Damer Maro Damer In Goa
In Goa a lot more seasonal festivals are being celebrated and they profess to the world, the unity in diverse Goa. It's a wonderful feeling to be present in Goa for any such festival at any given time. It is always a joyous occasion with the spread and display of harmony and colour in unison. For a number of years tar balls have laid siege to our once beautiful beaches rendering them inaccessible and I am not at all surprised to read that the Salcete Coast has been hit by tar balls yet again. It's become a seasonal occurrence or a phenomena, it's like in a particular season we see a lot of glowworms in and around our neighbourhoods, so to the tar balls dark up (not light up) our coast at the end of summer year after year without fail, disrupting the normal life by the coast, so much so that it would be better for our Authorities to start a festival at the end of summer to honour the sea God for this profound gift of tar on our beaches that we don't even see on our roads most of the year round. This festival should be called "damer maro damer" in Goa. This aghast phenomena has been brought to the notice of our Authorities year after year but no attempt is made to look for the source or to apprehend the culprits, that cause this environmental sacrilege. It the apathy of our Authorities to deal with this menace and take preventive measures that has made life miserable for coastal Goans. When will our Authorities learn that a stitch in time saves nine ? Every summer our beaches are invaded by tar balls, every rainy season our coasts, sand dunes and river banks become victims of erosion, the plight of the Goan coast has been highlighted in the national media on a good number of occasions but still our Authorities are unmoved, they lack foresight to control the damage already done and prevent further damage to our fragile and vulnerable coast and our environment. On our eastern front we have the mining menace that has made life unbearable for Goans living in hinterland where as erosion and the tar attacks is making live miserable for coastal Goans, so when will our Government act, or will it ever act ? Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. --------------------------------------------------------