-------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Add your name to the CLEAN GOA INITIATIVE | | | | by visiting this link and following the instructions therein | | | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/033926.html | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- At 5.30 p.m. the Church square seemed deserted, except for the tourists. By 6.00 P.M. the Mermaid Garden began to see some activity. By 6.15 P.M. there was a good enough crowd to hear Nilkant Halarnkar, the NCP's former candidate of Tivim constituency [ whom Margaret kept calling 'Haldankar' though there is a good distance between Alorna/Halarn and Aldona/Haldana], Sanjit Rodrigues, Roland Martins, Capt. Leo Lobo, Sandesh Prabhudesai and of course, Margaret Mascarenhas and Wendel Rodricks. It is a good beginning. In the audience were Ganesh Javdekar of NavPrabha, Joel D"souza of Goan Observer and Daily Goa News Clippings, the inimitable Alexyz Fernandes, Vijay D'Souza of the Herald, Floriano Lobo of Goa Suraj Party, Dr.Claude Alvares, Mathew Pereira, Ana Marie Goswami and a host of other people. It was a good start to something that may become a movement if the organisers persist beyond Brownie points in the run-up to IFFI. Garbage, like a shadow, will always be with us. We need to manage it to get a good picture.
> ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cecil Pinto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > The Clean Goa Initiative, which also calls for the State government to appoint an > > independent committee of qualified individuals to identify key problem > > areas and recommend cost-effective solutions for the State at large, has > > become a growing proactive people's movement, endorsed by numerous > > Goa-based NGOs and activists, hundreds of Goans and non-Goan residents of > > Goa, as well as by a number of film professionals and opinion makers from > > all over the country who consider Goa a national treasure and want to > help. > > > > In culmination of the endorsement campaign, there will be a public > > demonstration of support for the Clean Goa Initiative in Panjim on October > > 17, 2005. The demonstration will begin with a solidarity march at 5:30 pm > > from the Panjim Church square to the Mermaid Garden. > > > > This campaign event is co-ordinated by Wendell Rodricks, Margaret > > Mascarenhas, and Ethel Da Costa, along with Goa-based activists and NGOs, > > in the public interest. It is managed by Think Geek Media and Productions. > > The theme is Goa Waste Management Issues and Solutions. Speakers at the > > Mermaid Garden will include Patricia Pinto, Sandesh Prabhudesai, Sanjit > > Rodrigues, Roland Martins, Wendell Rodricks, etc. ......................................... The timing of the issue happily coincides with the municipal elections. Tha Mhapsa Municipal Council has, in the meanwhile cleared the garbage dumped along the NH-17 in village Guirim from Tar to Hotel Green Park. In the cover-up process it has bulldozed quite a few live trees. Apparently the Goa Tree Act, 1972 is not applicable here. At least the Forest Officials are not complaining. Floraino has all the documentary evidence that the Courts may require. Warm regards, Miguel -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 1st Young Goans International Essay contest 2005 | | | | Theme: WHAT CAN I DO FOR GOA | | More details at | | http://shire.symonds.net/pipermail/goanet/2005-October/034190.html | --------------------------------------------------------------------------
