Ashley, Great news and good job done. Congratlations to all of you who put in so much effort. best regards, Lloyd
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Ashley Delaney <[email protected]> wrote: > > this is todays paper.. > > just back from gram sabha... plan passed amidst shouting and objections > from some panch members > > Ash > > Draft RP 2021 for Saligao in final stages > > http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=19787&cid=26 > > HERALD REPORTER > PANJIM, APRIL 4 > The special committee, appointed to prepare draft RP 2021 for Saligao > village, is currently in the final stages of planning a people-friendly > plan for the village, after taking into accounts the suggestions and > opinion of a cross section of the villagers. > However, the recommendation of the panel for a VP2 status for the > village has not gone down well with vested interests in the village, > particularly the builders’ lobby that allegedly is now pressing hard for > inclusion of more settlement areas in the plan. > Earlier, the Village Development Committee along with the Communidade of > Saligao and the Saligao Panchayat worked tirelessly to come out with a > Comprehensive Plan for the village. > The panchayat members were actively involved and very supportive of the > whole planning procedure in the initial stages. They went around to each > of the different Wards to explain and gather support for the plan and to > understand the problems faced by villagers in these wards. The outcome > was that for the first time, the needs of the village were identified > and a Comprehensive Plan was created to cater to those needs. > A member of the special committee alleged that they are under tremendous > pressure from the builders’ lobby, who are strongly suggesting inclusion > of fields as settlement areas as well as certain eco-sensitive zones on > slopes, around the famous Saligao Spring, to be marked for development. > Some committee members have alleged that pressure tactics, ranging from > threatening to attempted assault, are being used to persuade them to toe > the line of builders’ lobby. Few residents, on condition of anonymity, > lamented such bullying tactics being used and said that the whole > village should unite as one and defeat the ulterior motives of such > vested interests, to save the village from becoming a concrete jungle in > the near future. > The committee had started with a pre-set guideline of not including in > settlement area, eco sensitive I or II zones and slopes with gradients > of more than 25 degrees around the whole village. > All other orchard areas contiguous with current settlements areas would > be proposed as settlement that would allow an increase of almost 15% of > current settlement area of the village, which was ample for the > sustainable growth of the village, a committee member said. > “In such a scenario, increasing the settlement area in the village will > not be conducive, as it would only benefit the land sharks,” another > member informed. > -- > Linux is to computing what freedom is to mankind...and then there's > Microsoft > > Devine Computers > Abreovaddo, Saligao, Bardez, Goa. > Ph: 2409544 / 9823118321 > Branch: Opp Municipality, Shetye resicom, Shop #3. Bicholim > Ph: 9422448900 / 2361147 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
