Dear Plant/Heritage Lovers, Environmentalism is not just about planting trees.A tree protected has more value today than a seedling that will grow into a tree twenty years hence. We have to protect while we plant, simply because we cannot live in the future ....or in the past...the present is ours! Sinquerim is going to be a part of the GIFF--the Goa International Film Festival. GIFF is a gift to Goa, we need it to survive as a tourist destination in the face of competition from other states and other countries. We need to be careful about the wrapping with which this gift comes...specially if strings are attached instead of ribbons!
I am for the GIFF.[ I am aware that quite a few persons and organizations will be against it in any form.] I also would like the possible damage to the beautiful Aguada plateau to be avoided. We do not need a Sagar/La Marvel colony type of construction to mar the beauty of the place. Let the venue be designed and built like the Hermitage or THV. Let the faciclity be environmentally,ecologically, functioally and aesthetically correct for Goa. Let it not be a structure like the Goa University...designed for the desert and built in a high rainfall area. Let it not be designed like Cannes....Cannes is not on the West Coast of India.Let the plans be made public and open to public debate. Let it not be implemented like the A/C auditorium of the Kala Academy where the first five rows are below the level of water in the Mandovi River from the mudflats of which the venue was reclaimed in the late 1960s. The first agricultural exhibition of the Green Revolution era was held on this very land in 1967 .That was under Bhau Bandodkar's Chief Ministership. We have never had an exhibition on that scale ever after. We do not have land for that in Panaji any more. Let it not be the same story in Sinquerim( Sin-querim,the land of the *kegdi* or *antho* plant, *Pandanus terrestris* that once abounded here.The name Querim/Keri and its variants like Naquerim,Conquerim,Sinquerim,Sinquetim in Pernem,Sattari,Bicholim,Bardez,Ponda,Sanguem and Quepem talukas have an association with this plant, just as 'Maina" has with fresh water springs.) Utt Goenkara, don't flay your hands in your sleep. Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Goa Desc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > UTT GOENKARA !! > SINQUERIM NEEDS PROTECTION > > The Sinquerim Heritage & Nature Club is a response > by the people of Sinquerim to the recent attempts > by powerful business interests to commercialise and > privatise our beautiful village and its natural and > historical heritage in the name of 'Tourism'. > > We are people of good will who are deeply in love > with our tiny village and fearful of loosing the wonderful > natural and historical heritage endowed upon this tiny > piece of land. > > Amidst rampant cutting of trees, ground water pollution, > leveling of sand dunes and mushrooming of ugly buildings > in the neighbouring villages, Sinquerim has inadvertently > become the lungs of the Calangute - Candolim tourism belt. > > We believe that this rich and priceless natural beauty > of undulating hills, washed by the foaming waves > of the Arabian sea, historical Fort Aguada and the Church > of St. Lawrence, should remain for posterity as our gifts > of Health, Wealth & Recreation to our children and our > children yet unborn. > > It is towards this end that we have set up the Sinquerim > Heritage & Nature Club. Our aims and objectives are as below > > 1.To protect the historical, architectural and natural Heritage > of Sinquerim village. > > 2.To protect the natural biodiversity and maintain the serene > & pristine beauty of Sinquerim and harvest them for the > benefit of the whole community. > > 3.To map out the flora and fauna of Sinquerim and to create > awareness about it. > > 4. To create awareness and inculcate in the people of Sinquerim > a love for their historical, architectural and natural Heritage > and involve them in their preservation. > > 5. To petition various governmental and non-governmental agencies > at the Village, District, State and National level to pursue the > objectives of the Sinquerim Heritage and Nature Club. > > 6.To undertake activities for the preservation, protection and > maintenance of the nature and heritage of Sinquerim Village. > > We welcome each and every one of you to support > our Club efforts to protect Sinquerim. > > DONT WAIT FOR THINGS TO HAPPEN. > LET'S MAKE THINGS HAPPEN !! > > SINQUERIM HERITAGE & > NATURE CLUB > H.No.95, Sinquerim, P.O. Candolim, Bardez Goa 403515 > Ph. 2479424 > -------------------------------------------------- > Source: Leaflet distributed by > the Sinquerim Heritage & Nature Club > ------------------------------------------------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.512 / Virus Database: 309 - Release Date: 8/19/2003 ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
