joegoauk posted photographs with some very pertinent captions: 1: No where to sleep? Come to Campal near KA http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2256195412/sizes/l/
2: No where to Park? How about on the footpath? (leela boat in the background) http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk_dirtypanjim/2255397723/sizes/l/ etc ==jc's comment== Dear joebab, Thank you for keeping us informed of what we said would be inevitable. 1: When the MGP/BJP started/accepted the changing of names of towns and cities in Goa i.e. Panjim to Panaji (not Ponnje), Vasco da Gama to Sambhajinagar (abortively), Mapusa to Mhapsa(senselessly) ....it sent out a strong signal that Goans could be sidestepped. They did not need to be asked about such things. 2: When Goan public health authorities turned a blind eye to filth in eating establishments (commencing circa 1965), it sent a signal that unregulated bhel-puri stalls and ice-fruit vendors (from wherever) were welcome to open unregulated businesses in Goa. 3. When the MGP gave the land in Sancole to a Fertiliser plant at 1 paisa a sq metre, it sent a signal that Goa, its water table and fish resource could be polluted by anyone with money. That also is the impetus for the Dharavi-type slum which developed in the so called Zuarinagar. 4: The MGP had another plan - to set up a Nuclear plant in Canacona - which did not materialise as Karwar apparently won out on that source of radiation. 5: When successive Goa Govts sat/sit quiet on Dabolim - why should anyone else care? 6: When the BJP assisted anti-Catholic and anti-Goa George Fernandes routed the Konkan Railway through the areas it is now passing ....it facilitated the hit and run chaps + the mass migration of those who have no other place to sleep but the places Joebab takes his pics at. 7: When the BJP sat silent as Anjediva Island was taken away and its pilgrimage site made out of bounds - why should anyone else think twice about taking over the mountain tops at Cannanguinim, Dona Paula or Betim? 8: When successive govts kept silent about the slumification of Vasco and Margao - why are we surprised about it happening to Panjim? 9: When successive govts have sat silent as nonGoans put in charge of various departments were able to "convert" land belonging to third parties and sell to the highest bidders - why this present shock? 10: When mine-owner owned newspapers told us that ALL was well in Goa, and hyper-sensitive Goa Journos castigate those of us who disagreed - why this fugdi now? My questions esp to those who now say "BJP-zindabad" are the following: a: Has it ever struck you WHY it is that Goans voted the BJP out - in spite of knowing fully well that the Congress was corrupt? b: Do you have any LEGAL (as opposed to illegal) solutions to this problem? c: What part did the IFFI (and the BJP) play in the RAPID influx of the high-rollers into Goa? d: What effect will the forced Marathi-zation of Konkani play on the influx of the folks from the ghats? e: What exactly is the purpose of photographing the filth (over and over again) except to advise us that our predictions have come true? Did we not predict it on this very site a good decade ago? sincerely jc
