To Goanet - Yesterday out of the blue I got a call from the Amicus Curiae appointed by the High Court in my PIL on Panjim. First, a brief background:
The High Court had issued a final order in April 2008 directing the CCP to address several civic issues in the city - public defecation, urination, illegal squatting and hawking on footpaths, loitering/littering in gardens and public spaces, blocking of pavements by mechanics and merchandise, and any other forms of civic/public nuisance that have come to plague the city in recent times. Since the CCP failed to effectively act and address these matters, I filed a contempt petition in July 2008 providing further evidence through photos. In February of this year, a second round of photos was filed in the Court. Which brings us to the present - the Amicus Curiae now says another hearing is due and that a new round of photos as evidence will be required. This is turning out to be a farce. How many more times do we need to give them "evidence"? Meanwhile the city continues to worsen, with Bihari & UP bhaiyyas & assorted ghatis - the PUSS Brigade (PUSS = Paan-Urine-Shit-Spit), in full flower. (Not to mention the swarms of "security guards" from Jharkhand.) I do not intend to expend any more effort taking photos of the swamp that the city has become. The only other fellow who spent time doing this is JoeGoaUk. But if there are any concerned citizens who wish to provide me with photographs, I shall make prints and present them to the Amicus. These have to be turned in by this Saturday. The photographs need to be taken between now and Saturday and you need to specify the date when it was taken. So - if you care, email me your photographs, of the violations you see in the city. If not, good luck. Let the sewage fly in Panjim and the ghatis reign. r
