--Dear Derek Editor The Goan Just to inform you that The Goan reported by your reporter/s several times before you have joined this newspaper, about the irregularities at Aivao ( Caranzalem ). A huge water sports construction project is coming up, by the National Institute Authority Water Sports Complex who was inaugurated by Manohar Parrikar when he was Chief Minister of Goa. Now also there are many such huge high rise constructions of 8 floors, already come up and the CCP as well as TCP are about to clear it. There are no proper parking, specially in one of the buildings which is under construction which has no parking. I feel they will using the inclined footpath for parking their own vehicles which is under construction for their personal vehicles and not for the public. CCP must probe this with the new Commissioner at work. Panjim Traffic Cell in-charge Mr Dharmesh Angle told me at that time, that this area will be congested if this project comes up because whole of Dona Paula jetty and the circle, is already congested with tourists rush and we the residents will suffer and get our vehicles blocked in this area. Myself and Dr Joe D'Sousa took up the matter and Dr. Joe put a written complaint, and the GCZMA sent a team alongwith a retired judge Afonso Araujo. He told me that we are in the right in direction, and that this project is illegal as it comes at NDZ . His report was shelved by GCZMA . I feel one of the member from GCZMA probably argued in their meeting that the distance is within the permissible limits as per the Google measurement. I said this measurement is not approved by the Court and the measurement must be done by surveyors physically. Villagers told me that they are deprived of cultivation in these fields,and their children which were playing football in ages are suffering.These villagers are poor and no one is there to support them. Today, I read news that GSPCB directs South Collector to seal dance floor at Curtorim and demolish it. This dance floor is called Little Hearts which comes at 100 metres from high tide line of the river and 200 metres from the HTL of the sea as designated as No Development Zone, hence no construction or development whatsoever is permitted in the said belt. How is that one set of rule applies for this dance floor, and not for the other at Aivao Sports Complex? Would you take it up this issue by sending your reporters to the GSPCB? where their consultant Dr. Joe is working with them and also he being a complainant probably he can help The Goan to investigate and I can also help your reporters to investigate if required, to ascertain if this comes under NDZ or not.
Stephen Dias Dona Paula Date: 14.5.2016 . ------------------------------------------------------------ -----------------------------------------------------------------------
