*PRESS STATEMENT*
Hailing the Supreme Court verdict suspending the environmental clearance
given by the MoEF to the proposed Mopa Airport project, GFDO thanked
Hanuman Aroskar, Rainbow Warriors and their legal team for their
painstaking perseverance and hard work at the Supreme Court on behalf
*GFDO PRESS NOTE*
GFDO warned Tourism Minister and Dhargalim MLA Babu Azgaonkar not to
hoodwink the people of Pernem by flexing his muscles and emitting empty
threats that he can “create hurdles for the airport” if his constituents
did not get jobs at Mopa Airport.
If Mr. Azgaonkar was
March 25, 2017
GFDO PRESS STATEMENT
The People of Goa have voted against Mopa Centric Development
The 2017 election results have clearly demonstrated the people’s rejection of
the development model promoted first by the Congress from 2007-2012 and
subsequently by the BJP from 2012-2017. This
GFDO PRESS STATEMENT
Referring to the brazen changes effected to the Mopa Request for Proposal
(RFP) in favour of the participating bidders, GFDO said this was yet more
evidence of the sellout of Goa by the Parsekar led BJP government. The bidders
themselves have endorsed and pointed out
September 1, 2016
GFDO PRESS STATEMENT
Whilst strongly condemning the Goa Government for going ahead with awarding the
Mopa Airport project bid in the face of stiff opposition from the people, Goans
For Dabolim Only (GFDO) said that it was hardly surprising since this was
absolutely in keeping
June 17th, 2016
GFDO PRESS STATEMENT
GFDO congratulates Chief Minister Parsekar on his success in convincing Prime
Minister Modi to come down to Goa to lay the foundation stone for the proposed
International Airport at Mopa. However the people of Goa would like to know if
Mr. Parsekar
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GFDO said that the BJP government seems to have conveniently forgotten that it
was voted into power based on its 2012 el
December 7, 2015
GFDO said that the BJP government seems to have conveniently forgotten that it
was voted into power based on its 2012 election manifesto, which clearly stated
that “Regional Plan will be scrapped and a new one to be drawn up with people’s
participation in a transparent
November 9, 2015
GFDO PRESS NOTE
GFDO said that the Bihar elections had sent a clear and unambiguous message to
the Bharatiya Janata Party that the people of this country are essentially
democrats at heart and will not entertain a dictatorial and divisive style of
governance. It is to be
GFDO PRESS NOTE
GFDO said that Union Minister Prakash Jawdekar’s blatant interference in the
Environment appraisal process for Mopa Airport was a brazen slap in the face of
democratic institutions and procedures. This was evident from his announcement
during his Goa visit that he would grant
October 16, 2015
GFDO PRESS NOTE
GFDO strongly condemned the arrogant attitude exhibited by the Parsekar
government as seen by its shoddy shallow and misleading replies to the
questions raised by the Federation of Rainbow Warriors (FRW) with the Expert
Appraisal Committee of the MoEF that is
GFDO PRESS NOTE - October 10, 2015
GFDO said that by stripping Alina Saldanha of her Environment and Forests
portfolio, the BJP government had demonstrated its clear intention to remove
every impediment on its road to meeting its long term agenda of selling off Goa
and Goan interests to
GFDO PRESS NOTE
For the past few years, Goans for Dabolim Only has been consistently pointing
out that the Mopa Airport project is economically unviable, and is in fact a
real estate scam. GFDO’s claim has now been substantiated with the recent
reports which state that 8 brand new airports
GFDO PRESS NOTE
GFDO wondered why CM Parsekar was so willing to accede to the demand of the
Union Defence Minister that 6 lakh square metres of land be allotted to the
Defence Ministry for Defexpo and other related events in Betul. As the Chief
Minister of Goa, it is Mr. Parsekar’s bounden
July 23, 2015
GFDO PRESS NOTE
GFDO said that CM Parsekar’s token gesture in initiating a probe into the
bribery allegations against former Ministers in the JICA case was just another
ploy to hoodwink the people of Goa. When in the opposition, the BJP
June 13th, 2015
PRESS NOTE
Dismembering of Pernem Taluka – Destructive Agenda of the BJP Government
GFDO said that Chief Minister Parsekar had at last publicly confirmed what it
knew all along – that the so called ‘development’ in Tiracol, comprising
Leading Hotel’s golf course and four
May 28th, 2015
GFDO PRESS STATEMENT
GFDO recalls BJP President Amit Shah’s statement at the BJP National Executive
Meet in Bengaluru that “wherever the party is in power, it is working for the
uplift of the poor”. Now that Goans have the opportunity to welcome Mr. Amit
Shah to Goa, GFDO would
May 13th, 2015
GFDO PRESS STATEMENT
When the Chief Minister of a state publicly reveals that he has instructed his
Minister of Environment Forests to “shut her mouth” on a particular issue,
then it is cause for serious concern amongst the people about the manner in
which their government
April 30th, 2015
GFDO PRESS STATEMENT
GFDO is happy to know that Churchill Alemao is once again demonstrating his
support to causes that are vital to the survival of Goa and Goans by convening
a public meeting in Margao on May 1, 2015. Indeed there is no doubt that all
the causes now
GFDO Press Note - February 20th, 2015
GFDO expressed surprise and dismay that the Chairman of the State Pollution
Control Board has said “The objections and suggestions raised by the concerned
people have also been forwarded to the Ministry. All the proceedings are
complete and now it is up
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