From: "shankar phadte"<[email protected]>Sent: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:29:55 To: "lindray veloso "<[email protected]>Subject: Criminal Tresspass and Illegal Hill cutting at ChoraoHi friends !!!
This is a shocking scene of environmental disaster in the beautiful Village of Chorao. On 26th April 2014 (Saturday), I came accross an illegal hill cutting in survey no. 202/6, at ward Karabhat of Village Chorao. The said property belongs to the heirs of late Carlos Joao Alberto Francisco Maximo Pereira and his wife late Philomena Pereira, viz; Mr. Francisco / Sobita Pereira (KOC), Mrs. Zelma / Tony D'souza (KOC), Mr. Damian / Anna Pereira (NBK), Christopher / Nancy Pereira (NBK), Mrs. Diana / Tony D'silva (KOC), Mrs. Sharon / Trevor Pereira (UK). What is more shocking is that the owners are abroad and are totally unaware of the things. A person by name Pandurang Bandodkar, who is claiming to be mundkar of the property has tresspassed into the entire property and has excavated and levelled the property, in the process uprooting huge fruit bearing trees. In a well designed criminal conspiracy, the mud which is excavated is sold out by this miscreant to a Delhi based company. The hill cutting is financed and managed by this company which in turn is using the mud excavated to illegally fill up a low lying property named "Arthuracho Cantor" which the company has purchased in chorao. The property which is being cut and belonging to the Pereira's was a beautiful property with a gradient consisting of fruit bearing trees and admeasuring about 5600 sq, mts. Now almost 80% of the property is cut and damaged beyond repair causing a disaster and the owners have been looted and cheated. The above constitutes criminal offences under section 17-B of the Town and Country planning Act, The Goa Preservation of Trees Act, and also offences of criminal tresspass, cheating, fraud and criminal conspiracy under the Indian Penal Code. I am concerned in this matter because this property is adjoining my own ancestral property and I am sorry to see the state of affairs. Upon noticing the above I called up the Dy. Collector who is in charge of the flying squad to prevent such activities, but she was not receiving my call so I informed her by sms, but she did not respond. I thereafter also called the Police Control Room who noted my complaint but did not act upon it. I also filed a written complaint to the Old Goa Police, Dy. Town Planner (Tiswadi), Dy. Collector (DRO) Panaji, The Mamlatdar of Tiswadi with a copy to the Chief Minister and the Minister for environment & Forest. What is disturbing is the flying squad visited the site today after 4 days and there is still no response / feedback from the department. The flying squad is constituted for immediate action and stopping of such activities and has to be operational round the clock even on holidays. But that is only on paper. Somebody needs to act in this regard. The owners of the property should take interest. I call upon the owners to contact me my cell no. is 919850450823. regards Adv. Shankar M. Phadte Get your own FREE website, FREE domain & FREE mobile app with Company email. Know More >
