PANJIM: After many reminders through many press notes the Goa Bachao Abhiyan has finally decided to get real. It will now hold corner meetings in villages to appeal to people to assemble at Azad Maidan on October 14 at 4.30 pm for a showdown.
And the showdown, less unlikely to be the final one, is yet again a march to the CM’s official residence at Altinho, here, to hand him a memorandum to serve as a reminder on the Regional Plan 2021 promise. The memorandum is an ultimatum to the Government to come out clean on the plan.
GBA has support of other village groups and this was witnessed at a meeting held at Margao Residency which was attended by representatives from Benaulim, Carmona, Cansaulim, Margao, Nuvem, Raia, Verna, Mormugao, and North Goa.
Asserting it was high time to come out with the plan, the GBA and the other groups will now pressure the CM for a firm assurance on the plan.
Convenor GBA Sabina Martins said the demands of the GBA continue to remain the same, but the Government wasn’t paying any attention.
“Patience of the people has run out. The CM had assured in the Assembly that the RP 2021 would be ready by September,” she mentioned and rued, “However, till date, even the guidelines for taluka plans are not ready nor the Committee to amend TCP Act for participatory planning has met.”
Martins said, “Notification of eco-sensitive zones marked in the draft RP 2021, freeze on constructions to 50 FAR as many villages have asked for VP3 status till the finalisation of the RP2021, implementation of High Court orders that state no NOC should be given till the infrastructure and garbage disposal is in place and legislation and amendment for participatory planning are some of the core issues and at the heart of the whole RP 2021.”
GBA has now appealed to all the people from all walks of life to assemble at the Azad Maidan, here, at 4.30 pm, on October 14 if they were interested in making the RP a reality. (HD)
Thank you and God Bless you all.....you are the true heroes of Goa...this is the only hope to halt the destruction of OUR Goa. The CM needs to be sacked!!! This is too important for him not to make it the top priority. We don’t want to think of him and the rest of stalling in order to LOOT OUR Goa…I hope that is not the case! Anyone that is slowing the process is a TRAITOR and history will record their family name as such!
ReplyDeletePlease forward this message to all Niz Goenkars, relatives, well-wishers and friends so that we come out in numbers to send a strong message to the Government of Goa that is hell bent on destroying Goa!
ReplyDeleteSee you all there at Azad Maidan on October 14th (Thursday) at 4:30pm!
Goa is smaller than many districts of many other States. Having a Zilla Parishad and 40 constituencies for this small area can not be justified and only causes a heavy drain on the public kitty!
ReplyDeleteOur Constitution has been amended so many times in the past and if it is amended for one more time to reduce the number of white elephants to 12-14, it could be a great service to people and could save the tax payer lot of wasteful expenditure!
The NGOs like GBA can also think on this issue, seriously to build pressure on the politicians!It would be a great service to Goa and its people!