To Goanet - Dr. Claude Alvares and Norma Alvares deserve our deep thanks and appreciation for their perseverance.
But let us not get carried away and proclaim that this is a "victory of the people" and that sort of piffle we hear all too often here. Note the following sobering points - (a) It took 17 long years, and success was by no means a foregone conclusion despite what was a blatant violation. (b) There are still efforts ongoing to stall implementation of the Supreme Court order. (c) Not a SINGLE individual has been held accountable - not from the govt's side, not from the panchayat's side, not from the hotel owner's side. Did this fraud somehow magically happen without human participation? There is not even a hint that the people responsible will ever be brought to book. What that says about India and law enforcement in India I leave to you to figure out. So while I am pleased with this very modest achievement, I am not uncorking any champagne. Warm regards, r ----- Original Message ---- > From: Rajan P. Parrikar <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Saturday, February 21, 2009 10:56:59 AM > Subject: The Courts Retrieve a Beach - by Norma Alvares > > > To Goanet - > > Read this important article in today's Herald. > > http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=17535&cid=14 > > > The hotel owners, the Goa govt and the Taleigao sarpanch > at the time (was it Somnath Zuwarkar?) were all complicit > in this scam on the people of Goa. The actors involved > deserve to be strung up a tree. > > Regards, > > > r
