Dear Netters, Despite all our dialogue with various elected representatives, the Goa Govt. is going ahead with the land acquisition for the Garbage Treatment Plant (GTP) at the present garbage dump site. Everyone has completely ignored our 5-point charter to shift the GTP to a safer location just 700 mts. away.
In view of this, the Saligao Garbage Struggle (SGS) has started a global, online petition at Change.org, from Goenkars worldwide and others concerned about Goa and the planet's environment. The petition is addressed to the following officials: 1. Manohar Parrikar, Goa Chief Minister & Chairman-High Level Task Force (Garbage) 2. Dilip Parulekar, Saligao MLA & Goa Tourism Minister 3. Francis D'Souza, Dy. Chief Minister of Goa & Dy. Chairman-High Level Task Force (Garbage) 4. B Vijayan, Chief Secretary-Govt. of Goa. 5. Alina D'Souza, Goa Environment Minister & Member-High Level Task Force (Garbage) 6. Eknath Oraskar, Saligao Sarpanch & Chairman-Panchayat Waste Management Committee The petition is important first to Saligao and then to the whole of Goa, because our govt. needs to set up Garbage Treatment Plants (GTP) along these lines: - choose the right technology for Goa's climate: temperature, humidity, monsoons etc. - choose the right technology for Goa's garbage: for example, coastal, tourism garbage is different from general garbage. - choose the right location:* not* eco-sensitive zones like hills, plateaus, riversides or close to the High Tide Line and *not* near residential areas. - insist on segregation at source (unbelievably, our govt. is collecting unsegregated, coastal & tourism garbage for this GTP!). - shifting this GTP to the safer alternative, just 700 mts. away will establish a precedent for all future plants to be safe for the environment and for people. - if the GTP is not shifted to the alternative site, 700 mts away, the Saligao Garbage Struggle will be forced into a legal battle that will stop work and be a problem for all concerned. Please watch the video online and sign our petition *here. <https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/goa-chief-minister-shift-garbage-treatment-plant-protect-people-save-the-environment> * or https://www.change.org/en-IN/petitions/goa-chief-minister-shift-garbage-treatment-plant-protect-people-save-the-environment We urge you to please make your family, friends and acquaintances *aware*of this urgent need and *convince* them to sign our petition. We want quality signers who are convinced about the petition, not mere numbers! We are on Face Book *here <https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967>*. The Saligao Garbage Struggle (SGS) page is *here <https://www.facebook.com/goa.garbage.struggle>.* Warm regards and solidarity. Muriel & Mario -- ................................................................ there *is* *anOTHERgoa* *at <https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967 <https://www.facebook.com/mario.mascarenhas.967>> *<http://www.an*OTHER* goa.blogspot.in <http://www.anothergoa.blogspot.in>> & <http://www.youtube.com/anothergoa> ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' muriel & mario, c/o FULKAR, 6/22, sonarbhatt, saligao. bardez. goa. 403511. tel: 0832-2278276 / 2409999 <anothergoa AT gmail.com> ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''