Re: Justice Shah Commission of Inquiry finally comes to Goa! Response to
Carmen Miranda by Melvyn Fernandes Dear Melvyn, Let's not miss the wood for the
trees: (let's focus on the things we need to do)
1. What is illegal in the mining industry, how is it being dealt with by the
judiciary, and what preventative actions are being taken by the Government and
people of Goa? In other words, how is the industry being stripped of
corruption? How are the corrupt being brought to task? Who is shutting down the
illegal mines?
2. The world has moved on to sustainable development decades ago. It is vital
to bring Goa into the 21st century.
3. From what I have read, environmental protection in Goa is way below par,
sometimes almost farcical in that the left hand does not know what the right
hand is doing, worse what the right or left hand should be doing. There is a
need for demarcate the instrument responsible for policing and prosecution of
law breakers.
4. The developed world has many examples, especially Australia and the US, for
stringent controls of mining and airtight environment protection. We can learn
from the world.
We can achieve what is good for Goa without polluting the well-intended with
empty rhetoric.
Cyprian
