OLD GOA: Angry with the "indifferent attitude" of state government authorities over the plying of sand-laden trucks in the village, residents of Gaundalim village resorted to a rasta roko to highlight the issue on Monday. In the protest which began at 7am, around 55 sand-laden trucks were stopped, as a way of protesting the movement of the trucks along the Gaundalim-Old Goa road. The silent dharna lasted till 1pm.
Fearing a law and order problem, Old Goa PI Francis Corte rushed to the spot. He tried to tell the agitators that the police cannot stop the movement of trucks as no order to do so had been given by the government. Police officials told the residents that directions should come either from the department of mines or transport department.
The residents said that if the government fails to resolve the issue, they would intensify their agitation. "Ours was a silent protest, but if the government doesn't heed to our request, we will intensify our stir," they warned. That Gaundalim villagers fear that just as in the mining belt, the truck movement could cause accidents in the village as children use the road to go to school
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