Well said , Keith. Sadly, Saligaonet is reduced to a 'greetings and condolences' bulletin board.
I hope the points in your message hit home, and meaningful discussions and actions emanate from it. Unlike my posting several months ago, where I had listed several points that could be worked upon to generally uplift Saligao and its people. I barely got one or two acknowledgements , let alone discussions. I suggest we physically mobilize a discussion and movement on this issue. Sanjeev On 23-Jun-2011, at 2:11 PM, keith dsouza wrote: > What has happened is such a shame. Last year, when a few of us objected to > the many gadda's that were coming up with the consent of the the Panchayat > and Communidade no one supported us. > > A lot of people chose to sit on the fence. Its about time, we realized that > we need to wake up and make some noise. More and more gadda's and > encroachments are being allowed to come up and more and more people are going > to be knocked down and even killed. By shying away from the reality we are > only going to lose and hurt more and more people that walk on those roads > every day. > > We should consider ourselves, as responsible as that bus driver for what has > happened. By choice we shy away from confronting our elected members and this > is the problem. They take all of us for granted and do what ever it takes to > create an opportunity for making money and creating a vote bank. The state of > affairs are so poor that for elected members, lives of people are not even > worth considering. How can we just sit around and do nothing? > > Keith D'Souza. > > > > > > On 22 June 2011 06:24, dilip dacruz <[email protected]> wrote: > It's worthwhile reflecting on the complete lack of pavements/sidewalks in the > village (India as a whole). A study from North Carolina is the one commonly > referred to. Here's a Wiki excerpt on the study that excluded people knocked > over crossing the road: > > Sidewalk presence had a risk ratio of 0.118, which means that the likelihood > of a crash on a road with a paved sidewalk was 88.2 percent lower than one > without a sidewalk. “This should not be interpreted to mean that installing > sidewalks would necessarily reduce the likelihood of pedestrian/motor vehicle > crashes by 88.2 percent in all situations. However, the presence of a > sidewalk clearly has a strong beneficial effect of reducing the risk of a > ‘walking along roadway’ pedestrian/motor vehicle crash.” > > Mervyn mentions a list of pedestrians killed or maimed - what a tragedy, each > of them. All for the need of a couple of hundred unobstructed paving slabs. > > [email protected] > > Date: Tue, 21 Jun 2011 17:33:06 -0700 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Re: Fwd: Help needed for prayers > To: [email protected] > > > Gregory, > > I can't place you actually but we will offer special prayers at our church > here for your sister-in-law's speedy recovery. Our parish priest has healing > powers and I'm sure his prayers will help. > These accidents are a repeat fixture in Goa. My Dad was knocked down, my > cousin etc etc..Its really a matter of concern. > Where I live its the same story. Roadhogs everywhere. > > Merwyn Sequeira > Philippines > > From: saugoncho kolo <[email protected]> > To: Saligao-Net <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 1:22 AM > Subject: [SALIGAONET] Re: Fwd: Help needed for prayers > > Thank You all for your get well wishesand prayers..She's better today > and showing signs of progress. She has started gettting sensation in > her feet now and can feel someone touching her at her toes. thats good > progress and the docs too are happy about the progress, nevertheless > keep praying for her speeddy recovery as it is only prayers and the > divine intervention which can bring her back to normal self > Take care and God bless > > On Jun 18, 10:41 pm, Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेडरिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك > نورونيا <[email protected]> wrote: > > A note from Gregory. Please pass on ... FN > > > > > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > From: GREGORY GODINHO <[email protected]> > > Date: 18 June 2011 23:01 > > Subject: Help needed for prayers > > To: [email protected] > > > > Hi Rico, > > I needed a little help from you to pass on the message to all those > > who do not know!!! > > On the 16th of June my sister in law Connie ( Mario's wife) was going > > to attend the 7.00 am mass at our church as it was her b'day , was > > knocked down by a speeding bus as she was walking on the side road > > near the market(just before the speed breaker), and the driver sped > > away. > > She was admitted in hospital where she is still in ICUwith a severe back > > injury. > > All we need is please pray for her speedy recovery and that she may be > > back on her feet. > > Thank you and > > God bless you all > > > > Gregory Godinho > > Donvaddo, Saligao > > Bardez Goa--403511, > > Mob: +91 9049539726- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > > > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] > > > > -- > Keith D'Souza > Goa, India. > # 91 982 384 7474 > > -- > Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe email [email protected] -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected]
