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Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State for Environment
and Forests (I/C) to maintain the moratorium on issuing further
environmental clearances for mining activities in Goa
http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php
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It's not only sad but disgusting to see how human beings can destroy the
enviornment and this St. Inez Nullah is one of those sad stories.
Even though the contents of St. Inez nullah now a creek is worth reading but
actions speak louder than words.
Educate people not to throw rubbish, not to empty their bowels nor answer
nature's call or refuse , do not spit, do not throw bottle's, and get rid of
all those illegal squatters around that nullah and re-locate them somewhere
else , one will notice more than half the battle is won.
Many enviornmental problems or issues can be sorted out on account of community
living within ourselves , one need not always seek political blessings apart
from some technical advise from some experts .
Can some one try this exercise out and see how it works , clean the entire
nullah , if huge sums can be paid on constructions and other unwanted
actitivites , just allocate some funds to clean up the nullah from the starting
point till the end, penalise those who misuse it , beautify the place with some
boats from point a to b, it can be transformed into a marina , boat riding etc .
What we need is a positive zeal to take up the task without focussing on what
one is going to get in return ,in their pockets or bank accounts.
Just like human beings, animals hit back when one tends to mess around with
them in a negative way so is nature which hit's back and causes a phenomenal
disastrous impact .
Let's love nature .
Vivek
--- On Tue, 6/4/10, D'Souza, Avelino <adso...@kockw.com> wrote:
> From: D'Souza, Avelino <adso...@kockw.com>
> Subject: [Goanet] St Inez nullah now a creek
> To: goa...@goanet.org
> Date: Tuesday, 6 April, 2010, 4:11 PM
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> Sign the Petition requesting The Honble Minister of State
> for Environment
> and Forests (I/C) to maintain the
> moratorium on issuing further
> environmental
> clearances for mining activities in Goa
>
> http://goanvoice.org.uk/miningpetition.php
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>
> St Inez nullah now a creek
> Paul Fernandes & Andrew Pereira, TNN, Apr 6, 2010,
> 04.36am IST
>
> PANAJI: In a major development, a sub-committee of the
> Jawaharlal Nehru
> National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) decided to strictly
> consider the
> St Inez waterway as a creek-and not a storm water drain or
> nullah-for
> future planning purposes.
>
> "Future city planning will now consider it a creek and
> coastal
> regulation zone (CRZ) rules will now apply," a
> sub-committee member
> said. Opposition leader Manohar Parrikar who heads the
> JNNURM
> subcommittee said, "St Inez waterway is a creek, not a
> nullah, as it
> witnesses tidal flushing. The decision has been taken for
> the wholesome
> good of the city instead of a piecemeal solution."
>
> A meeting of the JNNURM subcommittee was held on Monday to
> consider a
> detailed project report prepared by the Water and Power
> Consultancy
> Services (WAPCO) for the creek's beautification. NIO
> scientist Antonio
> Mascarenhas invited for the meeting said the Survey of
> India (SoI)
> toposheet of the early 1960s proved that the creek was
> functional then
> with daily tidal influx routinely up to Tonca and beyond.
>
> "The entire landscape was then a marshy wetland, thinly
> populated and
> occupied by paddy fields and orchards. St Inez creek
> constitutes a part
> of the antecedent drainage of the area," he explained.
>
> Another member Nandkumar Kamat said, "It is an issue of
> ecological,
> environmental and social justice affecting half the city of
> Panaji. The
> move to convert the creek into a municipal drain by
> concretization is to
> permit constructions."
>
> TOI has reported about problems related to the St Inez
> creek, especially
> citizens' concerns regarding its concretization and the
> need for
> desilting it.
>
> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/St-Inez-nullah-now-a-creek/a
> rticleshow/5764960.cms
>
> ~(^^)~
>
> Avelino
>
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