation of licences. As a token of our
commitment to tackling this serious problem, TOI offers a reward of Rs
10 lakh to the crew member who blows the whistle on his polluting ship.
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Now available in Toronto, a few copies of *Into The Diaspora Wilderness* by
Selma Carvalho. Contact Bosco D'Mello
bo...@goanet.org (416) 803-7264
http://selmacarvalho.squarespace.com/
