------------------------------------------------------------------------ * G * O * A * N * E * T *** C * L * A * S * S * I * F * I * E * D * S * ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sangath, www.sangath.com, is looking to build a centre for services, training and research and seeks to buy approx 1500 to 2000 sq mtrs land betweeen Mapusa and Bambolim and surrounding rural areas. Please contact: [email protected] or [email protected] or ph+91-9881499458 http://lists.goanet.org/pipermail/goanet-goanet.org/2009-July/180028.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Betalbatim, Guirdolim concerned over rising migrant population HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, AUG 2 Salcete villages on Sunday expressed concern over the rising population of migrants in the villages and called for measures to maintain a tab on their antecedents in view of the recent criminal activities. If the villagers of Betalbatim gave the Panchayat body seven days time to get the landlords register the migrant tenants with the Panchayat, the sleepy village of Guirdolim is waking up the growing presence of outsiders in the village. At the gram sabha, the villagers of Betalbatim told the Panchayat to crack a whip against households playing host to migrants without basic sanitation and sans verification of their antecedents. In fact, while giving the Panchayat seven days to get the names of tenants registered with the body, the villagers demanded that the Panchayat along with members of the ward-level committee inspect the households and identify the migrants putting up the houses. The villagers also told the panchayat to issue identity cards to all migrant staying in the village as a security measure after verifying their antecedents with the police. Some of the gram sabha members felt that the Panchayat should collect one month's rent from the households for keeping the tenants as is prescribed under the Rules. Betalbatim Sarpanch Minguel Pereira told Herald that the Panchayat would immediately set in motion the process of getting the landlords register their tenants with the Panchayat. Incidentally, this is no the first time that the issue over tenants and migrants have figured in the village. In the past too, villagers had objected to housing migrants in households sans sanitation facilities. At Guirdolim village, similar sentiments were expressed at the Sunday gram sabha meeting. After the meeting Sarpanch Elcy Diniz said the locals have been facing hardships due to the presence of locals because of lack of sanitation, thefts etc. She said the villagers have asked the Panchayat body to take action as far as sanitation is concerned in respect of households renting out their premises to migrants. A local villager Franky Rodrigues said some of the households have rented out a room for even 8-9 migrants without making arrangements for sanitation. "These migrants use the open spaces in the village to answer nature's call in the absence of toilet facilities", he said, adding that the antecedents of these migrants should be verified by the Panchayat as well as by the police. http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=25424&cid=26 Please post your comments on my Blog: http://goanidentity.blogspot.com/ Please also see below: 1. Benaulim Village Action Committee: http://www.bvacbenaulim.blogspot.com/ 2. "Rape of Goa" : http://www.parrikar.com/blog/the-rape-of-goa/ 3. "Rape of Chicalim : "http://rapeofchicalim.wordpress.com/ 4. "Boycott Cidade de Goa" : http://boycotthotelcidadedegoa.blogspot.com/ 5. MAND - an adivasi-rights resource centre : http://mandgoa.blogspot.com/ 6. EVERY GOAN SHOULD SEE THIS VIDEO: http://infochangeindia.org/Infochange-documentary.html
