what happened to this thereafter the followup? will love to hear an update from you 'Thanks Armstrong
On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Sebastian <[email protected]> wrote: > www.bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2016/09/goa-tourism-master- > plan-2016-who-are.html > > Press release: Goa Tourism Master Plan > > This interim tourism Master Plan and Policy was put up on > websitewww.goatourism.gov.in on 24th August 2016 > > Module 3 last date for comments was 4th September 2016. Objections were to > be mailed to [email protected] > > Public was given 16 days for comments, pretty atrocious by any standards. > > Bharat Mukti Morcha objects following and shares here for public > awareness purpose: > > 1. Page 15: Consider the entire State as tourism development area. > Culture of Goa is fishing and agriculture. It must be protected from > tourism at all costs. > > 2. Page 23: Fishermen Market and F&B Court at Britona, Siridao and > Mobor. Captioned as Goa’s number one source of fresh sea food.” Domestic > consumers of fish to be deprived as fish will be costly and with demands > from tourism. > > 3. Page 24: High End music venue paired with luxury lifestyle resort > in Baga, Calangute and Candolim Beach with biggest clubs in India in one of > these three beaches. > > 4. Page 24: High end lifestyle beach club paired with luxury > lifestyle resort at Cavelossim, Palolem, Arambol, Vagathor and Anjuna Beach > with day and night atmosphere of music. > > 5. Page 25: Eco-beach (Resort): Pure Eco-beach and Eco Resorts at > Querim, Mandrem, and Morjim in Pernem and Agonda, Patnem and Palolem, > Talpona and Galgibag beach. Captioned as “Built in harmony with nature and > hence with minor impact on environment.” > > 6. Page 25: Marinas in Mandovi river at Britonna, Nauxi Bay and > Chicalim. Fishermen directly affected. There is already opposition to the > same from 2010. > > 7. Page 31: Cultural Events, Music day and night atmosphere. Actually > there will be drinks and food. This must not be allowed where St. Francis > Xavier walked. Old Goa is a place of religious sanctity. This must be > rejected, and Religious values must not be hurt. > > 8. Page 32: Goa Multicultural experience at Old Goa Church. Has > office of the Archbishop of Goa endorsed this? Or is it another scam like > Vanxim sale? For the said purpose the Archeology Survey of India has given > permission? As it is place of complete sanctify of high religious values. > > 9. Page 36: Discovery River Cruises: Chapora River, Cumbharjua canal, > Mandovi River and Zuari River. Tourism has already caused irreversible > damage to Goa’s beaches. Fishermen are to be directly impacted through > dredging as well as tourism through boat rides. > > 10. Page 37: Divar island along with eastern Goa has been demarcated for > “Slow Movement Wellness centres”. There is already one such centre in Divar > that releases its effluent in Mandovi river near Vanxim. Tourism Master > Plan is silent on what is to be done with such cases. In module 2 page nos > 47 & 48 in fact names this entity as Devaaya – Ayurveda and Nature Cure > Centre. Can continues daily release of effluents in Mandovi river part of > its ethics? Part of Tourism Department ethics? Daily release of effluents > gives out obnoxious odor to people around as well as staff of Ferry > services plying between Vanxim and Divar. > > 11. Page 37: Nature Sanctuaries to be opened up for tourism.This is > disruption of wild life. The question about cordoning off access to forest > for tribal people and blockade to through digging of trenches to prevent > cattle grazing of tribal people has been kept under wraps. > > 12. Page 42: Waterfront Promenades (dancing floors on land at water’s > edge) at Old Goa, Chapora, Panjim, Mayem lake and Colva beach. This is a > must to stop as it would cause lot of social damage to everyone especially > the youth. > > 13. Page 42: Family Entertainment District inclusive of Themed Park. > Entire Pernem Taluka is marked with pointer towards proposed Mopa Airport > and termed as “District”. Goa already has two districts. Is Pernem going to > be third district? Are People of Goa taken in confidence on declaring > Pernem Taluka as third district? Captioned as “A leisure and entertainment > hub for the family offering a themed park, F&B, shopping, and > accommodation.” Pernem already has Golf Course proposal in Tiracol along > with luxury hotel of Leading Hotels. Mopa airport EIA records plans for > Golf Course in Mopa itself. Luxury hotels are shown in beaches of Pernem a > Querim, Mandrem, and Morjim. > > 14. Page 43: Chapora Bay and Chicalim Bay has been proposed asGaming > districts. This means Panjim off shore casinos will be shifted at these two > venues. Two areas will be marked exclusively for casinos and this is direct > blow to fishing allied activities. > > 15. Page 43: Up-gradation of nightlife across Goa. People of Goa must be > prepared to go without sleep. Night life must be stopped completely as it > is destruction of Youth. Many Youth are hooked on drugs due to such night > life parties. Even school students are attracted to this menace. > > 16. Page 44: Golf Course at Mopa. There is already opposition to Golf > Courses in Tiracol and Vanxim. Water requirement for maintaining of Golf > Course is not mentioned. > > 17. Page 48: Mass Events at Vagator beach, Candolim beach and Shyma > Prasad Indoor Stadium. Are local people consulted before making this > proposal public? We object such mass events. > > 18. Page 55: Mode of Transport through water is in direct confrontation > with fishermen. Cruise Terminal at MPT is mentioned as attracting > international cruise travelers. MPT is also causing harm to local fishermen > at Khariavaddo. Then Sea based inter-state transportation of tourists is > proposed at Tiracol Fort, Chapora River Basin, Fort Aguada, Dona Paula/ > Panjim-Old Goa, Mormugao Port, Colva beach, Mobor Beach/ River Sal/ > Cabo-de-Rama, River Talpona/ Polem. Jetties are proposed to be built in > these venues. These Jetties then can support Ferry Services, Catamaran > Ferry, Sea Buses, Speed boats and Sea Planes to ferry tourists. > > 19. Page 55: Mopa Aiport is expected to handle 13.1 million passengers by > 2036 with focus on Free Independent Travellers (FITs). Mopa airport is not > needed when Dabolim serve Goa well. > > 20. Page 75 of module 2 proposes State subsidy for Hotels as well as > single window clearances. It is using public funds for public ruin. BMM > opposes the same. > > Goa government tourism department believes that people of Goa are > incapable to plan their own future and needs Swiss agency to draw up the > Tourism master plan and policy for Goa. Goa is fully equipped with > qualified personalities do to the required success oriented requirements to > up lift Goa’s Development as required by Goans. > > The nomenclature used is “Tourism Master Plan” One such Tourism Master > Plan was opposed chiefly by students and youth in 1987. Now after 29 years > another one is proposed. > Who is a master? Who is a Slave? If there is a master plan there has to > somebody who is to be enslaved. Needlessly this nomenclature of “Master > Plan” does not fit. And target of enslavement are People of Goa, Land of > Goa and Ecology of Goa. > > We call upon the People of Goa to read, study & we need to move fast and > decisively to object the Tourism Master Plan 2016. It is mentioned in that > it’s a draft which could be final – So lets go for it as committed Goans, > for us & our future Generations. > > Sd/- > > Maggie Silveira > President > > Goa State Unit
