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REHABILITATION OF BAINA SEX WORKERS: RIBANDARITES MEET CS A 12-member delegation of Ribandar residents led by Adv. Aires Rodrigues today called on Chief Secretary D.S. Negi and submitted a memorandum strongly opposing the irrational and high-handed decision of the Goa Government to rehabilitate the Baina-based sex workers at Ribandar in the vacant building formerly used as Bal Niketan. The delegation, which was accompanied by local MLA Mrs. Victoria Fernandes, told the Chief Secretary that this building which is very close to the existing football ground had been demanded by Ribandarites as a Community cum Recreation center and that the residents would not allow the sex workers to be moved there even on a temporary basis. The delegation told the Chief Secretary that it was not against rehabilitation of sex workers but the decision of the Government to put the sex workers in the midst of a populated and upcoming place like Ribandar is unwarranted and this stand of the local residents to vehemently oppose the Government's decision has been explained to the Goa State Women's Commission, Bailancho Exvott, Bailancho Saad and other women organizations yesterday. The delegation also complained to the Chief Secretary that local residents are already very concerned about the increasing crime on the Kadamba Plateau and that the Government's current move will only aggravate the resident's woes, and sought the intervention of the Chief Secretary to ensure that this former Bal Niketan premises, being very close to the football ground, be converted into a Community cum Recreation Centre for the benefit of Ribandar and neighboring Sao Pedro and Chimbel residents. Meanwhile, Adv. Rodrigues has stated that a meeting of Ribandarites, to be held on June 13th, will finalise a plan of action to vehemently and vociferously oppose the government's decision to move the sex workers to Ribandar. * * *
