-- Orignal Message -- From: "charles charlton souza"
Our correspondent Cuncolim June 5:-The ten concerned citizens have successful in shifting the Sunday bazaar from the already congested Cuncolim market to one near the Cuncolim municipal council building. The Cuncolim municipal council was forced to take the decision of shifting the market after the ten residents of Cuncolim approach the High court complaining about the congestion of the market and the consequent blockade of traffic leading through the market to the church premises. The ten who had earlier petitioned the Cuncolim municipal council includeds Jose Cruz Gomes, Rolence Coutinho,Randolph Coutinho, Filonio Vaz, Oscar Gracias, Joseph Fernandes, Jose Tavares, Welligton Tereza, Donato Fernandes and Barnabe Vaz. Incidentally three of them Oscar, Randoph, Filonio are ex councilors of Cuncolim Municipality, while Randoph coutinho had even served as Sarpanch in the earlier cuncolim panchayat . It may be recalled here that ten prominent residents of Cuncolim from diverse fields had in a letter dated 13-10-2004, addressed to the then chief officer Joasinho Vaz had pointed to the obstruction caused to the pedestrians and Vehicles at Cuncolim Bazar on Sunday. The residents had pointed out that public roads leading from the main road(Starting from the National Highway NO 17) to the Church and also the road to the St Francis Xavier chapel were being occupied by vendors. Further they had also pointed out that the pavements were being blocked by the vendors. They had also observed that the above facts were brought to the notice of the chief officer but nothing had been done in this regard. The residents had urged the Chief officer to act on the complain within a period of 15 days failing which they had threatened to move the High court of Judicature at Bombay, Goa bench. It is observed that on Sunday's additional inflow of new hawkers selling different fruit items, vegetable and other food commodities and other items make it to the market. The hawkers are lined up on the road leading from Cuncolim church and leading to the maddicotto chapel. Effectively it is closure of the road for residents of maddicotto Osnimaddem, gutton , Molanguinim, zuzegal who after the Sunday mass where passing through the road freely without any encumbrance for the last several decades . The residents had to move to the already crowded national highway and connect back to the road at maddicotto chapel leading to traffic chaos. Sources informed that the closure of the road is not authorized by a gazette notification on a particular day. People attending religious ceremonies on Sunday cannot take their vehicles to the church compound. Instead People have to park their vehicles on both sides of the road leading to Dandora from the Dandora side. People attending church from the other three side attending mass who are able to take the vehicles to the church compound then have to literally slog out to come out of the traffic inferno created by the short sightless of the Cuncolim municipal council. On Sunday Foot path and roads were blocked to accommodate additional hawkers. It was suggested that the immediate remedy before the Cuncolim municipal council would be to shift the additional Sunday hawkers to the fields near the Cuncolim football ground making provision for parking of vehicles at the proposed site and also to level the field for the comfort of the hawkers, thus decongesting the market and also easing out some of the problems of traffic on a mad rush Sunday. The present site where hawkers are being seated some of the residents complain is a historic site which should only be a temporary site before the Sunday bazaar is shifted to another more spacious place. the CMC during the tenure of Filono Vaz as chairperson of the CMC had passed a resolution declaring the cross road at national highway No 17 to St Francis Xavier chapel Maddicotto as a one way road. ----- End forwarded message -----
