Hey Yo, I am so impressed and have a tear in my eye when I read that people of Majorda-Betalbatim and the government (albeit fattened with pay-backs etc) have woken up. One wonders where they were and were they listening (or were they slumped after a feni slumber doo) when the likes of the late Wilfad Antao and Mathany Saldanha were screaming from tree-trunks, announcing the imminent arrival of an ecological disaster! There was a certain up-state newspaper vendor from Vascu who has a quiet operation to pluck the 'rulao' like sand and transport it to the cement factories of Maharastra. The price per truck paid to the land owners was less than a bottle of diluted bottle of coconut feni. No one said a word. The late Senor Antao and ole Mathany were warning that without the protection of the dunes, the villages from Cavelosim to Hollant will be at the mercy of the sea. And do take a look at how Cavelossim is placed in terms of geography and the river.........and the property owners. In Betalbatin, better sense has prevailed: a landowning family sold their prime piece of real-estate recently for an obscene sum of money because every year, many sq. meters of their prime beach land simply disappeared. And any of you ever make it on that maiden voyage to Goa, do come to my native Carmona and visit the beach....there is less of it left and you'll wet your feet after a short walk!! While I adjust my dotrem, wonder what occupation all the Goichis will take up when tourism is all washed away? Time to think & talk has passed one would think!
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 4:14 PM, Goa Desc <[email protected]> wrote: > ----------------------------------------------------- > Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your > family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. > Help others be better informed CONSUMERS. > ------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------------- > Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) > Email: [email protected] > ---------------------------------------------------------- > ------------------------------------------------ > Majorda beach in grip of sand and soil erosion > ----------------------------------------------- > > by Minoo Fernandes > > Majorda beach has been witnessing sand and soil erosion > for quite some time now. Villagers, landowners and owners > of business establishments, including five-star hotels, have > raised an alarm in the village and rolled up their sleeves to > combat the phenomenon. >
