To Goanet - Take a look below at the sale of land in Pernem. This is an all-out war against Goa and Goans.
r By Matanhy Saldanha : It is now very clear why many politicians and vested interest want the Mopa airport. Many who are demanding for Mopa airport are ignorant or pretend to be ignorant, that Goa is going to lose its identity since the builders are going to build only for migrants from other states. Imagine how much land is already sold to fly by night vested interest in Pernem alone. Similar is the case throughout Goa. Read the below report: ________________________________________________________________________ (Gomantak Times, 30th August, 2008) Hill cutting after purchasing land at cheap rates by non Goan builders is rampant in Pernem taluka. Presently, hill locks in Mandrem, Chopdem and Korgao are flattened and if this continues there is every possibility of permanent damage to the forest covering in the taluka. According to information available, builders brought large tracks of thickly vegetated land in Pernem during the period from April 2006 and June 2008. This includes 8.16 lakh sq mts of area by Mangala Realtors Pvt Ltd, Vasco in Alorna, 4.61 lakh sq mts by J M Township, 4.38 sq mts by M/s Christian Farm Land (India) Pvt Ltd from Bangalore, 3.05 lakh sq mts by M/s N E Electronics Ltd, Guwahati- Assam, 2.5 lakh sq mts by Leading Hotels Pvt Ltd, Delhi, 2.57 lakh sq mts by M/s Wide Properties, Panaji, 2.44 lakh sq mts by Beside Realty Pvt Lmt, Mumbai and two plots of 2.27 lakh and 2.13 lakh sq mts by Enterprises Value Investment (India) Pvt Ltd company, Mumbai. Similarly Amrapali Realtor, Delhi (25,587 sq mts), Padmashil Fine West Pvt. Ltd, Parel (15,980 sq. mts), Messers Rajan Hatiskar, Thane, Maharastra (108, 842 sq. mts), Pushpalata Samant, Dadar Mumbai (1.1 lakh sq. mts) and M/s Prasanna Developers (1.16 lakh sq. mts) have also brought land during this period. Residents fear, the forest areas may completely vanish, due to the proposed Mopa airport, tourism business and other demand for land in Pernem taluka. Goa is already saturated. With further profit ridden development, by builders, real estate agents and some unscrupulous elected representatives, Goa soon will make all Goans not only a minority, but strangers in their own land. Do we want this? Demand for Special Status, to stop sale and transfer of land to individuals, companies from other states. Goans and all others who love Goa, irrespective of religion, caste, region or political affiliations, UNITE to stop Goa from being eliminated. S/d Matanhy Saldanha (Former Tourism Minister)
