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I totally agree that some people have no care about the way in which they drive
around in big cars & spill exhaust fumes around without taking on board the
cost to the environment or the locality in which they drive.
Having said this, it happens in the UK also, as it does all over the world,
not just in Goa. There are regulations now coming into force, so by law there
are exhaust emissions which we have to take care when we buy cars, ensure we
have the right type, or be fined or worse, the car taken away & scrapped.
At least that is what will happen here in the UK & other parts of Europe,
soon enough.
As for the new owner of property, whether it belonged to, or was occupied by
the owner or was let out to tenancy, this is not of concern, if there is law
which permits the owner to sell his own property, then I dont see a problem.
The owner needs the money, he has to sell. The owner may have died & the
inheritors decided they did not want it, or could not keep it, so everyone
wanted their share, in cash.
So the house was sold, the tenant compensated as per contract. You see, your
tenant was fortunate, the owner was good enough to build another place for the
ex-tenant. When you rent, you have very little in the way of rights to the
abode, for ever. The whole idea of renting is just that, you rent. You rent
for a period of agreed months or years, here in the UK mostly rentals are
"short-let" or long lease arrangments with many other styles from 6-months to
annual renewable rental on houses, apartments or bedsits, etc etc.
In Goa I will assume by your choice of words that you are not in favour of
the new owner because he or she is uncaring and unthoughtful about his or her
neighbours, you also have a worry about the swimming pool & the cost of water,
not only financially but also the supply of good clean drinking / cooking water.
This is all to do with your local governement & the people you elected to
look after your interests.
As we know, and this has been brought about by the Scarlett Keeling case,
corruption from the lowest order to the highest in the land is rife, and you
permit it.
You being the Goan voter, the one who is only in it for the money or title
you will get if you vote for this person or that person. The system is corrupt
from the shopkeeper who tips in a bit of water in the Feni to the Policeman who
takes a bribe for overfilled cars or taps the tourists for extra cash when
found to be a drunken driver, and so on.
It is disgraceful and I feel very sorry for the neighbours of this uncaring
owner of the old house, which no doubt was once a lovely family house and was
occupied very peacefully by the tenant, but things change and we must accept
change as much as we accept our children grow up & leave home, have families of
their own, and so on.
But not all changes are for the good, this case is one example where
corruption and uncaring politicians are creating a cesspit of what was once a
haven.
John Monteiro
Tony de Sa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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2008 International Goan Convention
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Sir,
A lot of hue and cry is being made about the Keeling rape/ murder, by
Brits who are holidaying or have chosen Goa as their retirement
destination. There is an image being projected, that the Goans "only
want their money, but not them".
Let's look at the other side of the picture. A Brit has purchased an
old 'Portuguese villa' as the brochures describe it in Moira. So far
so good. Now to get rid of the tenant, he has built a house for him
at one edge of his property. Even better. Now here it starts hitting
the fan! In building the house, and refurbishing the main house,
Panchayat regulations have been thrown to the wind. Again there is a
small matter about a swimming pool. When locals objected to it, the
contractor (in collusion with the owner?) sought to pass it off as a
sump. If the pit was a sump, why tile it with ceramic tiles and
install lights? We the locals are concerned about the scarcity of
water, depletion of the water table and pollution due to the chemicals
used in the swimming pool.
Our Brit has got it 'regularized', probably by spreading a few pounds
(which apparently he has in plenty) here and there. Again he owns a
big Bolero car that barely fits in our narrow and winding lanes. Yet
he careens at full speed, unmindful of the pedestrians, children and
other traffic.
Is there any reason to be surprized that the locals detest him?
It would be foolishness to tar all Brits with the same brush. Okay.
But would Brits in the UK permit me to do the same thing, even if I
had the money to go around?
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Tony de Sa
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