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Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: contac...@sangath.com or yvo...@sangath.com or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Locals force non-Goan family to stop work at Uguem construction site HERALD CORRESPONDENT SANGUEM, AUG 1 Angry residents of Uguem on Friday forced a non-Goan family to stop work at a construction site in Pajimol-Uguem, after the family had earlier challenged the local panchayat to stop their work at a housing plot under the 20-point programme. The villagers decided to take law into their own hands after accusing different government agencies of failing to support the Uguem panchayat in its efforts to stop the construction. After reading a report in the 'Herald', a group of villagers rushed to the panchayat to seek more details into the incident. The villagers along with Sarpanch Madhavi Shiddikar and Deputy Sarpanch Xavier Furtado later went to the construction site in the evening and asked the Yelgulkar family to stop the construction work, failing which they would face the wrath of the public. Among others who were present at the site were Panchayat Secretary John Fernandes, Panchayat members Anil Zangale and Subhash Gaonkar. Heated arguments prevailed for some time when one member of the Yegulkar family, refused to accede to the wishes of the panchayat and the villagers. A local, Josico Pereira, however intervened in the matter and managed to cam the frayed tempers. The Yelgulkar family later agreed to stop the construction work and also agreed to reply to the panchayat notice and submit the relevant documents. "How is it that South Goa Collector G P Naik allocated a plot under the 20-point programme to the Non-Goan family in February 2009, when in fact the allocation of housing plots under that scheme had stopped some ten years ago," asked Panch Anil Zangale. Incidentally, some Uguem panchayat members were also furious over the attitude of other government agencies, accusing them of being sympathetic to the Yegulkar family. "Despite receiving a Gram Sabha resolution to withdraw the Sanad issued to the Yegulkar family as well as a copy of the notice served by the panchayat to the family, the Sanguem BDO did not favourably advice the panchayat body," complained one panch. "The Panchayat then requested the Quepem deputy collector for police protection to stop the illegal construction, but the deputy collector failed to pass the necessary orders on the application moved by the panchayat." "On the contrary, the deputy collector asked the panchayat to first issue a demolition order and then approach him for police protection," the panch added. "If not for public action, the Non-Goan family would have got about a week's time to complete the illegal construction, before receiving the demolition notice." http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=25387&cid=26 VIVA GOA -- Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. "Rape of Chicalim : "http://rapeofchicalim.wordpress.com/ 4. "Boycott Cidade de Goa" : http://boycotthotelcidadedegoa.blogspot.com/ 5. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 6. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html
