This is in response to my first article on leakage of pipeline burst underground in the middle of the widening road of Dona Paula - Bambolim, between Viswajit Rane's residence and NIO main gate colony. Please note from 20th April till today 25th April, PWD has not attended the fault and we see wastage of drinking water. Read below a good reply from A.K. Saran to Dr. Jose Colaco's comments.
Stephen Dias Dona Paula Date: 25.4.2016 -- ================================== Dear Dr Jose, Thanks for your generous comments. Well said and appreciate your unfeigned, uncontrived concern in tandem with me and our compassionate scientific fraternity, barring and excluding some few toadyish, exceptionally funny *‘Social Activists’* & ‘*Pungi Blowers’* groomed in Goa, magically flocked around by the *‘Sweet Speaking Snakes’* and ‘*Loathsome Rats’* in the name of saving the environment of ‘Motherland Goa’, creates the palaver in the social fabric of our sweet motherland which you have described earlier in your writings. This platform has generated a call especially to you and similar ‘Goan’ residing overseas who have the passion, love and affection ‘as yours’ to provide help to translate our genuine concern for eco-environment, pollution free serene and conducive livings into ground actions of reality, which is graceful, sensible and an assemblage of meticulous planning. The concern and the learned voice may not remain as ‘paper tigers’ or verbal wanking / frigging. Needless to mention, the ‘Axis of Evils’ is soaring high leaving the common man in solitude. We'll be deliberate, yet time is not on our side," the scientists, technocrats and doctors resident here are raising voices and concern to the people of Goa and world over. "We will not wait on events while dangers gather. We will not stand by as peril draws closer and closer." The august learned people’s participation and consultative mechanism in decision making and planning of ‘Future Goa’ is deliberately kept in abeyance. It is seldom exercised. Being an oceanographic scientist, I wish to dwell on some of the queries you have raised. I can only say that the answers are well within your queries. We must not destroy mangroves, weeds, casuarina trees etc. Our fellow scientific and academic colleagues have been doing great to protect the mangroves etc….more so to make the mangrove park in patto area, Panjim (Times of India, PTI news, Feb 20 2016). The concrete jungle has amassed and sorry state is that no one wants to live in hinterland villages and desires to have a flat in cities. NIO has built few water harvesting ponds and wells so as to meet the water needs of garden, office toilets etc. rain water harvesting mechanism is also in place designed by a likeminded Goan. Just to make you aware that our efforts as an advisory capacity to local civic authorities have saved the environment to greater and larger extent. River Princess debris localization, Awareness and control mechanism for tar balls menace, Solutions for river Sal pollution, measures for safeguarding marine bio diversity of vast marine area of Goa and safe inland vessel limits for ports etc…… At last, we all invite your and friends to provide us valuable comments and active participation in terms of direct and indirect support which must translate it into ground action and evident to citizen of Goa as a reality which the younger generations will cherish. A.K.Saran Jai Hind -- ***********************************************************Arvind Kumar Saran* *Senior Principal ScientistNational Institute of OceanographyDona PaulaGoa - 403004Tel:91-832-2450546 (O)Tel: 91-832-2453483 (R)**Mbl: 91-9890625283* *email: [email protected] <[email protected]>* * [email protected] <[email protected]>=============================================================================* *Dr Jose Colaco writes to Saran* Dear Mr. Saran, You make an excellent point about the need to prevent the losses of water. No question about it. It is irresponsible and negligent to waste and to ignore the observable loss of water - as happens in leaks. This is very important especially in relation the intense water scarcity now faced by much of the subcontinent. I submit to you, however, that Goa's tragedy is mainly caused by the disgraceful and senseless alleged physical planning. You are an oceanographic scientist. Hence, you will be in tune with what I now write, albeit in the form of queries: (1) Should we destroy mangroves, rice fields and other natural habitats in order to make a quick buck off avaricious folks who wish to build second and third homes in Goa? (2) Do we have the Water and Power resources to service these homes? (3) What about Factories and other industries? Are they not running the Water Table bone dry besides polluting it? (4) Have you seen the state of our rivers? Please see Tale of Two Rivers - infra (5) Should we be permitting the rampant cutting down of our trees and hillsides to pour concrete onto them? Does it make ecological and water-conservation sense? (6) Should we not build aesthetically and in tandem with the surrounding area? In that regard, do you not find that NIO building a attrocious concrete monstrosity? Would you know HOW the water and power needs for that NIO (just to use one example) were worked out? I have skipped those awful things polluting the River between Panjim and Betim, and also the disgraceful state of the water body in St. Inez. But this, I will leave you to ponder about: Did you know that there was an underground water drainage system left in situ by the Portuguese; a drainage system which protected the flooding of Panjim? Do you know what happened to that drainage system when Panjim was converted into Panaji? I enjoy you logical responses which a refreshingly devoid of mindless Jingoism and allied bluster. Hence, I chose to respond to you. I look forward to additional comments from you and others who may have something to add to our knowledge. jc Tale of Two Rivers (2002) http://www.colaco.net/1/rivers.htm (over a decade old and has a couple of typos) ====================================================== On 24 April 2016 at 19:10, Stephen Dias <[email protected]> wrote Dear Saran, As per your request your reply to Dr. Jose Colaco is forwarded to Goanet. Your first letter is perfect that most part of India is reeling under water scarcity and indeed it needs sincere attention. In this context, Dr. Jose said that he has learnt from his parents, Goa was once a simple, quiet, clean, pristine and unpolluted place without shortage of water etec. That again is perfectly well. Now people leave Goa en masse, is also true. I did not need my parents to say that, as I know for myself what Goa was before, and what has become now. May be our children will get worse experience. The whole scenario is politically motivated and corrupt. Look at the state of affairs of Casinos menace, Mopa issue, MOI issue, St Inez Creek and Mandovi and many Goan rivers polluted, sewage and garbage uncontrolled, roads forever in dilapidated condition, environment damage and now another Pontoon similar to River Princess which had plans for a wedding reception and by their bad luck grounded at the Arossim beach near Park Hyat and many hundred issues. It appears that Goa is reeling for a total disaster. Now, came the proverbial rats... followed by sweet-talking snakes. In the name of development, we now have what we have. ( says Dr Jose). Certain corrupt snakes knows very well that so called social activists play a different tune on our Panaji each other day is also very true. And it has been done probably because of short memory so the snakes just carry on smartly , knowing very well that will bring forth another tune. In conclusion, Goa is reeling for a great disaster not only on account of scarcity of drinking water but many issues other than mentioned above. Note: I just clicked a photo today ( 24.4.2016), people filling water in their buckets in the well at Caranzalem, due to scarcity of drinking water. Stephen Dias ( NIO) Resident of Dona Paula date: 24.4.2016
