Again at the outset ; Let me make clear Mr. Mendonza's doubt on incentives for old houses for Goans.. Whatever he said it sounds good provided the incentives comes to them, but does he knows that Vijay FOTKIRO word will ever materilize ? that means these incentives will never come, that will be only on paper. In our Goan history at any time we got whatever the Government had promised? Never, forget the Vijay, most of these politicians are always cheating us and we call them Fotkires. Your theory will only work abroad and never in Goa. I am not against your sentiments but it is a fact what I have said in my earlier letter. We are at the moment suffering for all the miseries and amenities say, fish, housing, meat,and every product which comes in market are taken over by these ghantis (outsiders and tourists ) because they have money and Goans cannot afford it. This Vijay wants us to stay permanently in old houses when no incentives will ever come to them it will be only in the air just to keep people happy and him in the chair. That is why we call him Fotkiro and Fotingpon. It seems he is born in Argentina and he is also outsiders Goan? I am giving you one example which I came across an incident about Fotingpon from the Government. There was a viral message through Whatshap group and the MLA of Panjim was informed but he never said it was wrong news. I decided to go to the Electricity Dept and collect subsidized LED's , Fan , Tube light after showing our Aadhar card and the electricity bill and all of us got fooled. I met the present Chief Electrical Engineer personally on 8th May, in his chamber and he shown ignorant of this scheme. Upon my discussion he said to contact one Superintendent Engineer Mr. Reddy who is dealing with LED's lamps supply earlier. This supply is stopped due to many complaints from general public. He wasn't there in his office and the staff told me to go home that there are no such schemes. etc. Such fotingpon are common in Goa administration. I have gone actually to complain about the flickering of LED street lights which are been installed in some areas in the town that will affect retina of the eyes and give rise to several ailment serious as epileptic seizures, to people staying in the vicinity of flickering LED's,and other malaise, headaches and visual impairment and wanted to know from where these were procured. Again the Chief said he is not aware of it but certainly that stock is received from the Central Government and the tender copy was not available to show me. I mentioned to him that I am a retired engineer and I know that there are many types of LED's and the cheapest ones can give rise to such symptoms of flickering. That means such stocks are dumped to Goans and we have to face the music. In case these products are of low substandard quality and the payment is made for higher price than there could be a scam because these LED's are going to be installed all over Goa and the old ones will be removed and kept somewhere at unknown place. Such things are common in Goa and it is easy for outsiders Goans living abroad to talk because there it does not have probably such FOTKIROS.
Stephen Dias Dona Paula =============================================================== His quote: Message: 6 Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 18:10:47 +0530 From: Marshall Mendonza <[email protected]> To: goanet <[email protected]> Subject: [Goanet] VIJAY FOTINGPON CONTINUES Message-ID: <CAMhuf+gBFV3iE0S8TQAEfQBxphBvD8G==uezxfd904c9jif...@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Stephen, at the outset a disclaimer that I am not fully aware of this scheme. However, theoretically, it sound good. The govt should provide incentives to goans to maintain their old houses. The house should be upgraded with modern amenities. One or two rooms should be set aside for homestays. This will provide an income to the owner while at the same time help him to maintain his house. This is very common in Europe and one will find many such homestays which are cheaper than hotels. The visitor gets an opportunity to live with a goan family and observe their culture. Such homestays can set off other services like taxi, laundry, mess, tourist guide etc. It is worth giving it a chance. It is better to light a candle rather than curse the darkness. Regards, Marshall
