------------------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Colva Civic and Consumer Forum pursues action with Labour Dept, Health Centre and Police ----------------------------------------------------- The Colva Civic and Consumer Forum (CCCF) has reiterated its stand that the mega housing projects construction sites at Colva have become breeding grounds for the spread of Malaria and the solution lies in the shifting of these labour camps out of the village of Colva. The Forum presented its position at the Advocacy Workshop on Vector Borne Diseases organised by the Primary Health Centre Cansaulim and the Directorate of Health Services at Hotel Silver Sands.
The Forum pointed out to Dr. Marcia Pacheco, Health Officer PHC Cansaulim and Dr. Deepak Kabadi Dy. Director National Vector Borne Disease Program that the builders and contractors are transferring huge social and economic costs on to the resident villagers of Colva by housing labourers in the village without providing them living conditions as required by the Acts & Rules in force. Moreover these Builders have violated the licence conditions of the Village Panchayat of Sernabatim, Vanelim, and Colva & Gandaulim by allowing labourers to reside at the construction sites. In letters to Police Inspector Edwin Colaco of Colva Police Station, the Forum has requested action in co-ordination with Labour Department and the Village Panchayat of Sernabatim, Vanelim, Colva & Gandaulim to shift the labour camps from the construction sites before the adjourned Gram Sabha to be held on Sunday 15th June. The Forum has also demanded that the revocation of licence to M/s Akar Creations in Survey No. 40/0 be put into effect immediately As a follow-up to the memorandum submitted to the Dy. Labour Commissioner, South Goa a delegation of the Consumer Forum and GOACAN met Mr. Chandrakant D. Velip to review the action taken by his office. The delegation was informed that as per inspections conducted by Labour Inspectors Mr. S.A Shirodkar and Mr. G.M. Zalmi a number of violations were identified and relevant show cause notices were served to M/s L & L Builders, M/s Prudential Builders, M/s Akar Creations Pvt. Ltd. and M/s S.K.Developers. Besides show cause notices under the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act and Inter State Migrant Workers Act were also served to Contractors M/s Kayo Desai, M/s Ajit Chavan, M/s Tirupati Varkuri, M/s A. L. Biswas and M/s Ravindra Lawande. Meanwhile, the ward wise awareness meetings conducted by the Colva Civic and Consumer Forum in preparation for the adjourned Gram Sabha got an enthusiastic response with good attendance from women & senior citizens. Villagers attending the meetings resolved to meet their respective Panchayat members at their residences to demand their individual position on the issue of licences to the mega housing projects before the Panchayat meeting to be held on Wednesday 11th June. ---------------------------------------------------- Press Release from Judith Almeida (Secretary) Colva Civic and Consumer Forum. ---------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ---------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------
