[Goanet] NO ROOM FOR VIP SECURITY

[Aires Rodrigues]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/3-cops-for-each-vip-but-just-1-for-every-663-common-man/articleshow/60724979.cms

In a democracy there can be no room to foment VIP culture. With the red
beacon now gone, it’s time to stop those crores being squandered on
providing police security for Ministers other politicians and their kin.

Politicians are supposed to serve the people and those who really do
service need no protection. Our Soldiers and para military forces take very
high risks sans any special protection.

The power intoxicated Politicians who are apprehensive about their personal
safety should either hire their own personal body guards or fade away from
public life. Such criminal waste of public funds on security for VIPs
cannot be allowed. The Police personnel ought to be deployed for street
policing and not to hover around the politicians. The unnecessary over
deployment of police at official functions attended by VIPs must also stop. The
police force is meant to investigate criminal cases, maintain law and order
while also regulating traffic. The life of a VIP cannot be any more sacred
than that of a common man.


Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] It May Be Too Late

[Roland Francis]

Neil deGrasse Tyson is a renowned astrophysicist and cosmologist and chief of 
the Hayden Planetarium in New York City.

Neil deGrasse Tyson: It might be 'too late' to recover from climate change
http://www.cnn.com/2017/09/17/us/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-climate-change-cnntv/index.html

Roland Francis
Toronto.

[Goanet] REMEMBERING SELWYN

[Aires Rodrigues]

On his 17th death anniversary today, fond and never fading memories of Selwyn
Pereira, a jewel, our Ribandar lost so early, at his very tender age of
just 29 in that most tragic road accident at Kanpur.



The very music talented Selwyn Pereira’s debut was with Ribandar’s “Purple
Rain” and then he gave birth to his very own "Civilians". He later joined
one of Goa's top the "Big City Band” and moved on to as a keyboardist
playing for Remo Fernandes’s "The Microwave Papadams".



Recalling with nostalgic recollections the always ever so happy, warm
hearted and very fun-loving Selwyn who was always ready to help one and
all. Exceptionally civil in his conduct, the very down to earth and never
with any ego, Selwyn was always ever so unassuming. Besides being a very
budding musician, he was an outstanding human being always caring and
someone who never stopped smiling.  Selwyn was a great guy, on and off
stage.


Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] [Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar] Homage to Bobby

[Rajan Parrikar]

Photo Blog by Rajan Parrikar has posted a new item, 'Homage to Bobby'

A troubled genius.

Yesterday I visited the grave of Bobby Fischer at Laugardælir Church,
around 30
miles outside of Reykjavík, Iceland. I was a boy in shorts when the 1972
Bobby
Fischer-Boris Spassky duel for the World Chess Championship captured the
world's imagination.


You may view the latest post at

http://blog.parrikar.com/2017/09/17/homage-to-bobby/


Warm regards,

Rajan Parrikar
ra...@parrikar.com

[Goanet] It's raining in Goa...

[Frederick Noronha]

Started on Friday evening. Off and on.

AccuWeather forecasts:
https://www.accuweather.com/en/in/panaji/188095/early-morning-weather/188095

LOOKING AHEAD: Rain and a thunderstorm from Sunday evening to late Friday
night can lead to flooding.

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[Goanet] swach bharat and pollution

[Nelson Lopes]

Swach Bharat  and pollution.

Cess is being collected for the above purpose. Where and how the amounts
are utilized is not public knowledge. It is said that it is sucked by the
black hole. Students and NGO`s are cleaning beaches etc in their efforts to
clean the surroundings. It is not a permanent solution, as the process of
littering is repeated, making a mockery of their efforts. Instead it would
be much wiser to provide bins at  all such places. Unless and until there
is collection, segregation and disposal there is no end to Goa being seen
as big dust bin. Disposal of wet garbage in apartments and building complex
is acute without any visible provisions. The rag pickers do the  job for a
 living but their collections are selective and purposeful . Pigs in
villages earlier served as scavengers of wet garbage.The Panchayats and
Municipalities have no disposal schemes of collected waste. It is high time
that a  fee is  levied for collection.. There must be stringent fines for
littering in public by roadsides, water bodies and isolated spots.. It is
only the Govt. that has the resources to tackle and deal with the menace of
degradable and non degradable waste.. Industries, hotels, hospitals,
hostels, residential complexes must have compulsorily their own waste
disposal system in place. Govt is also being obstructed. In installing
waste treatment plants in their backyards by vociferous motivated,
iinstigated public. The most convenient plastic carry bag is made the
scapegoat of pollution. The news paper was then the culprit like the
plastic bag of the day.. It is ridiculous to ban plastic carry bags alone
and yet permit industries to package their goods in plastic, Besides
plastic is pervasive in  the manufacture   many of our daily life
necessities, replacing metal to a great extent. The answer lies not in
banning the use of the  wonder material, but in proper disposal and
recycling it for more productive, innovate purposes, as it  is done in the
west .The public and students must be educated to keep environment clean be
it air, water, land, People are now fully conscious of degrading effect of
pollution, but are not finding the encouragement and support of collection
and disposal and  in the absence of such a facility people will find it
convenient to dump wet garbage specially anywhere to get rid of it

Nelson Lopes Chinchinim

[Goanet] Goa online short film festival for colleges, Sept 18, 2017 at Panjim

[Frederick Noronha]

Organised by the Entertainment Society of Goa. The Goa Online Short Film
Festival for College. GOSFF17. On September 18, 2017 at Maquinez Palace at
3 pm.

http://www.goenchobalcao.com/gosff17
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[Goanet] Portuguese Goan Literature: A Brazillian input (Via TR de Souza, GRN)

[Frederick Noronha]

-- Forwarded message --
From: teodeso...@gmail.com [goa-research-net] <
goa-research-...@yahoogroups.com>
Date: 17 September 2017 at 23:25
Subject: [Goa Research Net] Portuguese Goan Literature: A Brazillian input
To: goa-research-...@yahoogroups.com

https://pt.scribd.com/document/246357821/cp074700goa#

Here is a recent thesis (2008)  presented by Evando Domingues for a degree
at Niterói University in Brazil. It would be interesting to see the
feedback from our GRNetters. The thesis seeks to analyse 3 books of fiction
by Vimala Devi, Eduardo Agualusa and Orlando Costa.


Teotonio R. de Souza

[Goanet] An angry Rajdeep Sardesai speaks about the media in India today

[Frederick Noronha]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AnII2xKoTGw

[Goanet] How Political Patronage Has Kept the Sanatan Sanstha Afloat in Goa

[Goanet Reader]

How Political Patronage Has Kept the Sanatan Sanstha Afloat in Goa

BY DEVIKA SEQUEIRA
devikaseque...@gmail.com

Starting out as just a fringe
irritant, the shadowy
organisation has been
emboldened by the Goa
government's support

PHOTO: The headquarters of the Sanatan Sanstha in Ponda.
Credit: Sneha Vakharia


Panaji: With the needle of forensic findings now pointing to
a clear link between the killers of journalist Gauri Lankesh,
Kannada scholar M.M. Kalburgi and communist leader Govind
Pansare of Kolhapur, the spotlight is once again on the
shadowy Goa-based Sanatan Sanstha.

Almost two decades after the hardline Hindutva organisation
parked itself in Goa -- it was registered by a trust deed in
the state in March 1999 (a copy of the deed is with The Wire)
-- very little is known of what goes on inside the Sanatan
Sanstha's 'ashram' in Ramnathi, Ponda, or who actually calls
the shots there, as its reclusive founder, Jayant Balaji
Athavale, a Mumbai based hypnotherapist who turned 75 this
year, stopped making public appearances at the ashram since 2004.

  It isn't clear if it was Athavale's wife's Goa
  links, or the fact that he received a warm embrace
  from saffron-leaning politicians in Goa, that
  prompted the shift of the Sanatan headquarters from
  Panvel in Maharashtra, to Ponda in Goa.

But Ramnathi, in Bandora village, Ponda taluka, would have
seemed the natural choice. As home to a cluster of some of
the biggest and best known temples in Goa, Ponda is both a
religious and cultural hub.

The taluka is also the political base of the controversial
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) politicians Sudin and
Deepak Dhavlikar, who are the Sanatan's biggest benefactors
and supporters in Goa. Both the Dhavlikar brothers' wives,
Jyoti and Lata, are sadhaks at the Sanatan, something they
propagate quite openly. The Dhavlikars have said their wives
are Sanatan members to "help promote our Hindu dharma and culture".

Lata Dhavlikar, whose husband was a minister in the Goa
government till he lost the election earlier this year, waded
into a controversy two years ago when she publicly asked
parents to stop sending their children to convent schools,
and pronounced rape was on the rise in the country because
Indian women were becoming more and more westernised.

A politician with the ability to cling to power even though
the MGP has not won more than three seats in each of the last
four elections in Goa, Sudin Dhavlikar is currently a
minister in the BJP-led coalition government and holds the
lucrative portfolios of PWD and transport, among others.

  Why did they support an organisation suspected in
  the killings of three rationalists, I asked Deepak
  Dhavlikar before the election in February this
  year. He was enraged by the question. "Why are you
  studying this so deeply? If some members are
  involved, does it mean all Hindus are guilty?" was
  his reply, before he slammed the phone down.

But shouldn't the presence of two Goa ministers -- both
Dhavlikar brothers and their families attended prayer
functions in the Sanatan ashram last year -- in the premises
of an organisation linked to the murders of at least three
people who were outspoken in their criticism of intolerance
in the country, raise questions in Goa?

  The Sanatan's move to Goa and its furtive
  functioning was viewed with both suspicion and open
  hostility in Bandora village, long before its
  violent intent came out into the open in the Margao
  bomb blast that killed two of its sadhaks, Malgonda
  Patil and Yogesh Naik in October 2009. There were
  complaints and cross-complaints in local police
  stations, and the right-wing group even moved the
  courts in 2004, claiming it was being defamed by
  some locals. The defamation case was dismissed by
  the high court in 2007.

But it was in 2012, after the BJP won a majority on its own
in Goa in the election that year -- propelling Manohar
Parrikar to the chief minister's post again -- that the
Sanatan Sanstha and its offshoot, the Hindu Janajagruti
Samiti (HJS), became all the more publicly and visually
assertive. The Sanatan and HJS went into overdrive to put
together the first All Indian Hindu Convention "for
establishment of Hindu Rashtra". The convention took place at
Ramnathi in June of that year, and the right-wing
organisation crowed that not for 125 years had such a large
gathering of pro-Hindu groups taken place.

The second Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Adhiveshan in June 2013 saw
Narendra Modi, who was then still Gujarat's chief minister,
sending a message of greetings to the organisers. The event
is still held every year. In March 2017, a reporter reported
about the convention for The Wire.

  PHOTO: Narendra Modi’s message to the Second All
  India Hindu Convention, 29013.

How much fi

[Goanet] OFFTOPIC: Why Modi government's GST has hit a wall Businesses are getting a sinking feeling as Goods and Services Tax is touching the dreaded fault line.

[Frederick Noronha]

http://www.dailyo.in/politics/gst-complex-dysfunctional-economy-sinking-feeling-gstn-bjp-finance-ministry/story/1/19528.html

[Goanet] How Political Patronage Has Kept the Sanatan Sanstha Afloat in Goa (Devika Sequeira, The Wire)

[Goanet Reader]

How Political Patronage Has Kept the Sanatan Sanstha Afloat in Goa

BY DEVIKA SEQUEIRA
devikaseque...@gmail.com

Starting out as just a fringe
irritant, the shadowy
organisation has been
emboldened by the Goa
government's support

PHOTO: The headquarters of the Sanatan Sanstha in Ponda.
Credit: Sneha Vakharia


Panaji: With the needle of forensic findings now pointing to
a clear link between the killers of journalist Gauri Lankesh,
Kannada scholar M.M. Kalburgi and communist leader Govind
Pansare of Kolhapur, the spotlight is once again on the
shadowy Goa-based Sanatan Sanstha.

Almost two decades after the hardline Hindutva organisation
parked itself in Goa -- it was registered by a trust deed in
the state in March 1999 (a copy of the deed is with The Wire)
-- very little is known of what goes on inside the Sanatan
Sanstha's 'ashram' in Ramnathi, Ponda, or who actually calls
the shots there, as its reclusive founder, Jayant Balaji
Athavale, a Mumbai based hypnotherapist who turned 75 this
year, stopped making public appearances at the ashram since 2004.

  It isn't clear if it was Athavale's wife's Goa
  links, or the fact that he received a warm embrace
  from saffron-leaning politicians in Goa, that
  prompted the shift of the Sanatan headquarters from
  Panvel in Maharashtra, to Ponda in Goa.

But Ramnathi, in Bandora village, Ponda taluka, would have
seemed the natural choice. As home to a cluster of some of
the biggest and best known temples in Goa, Ponda is both a
religious and cultural hub.

The taluka is also the political base of the controversial
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) politicians Sudin and
Deepak Dhavlikar, who are the Sanatan's biggest benefactors
and supporters in Goa. Both the Dhavlikar brothers' wives,
Jyoti and Lata, are sadhaks at the Sanatan, something they
propagate quite openly. The Dhavlikars have said their wives
are Sanatan members to "help promote our Hindu dharma and culture".

Lata Dhavlikar, whose husband was a minister in the Goa
government till he lost the election earlier this year, waded
into a controversy two years ago when she publicly asked
parents to stop sending their children to convent schools,
and pronounced rape was on the rise in the country because
Indian women were becoming more and more westernised.

A politician with the ability to cling to power even though
the MGP has not won more than three seats in each of the last
four elections in Goa, Sudin Dhavlikar is currently a
minister in the BJP-led coalition government and holds the
lucrative portfolios of PWD and transport, among others.

  Why did they support an organisation suspected in
  the killings of three rationalists, I asked Deepak
  Dhavlikar before the election in February this
  year. He was enraged by the question. "Why are you
  studying this so deeply? If some members are
  involved, does it mean all Hindus are guilty?" was
  his reply, before he slammed the phone down.

But shouldn't the presence of two Goa ministers -- both
Dhavlikar brothers and their families attended prayer
functions in the Sanatan ashram last year -- in the premises
of an organisation linked to the murders of at least three
people who were outspoken in their criticism of intolerance
in the country, raise questions in Goa?

  The Sanatan's move to Goa and its furtive
  functioning was viewed with both suspicion and open
  hostility in Bandora village, long before its
  violent intent came out into the open in the Margao
  bomb blast that killed two of its sadhaks, Malgonda
  Patil and Yogesh Naik in October 2009. There were
  complaints and cross-complaints in local police
  stations, and the right-wing group even moved the
  courts in 2004, claiming it was being defamed by
  some locals. The defamation case was dismissed by
  the high court in 2007.

But it was in 2012, after the BJP won a majority on its own
in Goa in the election that year -- propelling Manohar
Parrikar to the chief minister's post again -- that the
Sanatan Sanstha and its offshoot, the Hindu Janajagruti
Samiti (HJS), became all the more publicly and visually
assertive. The Sanatan and HJS went into overdrive to put
together the first All Indian Hindu Convention "for
establishment of Hindu Rashtra". The convention took place at
Ramnathi in June of that year, and the right-wing
organisation crowed that not for 125 years had such a large
gathering of pro-Hindu groups taken place.

The second Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Adhiveshan in June 2013 saw
Narendra Modi, who was then still Gujarat's chief minister,
sending a message of greetings to the organisers. The event
is still held every year. In March 2017, a reporter reported
about the convention for The Wire.

  PHOTO: Narendra Modi’s message to the Second All
  India Hindu Convention, 29013.

How much fi

[Goanet] New coach with transparent roof will make your Mumbai-Goa train trip more scenic from Monday

[Gabe Menezes]

View the sky, get some vitamin D and enjoy looking at the sky! Is this
Modi's new take on how take the populace for a ride?

-- 
DEV BOREM KORUM

Gabe Menezes.

[Goanet] Goa's Fishy Tales

[Gilbert Lawrence]

 Vivek Menezes:  Goa's Fishy Tales (Times of India, 15/9/2017)
Meanwhile, the national potential for aquaculture remains severely 
under-developed (thoughwith its own marked growth in recent years). 



GL responds:
In a well-written and well-researched article two importation solutions got 
short-thrived.
1.  Limiting wild fish catch to specified size (maturity) to prevent the wild 
fish stock from depletion and permit them to reproduce. 
2.  Aquaculture is a major solution to increasing fish consumption all over the 
world.  Globally, (from advanced countries like Japan and USA) to the third 
world countries of Africa, aquaculture fish contributes 30% to 50% of fish 
consumed.

So why is India and specifically Goa lagging behind in aquaculture?  Fish is an 
important ingredient in the Goan diet and economy.  As pointed out,  30% of the 
fish harvest is exported and rest used to satisfy the needs of the native and 
the ever-growing tourist industry (Goa's largest economic sector).

So, in Goa, is there a College(s) and / or well funded research department 
devoted to fish hatcheries, fish ecology and aqua-economy?  In many parts  the 
world, colleges and universities have degree courses in Aquaculture.  

Clearly "the fish economy" can have a major and a  number of ripple effects on 
various (not considered) related kinds of jobs and significantly address many 
of the issues raised in "Goa's Fishy Tales."

Aquaculture Colleges, Universites & Degree Programs
Regards, GL

Re: [Goanet] Gartner Conference 13th - 16th Nov 2017 Opportunity to showcase Goa

[Goa IT Professionals - GITP]

To: Goa Govt
CC: Prime Minister's Office
BCC: National and Local media

Dear Minister of IT and members of Govt of Goa,

We write with reference to GITP's numerous follow ups and reminders to the
Department of IT and IPB over the past 3 years regarding an yearly event of
world scale which is organised in Goa. IT Ministry, IPB and the Goa
government has completely failed to make any use of these and other such
opportunities it gets or similar leads provided by GITP.  We write to you
again hoping some action in this direction.

Like every year, Gartner is organizing a symposium in Goa for 4 days
between 13th - 16th Nov 2017. All details necessary to register and
participate in this event are available at http://www.gartner.com/even
ts/apac/goa-symposium.  The importance of utilizing such opportunities to
promote Goa as an industrial destination has been justified by GITP in the
email communications below.

Like every year, GITP is informing the Minister of IT, Investment Promotion
Board and relevant departments of Goa Govt about this event well in
advance. We sincerely hope this year will not bring another miserable
absence of the Govt of Goa in this prestigious event.

We again pledge complete assistance in ensuring an impactful participation
of Goa which is likely to result in building the image of the state as a
serious investment destination.

Regards,

*Goa IT Professionals – GITP *| www.goaitpro.org | goa...@gmail.com

*Important links: About GITP  | GITP on
Social Network  | GITP Core Team
 | *Goa Skills Registry - GSR



On 4 Aug 2016 6:24 am, "Goa IT Professionals - GITP" 
wrote:

To: Goa Govt
CC: Prime Minister's Office
BCC: National and Local media

Dear members of IPB and Govt of Goa,

It is high time Goa contributes in a big way to the nation-wide spirit of
Make In India initiated by the Prime Minister.

Like every year, Gartner is organizing a symposium in Goa for 4 days
between 15th - 18th Nov 2016. All details necessary to register and
participate in this event are available at http://www.gartner.com/events/
apac/goa-symposium. The importance of utilizing such opportunities to
promote Goa as an industrial destination has been justified by GITP in the
email communications below.

Like every year, GITP is informing the Investment Promotion Board and
relevant departments of Goa Govt about this event well in advance. We
sincerely hope this year will not bring another miserable absence of the
Govt of Goa in this prestigious event.

We again pledge complete assistance in ensuring an impactful participation
of Goa which is likely to result in building the image of the state as a
serious investment destination.

Regards,

*Goa IT Professionals – GITP *| www.goaitpro.org | goa...@gmail.com

*Important links: About GITP  | GITP on
Social Network  | GITP Core Team
 | *Goa Skills Registry - GSR


-- Forwarded message --
From: Goa IT Professionals 
Date: Thu, Oct 29, 2015 at 4:08 AM
Subject: RE: Gartner Conference 2nd-5th Nov: Opportunity to showcase Goa
To: Atul Pai Kane , "subhash.phaldessai" <
subhash.phaldes...@yahoo.com>, cs-...@nic.in, Nitin Kunkolienker <
nitinkunkolien...@gmail.com>, Goa Director DoIT , Atul
Pai Kane , christopher parakh <
christopher.par...@nic.in>, Nitin Kunkolienker <
nitin.kunkolien...@smartlink.co.in>, Srinet Kothwale ,
dir-indu goa , Nana Bandekar ,
Tulasida Pai , i...@infotechgoa.com
Cc: cm goa , cmo goa , Laxmikant Parsekar <
laxmikantparsekar...@gmail.com>


Dear Atul and team,



Just a gentle reminder here about the Gartner CIO conference happening in
Goa this weekend as per our earlier mails below. Trust the needful has been
done on your side to officially represent Goa and its IT/ESDM potential at
this prominent global platform.



As you have seen on the ground, in local press and in social media (Facebook
, YouTube
) we at GITP
single-handedly represented Goa IT and Innovation at the recent Global
Business Forum without any support, inputs nor presence (except for
Tulsidas Pai) from the Goa government machinery despite our persistent
follow-ups and our offer of full support to do the needful. And our effort
has had an indisputable positive impact for the Goan IT start-ups as well
as the overall image of Goa.



GITP has decided to skip the upcoming Gartner CIO conference and looks
forward to you to do the needful as you deem fit.



All the best!



Regards,

GITP



*From:* Goa IT Professionals [mailto:goa...@gmail.com]
*Sent:* 28 September 2015 9:59 am
*To:* Atul Pai Kane 
*Cc:* subhash.phaldessai ; cs-...@nic.in;
Nitin Kunkolienker ; Goa Director DoIT <
dir-dit@nic.in>; Atul Pai Kane ; christo

[Goanet] CHIEF MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR MUST RESIGN

[Aires Rodrigues]

The 103 page report by the Goa Lokayukta Justice P.K. Misra is very
revealing.  As that multi crore Goa beach cleaning scam all happened during
his tenure, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar should now at least shoulder
moral responsibility and immediately quit. And more so because it is no
secret that the mastermind and main beneficiary of it all was his elder
brother Avdhoot Parrikar who along with the other Parrikar clan has swiftly
risen from rags to riches.

Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

Mobile No: 9822684372

Office Tel  No: (0832) 2444012

Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com

 Or

   airesrodrig...@yahoo.com

You can also reach me on

Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues

Twitter@rodrigues_aires


www.airesrodrigues.com

[Goanet] CHIEF MINISTER MANOHAR PARRIKAR SHIELDING HIS BROTHER AVDHOOT

[Aires Rodrigues]

Under the guise of having to study that bulky report submitted by the Goa
Lokayukta,  Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar will take no action in the
matter as the mastermind of that multi crore beach cleaning scam is his
very own elder brother Avdhoot Parrikar.  There is nothing for the Chief
Minister to study and he should have immediately agreed to the suggestion
made by the Lokayukta and handed over the probe to the CBI.


Though the name of the very astute Avdhoot Parrikar does not figure
anywhere in the official papers, he had deviously been the man behind the
scene attending meetings between the beach cleaning contractors and
government officials where the scam was hatched. Besides, there is abundant
evidence of Avdhoot Parrikar's SMS and WhatsApp conversations with the
beach cleaning contractors.


The then Director of Tourism Nikhil Desai during the investigation into the
scam had conceded to the Anti- Corruption Branch (ACB) of having met
Avdhoot Parrikar. Nikhil Desai in his statement to the ACB on 30th June
2015 stated that he had met Avdhoot Parrikar whom he knew as a Social
worker at his Porvorim residence ‘Radhakrishna’ and that during the meeting
Avdhoot Parrikar had suggested that the beauty of Goan beaches must be
preserved at all costs to ensure that the Tourism Industry in the State
flourishes.


Nikhil Desai in his statement to the ACB while admitting that some beach
cleaning contractors were also present stated that he appreciated the
suggestion of Avdhoot Parrikar. Nikhil Desai in his statement to the ACB
also stated that Avdhoot Parrikar had met him twice in his office.


The Goa Government in September 2014 while Manohar Parrikar was the Chief
Minister awarded the contract of cleaning of North Goa Beaches to Bhumika
Cleantech Services Pvt Ltd at an annual cost of Rs 7, 51, 40,999 and
the cleaning of South Goa beaches was awarded  to Ram Cleansers &
Developers Pvt Ltd at a cost of Rs 7, 04, 87,999. Both the companies are
owned by Manish Mohata.


Earlier the cleaning of Goa’s entire beaches was costing the State
Government an average of a mere two crores annually. Thanks to deceitful
manipulation geared by Avdhoot Parrikar, the cost of cleaning Goa’s beaches
from an annual 2 crores overnight skyrocketed to a whopping 15 crores.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute Power corrupts absolutely.


http://epaper.heraldgoa.in/Details.aspx?id=30639&boxid=
14482188&uid=&dat=9/17/2017


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[Goanet] LAND GRAB CASE AGAINST PANDURANG MADKAIKAR IN ACB COLD STORAGE FOR OVER THREE YEARS

[Aires Rodrigues]

The Old Goa land grab case against  now Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar
has been gathering dust at the Anti-Corruption Branch for the last over
three years.


Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on 23rd July 2014 in the Goa Legislative
Assembly while accusing then Congress MLA Pandurang Madkaikar of corruption
while he was a Minister in 2004 had alleged that the land proposed by him
for construction of a police station at Old Goa was deviously purchased by
Pandurang Madkaikar himself after threatening the land owner of invoking
the land acquisition Act. The Chief Minister stated the matter being very
serious would be handed over to the Anti-Corruption Branch for
investigation.


Accordingly Under Secretary Home Neetal Amonkar by a letter dated 4th
September 2014 asked the Superintendent of Police at the ACB to investigate
whether Pandurang Madkaikar while a Minister in 2004 had misused his
authority and committed breach of trust by a forceful threat of invoking
the land acquisition Act to gain personal benefit amounting to a corrupt
practice.


While the Government kept that sword hanging, Pandurang Madkaikar finally
caved in and on December 22nd last year surrendered himself and embraced
the BJP. Join the saffron brigade and be absolved of all your sins is the
diktat of the BJP.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVs5xpc2XVE


Aires Rodrigues

Advocate High Court

C/G-2, Shopping Complex

Ribandar Retreat,

Ribandar – Goa – 403006

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