For Goan politicians and businessmen, real glow is in Real Estate and Gold is
in Mining. Everywhere else it is only deaths and destruction. Sample this:
1) Over 100 people dead and 200 injured under the wheels of mining trucks.
2) Rampant flouting of TCP Act in converting fields, forests and hills.
3) No action on Illegal mining. Leader of opposition claimed that 22%
mining in Goa is illegal. Government did not even say a word thus accepting it
by conduct.
4) Police in drug trade.
5) Mahanand not guilty.
6) Minor Girl working as maid servent with one Engineer Pednekar was
tortured and burnt in July 2009. Media created hype for few days. Nav-hind,
Herald, Lokmat Gomantak or Tarun did not write a word after that.
7) Pollution level in all towns of Eastern Goa at alarming levels due to
mining.
8) Ministers and their sons in sex scandal.
9) Newly built Bus-stands at Cuncolim, Shiroda, Honda used only by Cattle,
Love-birds.
10) E very year 5000 educated engineers, doctors, graduates migrate out of Goa
and 40000 truck drivers, mine workers, construction labor migrate into Goa.
11) Two New Moti-dongors initiated every year to inhibit vote-banks.
12)So called legal mining has imnnumerable illegal aspects.
13)Charles Correia Recommendation on Regional Plan in CM’s dust bin. Not
emptied because Porvorim garbage disposal yard is overflowing. CM will take it
to Margao once Sonsodo is operational. Baiguinim site identified for the
reports of new advisers Raghunath Mashelkar, Vijay Bhatkar and Anil Kakodkar.
14)Police pilfer drug from judicial custody.
15)Rampant Hill Cutting with connivance of TCP, Mines and PWD ministry.
16)Ignored Petition by Goan Padma Winners Mario Miranda, Ravindra Kelekar, Remo
Fernandes, Suresh Amonkar, Norma Alvares and Maria Aurora Couto to stop mining
excesses.
17) 2000 strong CISF force planned to suppress voices of GBA, VGG and other
agitators.
18) The only department of Goa government not to have a website is MINES
DEPARTMENT! Cental Government made it compulsory for all states to constitute
Empowered committees for mining and to post their constitution on website. The
Committee should meet at regularly and its proceedings should also be put on
the website.
19) Goa now is the CASINO capital of India
20) Rs 1600 crore is spent on Government employees salaries
and pension a year. This means every Goan family pays Rs 80,000 a year for the
leap services they provide.
21) Mining migrants have spread diseases likee Chikungunia
and HIV in minig areas.
22) Garbage-Garbage everywhere!
23) Economic Survey 2009-10 says agriculture in Goa is
finished (due to minig dust?) with output (at constant prices) falling 20% from
Rs 922 crore in 2006 to Rs 735 crore in 2009. Paddy reduced 20% from 221K tons
2006 to 177K tons in 2009. Vegetables reduced 32% from 83K tons in 2006 to 58K
tons in 2009. Mangoes reduced 56% from 27K tons in 2006 to 7.5K tons in 2009.
Cashew nuts reduced 52% from 27K tons in 2006 to 13K tons in 2009.
24) Last year budget foresaw collection of Rs 115 crore
from water supply. But collected only Rs 70 crores. Where did Rs 45 crore go?
25) MPT site says iron ore exports for 2009-10 through
Mormugao Port were 403 lac tons, whereas Goa Mineral Ore Exporters site says
exports for the same period through Mormugao Port were 288 lac tons and Panaji
Port were 85 lac tons. Why does GMOEA understate throughput via Mormugao Port
by 115 lac tones valued at Rs 7000 crore at FOB price of $130 per ton?
26) Goa is the RAPE TOURISM capital of the World?
27) Media persons connive with drug peddlers and get paid
from them through police?
Rajendra Kakodkar
