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Date: 2008/5/9
Subject: FW: Goa- WARNING TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IN GOA
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Goa has been re-colonised not only by the Brits, Russians
and the Israelis but also by the bold and the beautiful and
the rich and powerful from other parts of the country. By
RAJAN NARYAN
A FEW days ago the sarpanch of Morjim investigated
complaints that a Russian national, who had bought property
on the border of Morjim and Arambol, had blocked the
traditional access to the beach. The security guards of the
Russian national who had fenced the traditional access to
the beach assaulted the sarpanch. The sarpanch has lodged a
police complaint against the security guards who assaulted
him. This is not an isolated case. There are large areas of
Morjim, particularly in Vithaldas-wadi, which have been
totally colonized by the Russians.
Locals are not allowed to enter any of the properties which
are fenced off and guarded by armed security guards.
Russians, who have bought huge amounts of property in
Morjim and other villages in the North Goa coastal belt,
have built massive structures within 500 metres of the High
Tide Line in flagrant and blatant violation of the CRZ
Rules. The Chief Secretary told me on Monday that the Goa
Coastal Zone Management Authority that is presided over by
him intends to crack down on foreigners who have violated
the CRZ Rules.
RUSSIAN INVASION
I recall visiting the Olive Ridley shack on the Morjim
beach over five years ago. The shack then was owned by a
Polish woman. There was already talk that Russians had
begun buying large amounts of property in Morjim. On a
subsequent visit to Morjim, I saw a shack in the middle of
the beach less than ten metres from the High Tide Line
which was festooned with Russian flags. I heard stories of
all-night rave parties by Russians and saw the debris of
the previous night's party on the beach.
But it is not only in Morjim that foreigners have bought
large amounts of beachfront property. If Morjim is
dominated by Russians, Chapora is dominated by the
Israelis. Several parts of the Palolem beach in Canacona
have also been colonised by the Israelis. But the largest
numbers of foreign citizens who have bought property in Goa
are not the Russians or Israelis, but the British. Indeed on
the road leading to Calangute from the St. Alex Church there
is even a real estate agency which proudly advertises the
fact that it is British-owned and only sells property to
Brits and other foreign nationals.
BI-LINGUAL MENUS
OVER the Holi week, which coincided with the Holy Week, I
happened to spend the weekend at a small rural resort in
Carmona close to the Fatrade beach. I had occasion or
provocation to have a look at all the shacks between
Fatrade and Mobor. The overwhelming majority of the shacks
were full of phirangs. In the shacks on the Cavelossim
beach, I saw a wild Holi celebration on with gallons of
bhang (opium). The revellers were all Russians. On the
tables of many of the shacks, menus were not in English,
but Russian. I have seen menus in Hebrew in several beach
shacks in Chapora and in Palolem. I have never come across
a menu in any Indian language let alone the official
language of the state, Konkani in any beach shack anywhere
in Goa. Even though a large number of domestic tourists
visit Goa.
I very often have occasion to visit many of the starred
hotels in Goa located both on the North Goa beach belt and
the South Goa beach belt for some function or the other. In
the last two or three years, whenever I have visited beach
resorts, particularly in the Southern coastal belt,
stretching from Majorda to Mobor, I have noticed that the
details of the various activities planned for the benefit
of foreign tourists - including charter tourists -
displayed on the activity boards are increasingly in
Russian. Depending on the nationality that the hotel is
catering to, the activity boards can be even in German or
Hebrew for the benefit of the large number of German abd
Israeli tourists who visit Goa.
NIGHT BAZAAR
GOA has been colonized by phirangs and the signs of their
colonial domination of Goa are everywhere, particularly on
the beach belt. The largest and the most successful night
bazaar in Goa is not run by a Goan or even by an Indian,
but by a German called Ingo. During the Bazaar you can see
Ingo with two armed bodyguards going around collecting the
rentals from those who have taken stalls. I do not know if
the bodyguards who accompany Ingo have licenses for the
weapons that they openly brandish. The majority of the
stalls, particularly the food stalls at Ingo's Saturday
Nite Bazaar are run by phirangs of various nationalities. A
lot of the material sold at the Saturday night bazaar is
imported. I do not know whether they have been imported
into the country legally and whether any of
