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* * * * * * * * * ANNUAL GOANETTERS MEET * * * * * * * * *
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Goanetters in Goa and visiting meet Jan 6, 2009 at 3.30 pm at Hotel
Mandovi (prior to the Goa Sudharop event, which you're also welcome to).
Join in for a Dutch dinner -- if we can agree on a venue after the meet.
RSVP (confirmations only) 9822122436 or 2409490 or f...@goa-india.org
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Goa police are agitated by the act of their political bosses for allowing the
sunburn musical extravaganza in contrast to the ban on beach parties due to
terror threat after Mumbai attack. Just a night before Police had dared to
stop this party following a complaint lodged in Calangute Police station under
Sound pollution act . The decibel level had exceed by almost 89 which is an
offence under Noise pollution act 1998 section 3 & 4. The Supreme Court has
acknowledged citizen’s right to silence and sound sleep which is a
biological need for human beings. In Goa it is all too easy to get around laws.
There is already a ban on noise making instruments between 10pm and 6 am.
However, we can see how the rulebook goes for a toss during the festive
seasons here. The authorities (the beaurocrats and police , to be precise)
also get indulged (on being paid bribes, of course) and facilitate the
organizers of such events in
residential areas. The appeal to such raucous organizers not to disturb the
citizens has hitherto remained unheeded. I wonder how this event has bypassed
the purview of the regulations.
Vinay
