[Goanet] FW: Food For Thought
From: sankar dasgupta [mailto:s_ds...@yahoo.co.in] Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2010 9:44 AM To: Ashley.D'silva Subject: Food For Thought “Direction of every religion is towards GOD…… Love and compassion is the vehicle to that direction. It is the handiwork of some people, who are creating confusion by interpreting Holy Scriptures for their personal gains, which has no place in the house of GOD”. Sankar Dasgupta
[Goanet] FW: Mumbai's Wellingdon Catholic Colony Sold-out
From: The CSF [mailto:trinitygr...@mtnl.net.in] Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 2:38 AM To: Ashley Dsilva Subject: Mumbai's Wellingdon Catholic Colony Sold-out Dear Friend in Christ, For those not from Mumbai or Catholic, feel free to ignore this email. Here is a request to those who are not Mumbai-centric Catholics, as this issue is nearer to them. But is an eye-opener for any Christian, even as property scams scandals by Christians are taking center stage. We are degenerating into Christians in name, without in Spirit being Christians. How else would one account for deals, in which the needy are deprived of justice their rights, even as a few Christians remain unanswerable for their nefarious deeds? This is a case where a few Catholics have set a bad example, rather than be the light to the world or salt of the earth. We not only need to be alert about the forces outside, but also the Enemy within. Please pray for those who are being used by the Evil One and also those fighting against injustice, for when Hundreds Crores of Rupees are involved, the danger for those fighting against such forces is high. In HIM - Joe Dias THE CSF LEADS RESIDENTS MARCH TO BUILDERS OFFICE PARISHNERS EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH CATHOLIC COLONY PRESERVE THE CATHOLIC IDENTITY OF WELLINGDON COLONY CIVIL CRIMINAL LITIGATION PROPOSED TO RECLAIM PROPERTY The Catholic Secular Forum (The CSF), led hundreds of parishners, begining with a prayer by Fr. Conrad Saldanha of Sacred Heart Church in Santacruz West, after the 8 am religious service. The protest march from the church went into the Wellingdon Catholic Colony to express solidarity with the inmates - many of who are senior citizens and home bound. This was necessitated because the Bombay Catholic Co-op Society, which manages the 5.5 acre prime property on SV Road, had sold out to one, Sumer Associates to develop the colony. Sad but true, some of our very own are involved in the scam. The CSF team's finding are presented below: Background: Over 34 acres of property acquired around 1917 to be developed as community land by our ancestors – complete with a church, school, convent, gymkhana, residences, etc. Now, around 6 acres, valued at over Rs. 600 crores is sold for a song (Rs. 70 crores) by the Society, destroying not just the heritage value, but putting hundreds of senior citizens on the streets to fend for themselves. Who is Responsible: The office-bearers of the Society, most of who do not live there in the Catholic Colony and who have been in Court with the tenants, living on the property for years have in an illegal, not transparent move entered into a deal with one, Sumer Associates, who have overnight turned the colony into a jail. Apart from being illegal, the rush and amount of pressurizing the Society went into, makes it very suspect. All the stakeholders, did not know anything until they received a notice for a special general meeting on 6th December, 2009. It was a hurried meeting, conducted by Frederick Noronha which voted for Sumer Associates, in so hushed a manner, that even the Registrar’s representative, was asked to keep out. His report is worth reading highlights the nefarious going-ons. To highlight just 2 important observations of The CSF Investigations, arrived at after talking to a number of residents and going through hundreds of documents: • The deal with Sumer Associates is highly suspicious because of the way it was done. For instance, even before the Society members voted, the Society adjudicated the deal on 5th December, which means they were in touch to pay the stamp duty much before the special general meeting. On 7th December, inspite of around 50 members objecting, they signed the conveyance on 8th December, they registered it. Further, the Society even indemnified Sumer Associates of many lapses. Not to mention the fact that one, hitherto unknown Robin Homes was brought into picture, inspite of the Society being in litigation with another builder. Only about 200 of the around 800 member attended the meeting. • About 100 armed men and notorious looking characters were seen in the colony. They were checking every visitor and even threatened parents of the St. Teresa’s Convent students, one of whom, we were given to understand, even complained to the police. We ourselves were subjected to searches and did not object because we were mortally afraid, looking at the characters around. Sumer Associates has illegally started unauthorized construction and put building material in the colony to inconvenience the residents. Preserving Catholic Identity: The vision of our forefathers, when they developed the Wellingdon properties was that the prayer of Jesus - Father that all might be one - which is the need of the hour. Over a hundred years later - greed, selfishness return on investment dominates, to the detriment of our lesser fortunate brethren. Even the
[Goanet] FW: Industrial Garbage burnt every day at Verna
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[Goanet] Agriculturla land not for construction
Pls publish this as the Goa Govt should take note in terms of allowing construction on precious agri land. What a calamity! From Ashley Thu, Dec 24 02:47 AM The government must allocate sufficient resources for transferring close to 25 million hectare of acidic agricultural land, which could be used for augmenting food production in the country, Mangala Rai, the outgoing director general of Indian Council for Agricultural Research (ICAR) on Wednesday said. He said that under the 12th Five Year Plan, the government should set aside financial resources for transferring atleast 1.2 million hectare of agricultural land annually for meeting the rising demand for food in the country. Besides acidic or toxic land, the total wasteland is estimated to be around 107 million hectares in the country. As population grows, there had been increasing pressure on agricultural land which is why we must allocate sufficient resources towards conversion of waste land into agricultural land for significantly increasing food production, Rai said at the 81st AGM of ICAR. He said there are several methods like use of lime and industrial waste into toxic agricultural land for enhancing their qualities. Sharad Pawar, the agriculture minister while speaking at the ICAR AGM said that the research body is at present undertaking a major capacity building exercise to deal with the present and future challenges facing the agriculture sector in the country. These efforts have resulted in filing of over 50 patents applications from 13 ICAR institutes during the year and two patents applications have entered into national phase in US, France and Japan, Pawar said. Pawar noted that in order to infuse new blood in research efforts, over 430 scientists are being recruited into ICAR. In an effort to build capacity in high-end research such as molecular breeding, genomics and transgenics, bioremediation, nanotechnology, diagnostics etc. scientists from ICAR institutes and teachers from state agricultural universities were trained in best of the laboratories of the world, he said. Crop improvement programmes resulted in release or identification of 131 varieties of major food crops for different agro-climatic regions of the country, besides a few varieties in plantation and horticultural crops and nearly 7000 tonne of breeder seed of centrally released field crop varieties were produced for distribution among farmers, he said.
[Goanet] Can the Goa's Politician stopp so low ?
Dear Friends, This is pathetic - Can are our Goan politicians stop so low? -- Russian tourist accuses Goa politician of rape attempt . http://www.indiaenews.com/email/?id=235290 Email . http://www.indiaenews.com/print/?id=235290 Print . http://www.indiaenews.com/pdf/235290.pdf Download PDF . http://www.indiaenews.com/india/20091203/235290/comments.htm Comments (0) From correspondents in India, 12:02 AM IST A Russian woman tourist has accused a Goan politician of attempting to rape her. According to a complaint filed at the Colva police station Wednesday, the Russian, 25, said that John Fernandes, an aspiring politician from a regional political party, tried to rape her after offering her a lift in his car Tuesday night. 'We have booked an attempt to rape case against Fernandes. We have not been able to trace him yet. Investigations are on,' an official at the Colva police station said. The Russian was here on a vacation and was staying at a hotel in Colva, a coastal resort village about 35 km from here. She said that Fernandes promised to drop her to the hotel, but instead took her to a lonely spot and tried to rape her. She said that she managed to wrest free and fled back to the hotel. The police have booked Fernandes, 34, under sections 376 and 511 of the Indian Penal Code. Fernandes had narrowly lost against Tourism Minister Francisco alias Mickky Pacheco in the state assembly elections. Crimes against women in Goa have come under the spotlight, especially after the brutal rape and murder of British teenager Scarlett Keeling in Anjuna last year. (Staff Writer, C IANS) Kind Regards, ASHLEY D'SILVA Mumbai
[Goanet] Congratulations from The Mumbai Goan Association
Dear Mario, A hearty Congratulations to you on being honoured with the 'Orden de Isabel La Catolica' in recognition for the work you have done in strengthening ties between India and Spain. It gives greater pleasure that you were once a Mumbaikar now settled in Goa. Kind Regards, ASHLEY D'SILVA Gen Secretary Mumbai Goan Association Affiliated to the 'World Alliance of Goan Associations'
[Goanet] Most Urgent
Gaonet, MOAT URGENT -MOST URGENT Please provide me with the following details ; ü Who is the person in charge of the Environment dept Minister/ Sec/ Etc ü Please provide the address and emails ü Kind Regards, ASHLEY D'SILVA
[Goanet] Congratualtions Herman
Dear Herman Ji, Congratulations on weaving a beautiful tapestry of fellowship for all the dwindling Goans in India abroad which keeps us together like 'fevicol' ; through this yeoman service that carries us through seasons and climes. For one, we can listen to the incessant chatter of our dear motherland viz- a - viz Goa knowing that there are Goans around the world who are very much in sync with the rough and tumble development of the hyphenated growth evolution of newer aspirations of all. God Bless you and the family because without the Ghar ka support its tough. Kind Regards, ASHLEY D'SILVA
[Goanet] DEAR ALL PLS READ THE FOLLOWING Article - WEST SCORES ON CORE
- Goanetter Francis Rodrigues (Vasco/Toronto) unveils his book, The Greatest Konkani Song Hits. Launch dates: Goa (Kala Academy) on 9 Aug. 4 pm. U.K. (Staines) on 15 Aug. Canada on 20 Aug and US on 30 Aug. Details http://www.konkanisongbook.com/ - EXCERPTS FROM THE WESTSIDE STATES THAT FASHIONED THEIR UNIQUE PATHS TO DEVELPOMEMNT A TOI MUMBAI EDITION The Western states of Gujarat, Maharashtra and Goa are stealing a march over the REST OF THE NATION when it comes to infrastructure growth, the very foundation of economic activity. GOA Tourism-friendly Goa attracts more than 2 million tourists every year. Among the few states with 100% rural electrification, Goa is now attracting droves of IT/ITES companies, with the government having identified a 95 acre area to be developed as the Rajiv Gandhi Habitat at Dona Paula. Over 20 million tonnes of iron ore from the state is exported to countries like China, Japan and Korea. Known for azure beaches and coconut grooves, the state also prides itself on 7,000 industrial units from 3,000 small scale industrial units and 46 medium-and- large scale units in 1987 when Goa attained statehood. The small scale sector provides employment to nearly 50,000 people and the 209 medium and largescale units employ over 25,000 people. Apart from an expansive road network, Goa is currently ranked eighth in an all India- traffic. ARTICLE BY PRASHANT MAHESH TOI MUMBAI THE GOLDEN WEST by Laveesh Bhandari INDICUS ANALYTICS an ECONOMIC RESEARCH FRIM What accounts for rapid growth? a combination of location, history circumstances and the most important ingredients INITIATIVE to excel . In the context of Goa what should happen to achieve economic growth? Can these be the factors ? Ø Make Goa a center of higher education and higher learning no region can grow without higher learning Ø Improve level of governance law and order measures Ø Improve levels of state Government machinery - bureaucracy should function better and quicker to respond to changing conditions and requirements. Ø Every government from which ever political conglomerations MUST PUT IN all efforts to build the state in all respects. Ø Governments should avoid short term political pay-offs. With high growth there are requirements for greater human inputs. Therefore you will have high in-migration levels. But remember the success story of regions cities is always built on the efforts of migrants. For e.g. Kolkata in the pr-independence days, Mumbai Later, Delhi since the nineteen fifties, Bangalore since the nineteen eighties with Pune Surat in the nineties, all examples of in-migration and local conditions complimenting each other for the betterment of all. So where does GOA stand in the scheme of things ? UNLESS GOANS want to defy the evolution of growth. What is stated is a research done over two decades. Any Takers ? Kind Regards, ASHLEY D'SILVA Tel +91 22 6710 3422 # 22 6710 1000 Telfax +91 22 6710 3421 email : servc...@mycareinternational.comwww.mycareinternational.com My Care International Aspen Tree Services Pvt. Ltd.
