Dear me! First the wife, Anju Audhut Timblo, tells us that there is no such thing as ILLEGAL when one is constructing in ones own property [Sociedade de Fomento's Cidade de Goa, in that particular interview to GT published on front page of 05 Nov. 2007].
Now, the husband Audhut Modhu Timblo, [of Sociedade de Fomento's open cast iron ore mines] tells us through the NDTV that the mines came first and hence do not have any SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY towards the villagers in the vicinity which, allegedly, sprung up around the mines. ''The schools came later. The villages came later. First the mines came and then the village developed,'' said Auduth Timblo Chairman, Sociedade de Fomento. The names like Barazan, Codli, Pissurlem, Maina, Naveli, Kudnem, Sonus apparently appear modern names to mr. Timblo. I wonder what their sons, Akash and Ambar [beaning Sky and Earth] who manage mining in the name of an Infrastucture company ILPL, think about social responsibility. Charlie's Angels ... as the Task Force on RIP, oops RP 2021 , has been re-christened after Charles Correia...should possibly be sent on Haj pilgrimage by our allegedly "minority appeasing" CM Our Chief Minister keeps strange company, indeed! Even if accepts that God works in mysterious ways, surely He would not confound the people of Goa as much as the present Government does. What SEZ you? Vishwajeet is ready for a referendum on SEZ in his fiefdom ...identified by him as Bicholim and Satari talukas ... while he still believes in the wisdom of the CM for the rest of Goa. He is also in favour of IT Parks, apparently making common cause with Daya and his new found friend, Churchill. Kuch bhi ho sakta hai. Politics is the art of the possible! Mog asundi. Miguel .......................................................................................... Date: Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:52:45 +0300 From: "D'Souza, Avelino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [Goanet] Goa mines: Kids bear the brunt Goa mines: Kids bear the brunt Priyanka Kakodkar NDTV Wednesday, November 14, 2007 (Goa) As India observes Children's Day a hard fact that could well be the shame of the country's beach paradise Goa is a school that is a serious health hazard. NDTV brings you exclusive report from Goa's Sonshi village where children go to a government school right in the middle of a mine. Day in and day out they study there in a cloud of dust and ore. Goa is a major hub of iron mines and exports half the country's ore. But paying the price are thousands of people particularly children living around the mines. It's terrifying enough to walk to the school. But worse is the cloud of dust and ore the children inhale all day. ''The dust goes into their nose, their stomach. Twice a week we have to take them to the doctor,'' said Sharmila Gawde, villager. All across the mining belt villages struggle with dust spewed out by trucks that transport the ore from mines to ports. In this hinterland, the mines are a double-edged sword - one of the few jobs available but a job with hidden costs. ''It is because of the mines that people without qualifications can get jobs,'' said Prakash Gawde, Contractor. Water woes Just a few kilometers away, Pissurlem, a village that's paying the price, get water only through tankers. All the wells have dried up as the mine sucked out ground water. ''When the mines close down, there will be no jobs or water,'' said Tejaswini Gawde, Village Panch. The fields downstream now choked with mining silt, which means there's no going back to farming. This was once a lush paddy field, which grew two crops a year. But now its been reduced to weeds - its fertility killed by the silt flowing down from mining debris. In this classic battle of locals versus industry mine owners argue that they were here first. ''The schools came later. The villages came later. First the mines came and then the village developed,'' said Auduth Timblo Chairman, Sociedade de Fomento. But for the villagers, who now work at the mines, there is no going back to their fields that are now wastelands. http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20070032751&ch=1 1/14/2007%208:56:00%20AM ~(^^)~ Avelino -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
