INDIAN NAVY WANTS TO GRAB BIMBVEL LAND AND ISLANDS by P. Cruz, Vasco Da Gama

Goa is a land of Beauty the golden shore is its beautiful features and appreciated in the world. Also Small Islands are spread like pearls in the Arabian Sea. Once conquered by the Portuguese and when liberated by the Indian Army these pearls like Island and the shore are now vanishing. These Island & the Shores always have attachment to the Goans hearts and mostly to the fisher folks of the Goans. These are inhabited by the Goans civilians and they were part of their routine trips as we can see lot of Holy Cross of centuries are existing in these places. Here is the sorry tale of the two families & Two Island where Goans will no have access as they will be taken by the Indian Navy shortly.

Inacio, wife and grandson

Two House



The Bimbvel Beach down the Mangor hills and between Baina Beach and Hollant Beach is a beautiful location and a paradise for fishing. There lives two families one is Inacio Dourado & the other is Andrew Nandes. Inacio lives in his ancestral house with his wife and four kids and Andrew stays in his own ancestral house with his wife. Their forefather was staying there for more then 200 years and there were three houses there during the Portuguese time. When India conquered Goa and after 10 years the Indian Navy with armed forces demolished one of their main house to expand the airport without any notice and also they never allowed them to retrieve their belongings and also the documents of the Portuguese time. Even they threatened the landlord, Mamlatdar as per Inacio. So they then renovated their other two houses and that became their main houses now. As they are surrounded by the Indian Navy or MES they have to get a pass to enter in and out of gate. Recently the Indian Navy has applied to the government to annex Bimbvel area and two islands for their benefit. They want the two families who are staying in that area to vacate and set up their establishment. When I asked Inacio and Andrew he says they have the House number given to them by the Municipality many years back, but the Indian navy has not shown their two houses on the plan and only one house is mentioned without the owner’s name. They have electricity from navy but no water supply, they use wells as means of water supply. Before they had one communidade field but that was also taken by the Indian Navy. There are two Landlords for that property and Inacio & Andrew are the Tenants, the Indian Navy has estimated Rs. 3.78 Crore for the 1,08,372 sqm. area, but never mentioned that some amount will go to the tenant. This full amount will go to the landlord but what if the Navy wants to take the land and what about the two family’s rehabilitation no one cares about them as nothing is mentioned to the families which are staying there for centuries.

Catch of the day Shell Fish



Andrew & Inacio



Both the families live on the fish and the coconut trees as their occupation and daily needs. The navy people come there for picnic and they drink a lot, pluck the coconuts and sometimes do nasty things disturbing their peace. Also during the rainy season the fishermen come there to anchor the canoes for protection of the storms and to avoid damage to them. You can find lot of fish in this area and most of the Raponkars come to put their net here as well the two families do their living. The two families say that if they want them to evacuate they should provide them with good accommodation, some money and some jobs to their family members for their living. But so far no one bothers to their heed as they are few in number and no one to support them. Even they have approached the Ramponkars as they anchor their canoes in the rainy season for safety. They even approached the Leader of the Ramponkar in Goa one Agnel from Cansaulim. He says he has talked to Churchill Alemao and his brother but nothing happened. They have approached Ex MLA’s of Vasco Simon D’souza, Dr. Wilfred Mesquita & even present MLA Jose Philip D’souza but no progress and forgotten their promises. There are two Holy Cross there and all the people used to worship them when I was young I even went there for Litany. Now no one is allowed to go there even the priest who used to come every year for the worship is not permitted to go there as these has become the restricted area. The navy has gone to such an extent that our sentiments are not left without any mercy. There was also a natural spring and all the Goans used to come there for picnic and used to take bath in the spring but now it’s vanished and no one is allowed to go there even to do fishing. We are restricted in our own land and how much land is left in Goa for us? The Government has not still sent a notice to them for evacuations but they were using some awkward tactics to drive these two families away as per Inacio.

Towards the sea and in the middle of the sea there are two Islands Motar ( Packea Zua) and Dar Zua some part of the Motar Island is annexed by the Navy and now they want the other part of it and also Dar Zua Island for their Projects. How much is the area of Goa and what is left now for us? they want the airport, they want Island, they want our beautiful beaches in the tiny Goa and where we will go? Why can’t they go to Karnataka who has vast land and also Islands? What about the two families staying there? Are we Goans will be deprived to step in our own land? What is the State Government doing is it sleeping?
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