JC has put it very well-
"I believe that as long as ...... Panchayats (Oh those fine local govt
entities) and the Sir Paunches are lured by the 33 pieces of silver,
and as long as there are corrupt lawyers (e.g. the ones who dump their
plaintiff clients and go with the other party AFTER contracting with
the plaintiffs) the land of Goa will be littered with concrete."
Goa is now facing a food security problem,due to urban sprawl-Who is
responsible for this "Bhaile" mess?
Tara Patel says it all in her piece in the Goan Observer-It is Goenkars who
sell their land and elect the crooks who rule Goa!
http://goanobserver.com/goa-heading-towards-‘zero-food-security’.html
Goa heading towards ‘zero food security’!
By Tara Patel
ASK ANYONE - if anyone cares! The fact remains that despite all the public
money being poured into subsidising to promote agriculture and horticulture in
Goa, this primary and vital food security segment continues to be in the
doldrums. And to think that Goa at the time of Liberation was still a lush
paddy green landscape, self-sufficient in the basics of food…the staple
xitt-coddi i.e. fish curry and rice, with coconuts, local vegetables and fruit
thrown in.
You will say post-Liberation a lot of bhaile came pouring into Goa’s “garden of
paradise” and to this day they’re buying up fallow agricultural land to build
palatial bungalows and residential condominiums for all the richie riche of the
world keen on buying one or yet another piece of paradise (never mind if it’s a
dying piece of paradise)! Yes, but who’s selling? Niz Goenkars and a bunch of
politicians anxious to make their pile for the next seven generations so that
if they’re out of power tomorrow it will not matter (count the politicians in
the real estate brokerage business in Goa!).
