Communidade Land Illegalities In Canacona Under Scanner
At last it is good to see authorities taking interest in the communidade land at Canacona, how long the interest will last or when all the euphoria will suddenly vanished in to a poof! Only time will tell, I would most certainly like to be optimistic, but history forces pessimism. The news that the newly elected Attorney of Canacona Communidade and former chairperson of Mormugao municipality, Mr Kritesh Gaonkar, has immediately started ascertaining facts about encroachments on communidade land around Canacona, was welcome, it's indeed a step in the right direction, it should not stop there, action should be taken against people who have sold communidade land for personal profit by distorting facts and manipulating records and documents. >From what I have heard there is very little communidade land left in Canacona, as most of the so called "protectors" of communidade land, the different committees incharge of this land, have either made it their own or sold it by fraud to outsiders, one of them being the sale of the Cabo-de-Rama plateau. In Khola, the communidade committee made up of the Saraswat community have done the same. The records in the communidade office have disappeared, some have been distorted as per convenience. In Khola communidade land ceases to exist any more ! Luckily the copy of an old Portuguese gazette came good in the Cabo-de-Rama plateau case, where in it was clearly mentioned, the details with the area and boundaries as communidade land and one person by the name of Floriano Fernandes from Cabo-de-Rama has been fighting the land sharks and the Saraswat community involved in this fraud, although the court order says that the sale deed of the Cabo-de-Rama plateau is null n void, and the records in the survey department to be reverted back to communidade land, the Saraswat community involved in this scam headed by their well known Lawyer cum real estate agent has appealed to the higher court and the saga continues. The poor people who have been tilling communidade land and living on it for decades have not been compensated in any way yet, as per the law, but on the contrary, it has been sold and that too, to people from outside the village or other states, which is against the communidade norms. I do hope the new Attorney of Canacona communidade will do justice to his position and title and take the required appropriate actions to restore justice the poor who tilled and lived on that land for decades and punish the guilty. That would indeed change pessimism into optimism Freddy Agnelo Fernandes -------------------------------------------------------- The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. -------------------------------------------------------- ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email ______________________________________________________________________
