GOANS BLEED GOA IN AGACAIM: CASE STUDY by Antonette Estrocio, Agacaim

Here is one more bizarre case of how unscrupulous Goans in collusion with politicians continue the rape of Goa with no qualms of conscience while ‘sussegad’ Goans take an afternoon nap.

Unimaginable but true, a very vociferous and volatile women sarpanch of rock solid integrity, a rarity, of Agacaim had once upon a time, dared to initiate proceedings to demolish an illegal construction of an outsider on the famed ‘bandhs’ of Goan fields right in the middle of a vast tract of fertile agricultural land.

The BDO had even issued a demolition order to this effect. However this sarpanch had to soon beat the dust and resign as she dared to oppose the local MLA’s nefarious designs of creating clandestinely an ‘outsider’ votebank on these Agacaim ‘Bandhs’.

The story goes that the ‘bandhs’ were sold by a local heavyweight, one half to an ‘outsider’ and the other half to one of the panch members of the Local panchayat. While the ‘outsider’ proceeded to build a pucca house on the ‘Bandh’, the other half was sold by the local panch who later went on to become a Sarpanch. And guess to whom it was sold? To none other than the better halves of the ‘outsider’.

The whole illegality of these constructions is that the ‘Bandhs’ provide no setback according to the rulebook. Toilets are also missing and it is anybody’s guess where these typical ‘outsiders’ defecate. Consequently after one illegal construction came up after greasing the palms of Goan blood suckers, there are at least four more coming up on the plot sold out by the present Sarpanch.

And the best part is that all these houses have been issued House numbers by these grass-root self-serving leeches in power. That’s how the ‘neta’s’ vote bank’s are born and bred. The latest development is the most interesting. The houses of these ‘outsiders’ have now started chipping into neighbouring ‘Confaria’ property finally waking up the Goan. The Confraria men had the guts to raze the upcoming pillars of the new constructions on their own and now are laying siege to the bandhs by blocking access with a compound wall.

The ‘outsiders’ are crying foul as their exercise in ‘greasing palms’ seems to be going in vain. The ‘outsider’ lobby is said to have marched to the local MLA’s darbar. The ‘neta’ is secretly trying to end this ‘outsider’- Confraria impasse. But at what cost?

Quite a few questions remain to be answered. How long will greedy Goan leeches of the soil continue to bleed Goa? How long will the Goaput sleep before finding himself in neck deep trouble? Will only trampling his very own tail be his alarm bell to wake up or is he going to keep his eyes and ears perennially open to protect Goan identity and Goan soil? How long will the bloody bleeders of Goa carry on their destructive ‘dhanda’ amounting to Goa and Goans shrinking into oblivion? Will Niz Goenkars and their many powerful institutions ever function as a well oiled machine to root out the rut nibbling into Golden Goa?

Finally will Goa and ‘Agshekars’ have the misfortune one day to see a powerful ‘outsider’ colony be born and nurtured in its very own backwaters digging deep its venomous fangs, poisoning its fragile ecosystem, culture, ethos? This last shocker will probably leave u speechless and that’s how I shall end this diatribe. The half educated parents from the houses surrounding the fields housing this upcoming ‘outsider’ locality are happily ‘tutoring’ their sons and daughters weak in studies with one ‘outsider’ occupant of this illegal controversial hub.