Alda, If the days under Portuguese rule were dark, the nights would have been even darker. Yet we slept with our windows open!
Bennet Paes Assolna, Goa --- On Thu, 27/5/10, Alda Figueiredo <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Alda Figueiredo <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Goanet] Mega project by Mumbai based builder > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, 27 May, 2010, 4:34 PM > Dear Readers > > What prompted me to write this time is the issue raised in > recent emails on the above mega project in the village of > Carmona has been resurrected against the will of the local > people. During one of my visits to Goa I witnessed the > scene of fierce fighting by locals to stop a similar > project. I was under the impression that the ghost was > laid to rest forever. It appears that the same ghost > has come to haunt the village once again. > > I love Goa and even though I do not live permanently in Goa > I am very passionate about the welfare of Goa. The > Authority concerned should consider the needs of the locals > by improving the already depleted facilities like water and > electricity supply and garbage disposal. All these > factors cause immense hardship for locals living in small > villages. > > Good luck to all those who are fighting for their rights to > live peacefully and in comfort. Maintain your cause - > do not give up! Otherwise, human disasters will ravage > the state. Goa has progressed well economically, > socially and culturally after 48 years of liberation of Goa, > despite some of the problems Goa is facing right now due to > corruption. > It will be a pity to go back to the dark days of Portuguese > rule. > > A J Figueiredo > > > > >
