Date: Thu, 7 May 2009 23:04:39 -0700 (PDT) From: Samir Kelekar <[email protected]>
http://oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=21357&cid=14 Mario responds: These are all excellent suggestions for economic development in Goa. Why aren't enterprising Indian businessmen not investing in these opportunities? Don't we have a Goan equivalent of Narendra Modi? Perhaps Goa should be annexed to Gujarat:-)) Perhaps Samir can raise some money and invest in one of his own suggestions and become the next Ambani-type gazillionaire:-)) I'm sure the investment advisers on Goanet can help him raise the money:-)) I see only one problem with Samir's suggestions - what happens to the supply of the iron ore from the mines? If the ore cannot be obtained in Goa, it will be obtained somewhere else - thus shifting the problem in what we call NIMBY in the USA. NIMBY stands for Not In MY Back Yard. This term is used when people want something, but don't want it located where they live. One solution may be what strip miners in north America are required to do - which is to reclaim the land after they have mined it by leveling the land to certain standards and planting trees and grasses that were removed during the mining phase: http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/00461/stripm.htm The topography may not be quite what it used to be, but, if properly planned, it may be quite acceptable to everyone. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I know. Who's going to implement such a scheme in Goa? Let me give you a comparative clue. Do you have any idea what the environmentalists have in mind for everyone in their attempt to control climate change?
