Anyone who has had the opportunity to go to the Mapusa registrar's office , would have seen first hand , the fate of multi-storied buildings in Goa !
Sanjeev On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 5:05 AM, dilip dacruz <[email protected]>wrote: > All very true, Al, and well put but I think they are aware of everything > you've said and have chosen to turn a blind, greedy eye. > > I can see the end result of this project with ease: It is delayed, > over-runs and over-spends. It actually becomes 40 storeys if property > prices rise, or stops at 15 if they crash. The building is not quite > vertical and the windows used are below spec. They leak. It turns a shade > of gray after the first rains, and is never re-painted. Un-named > individuals related to the ministry become owners of various floors and the > gardens are never quite completed, nor the rubble removed from the > roadside. The palm leaf shacks that house the labourers who built the > structure become a permanent feature sited about 20m away with no > sanitation ... and no goans. > > And the tourists will have long stopped coming to see plastic bags, rabid > dogs, crowded roads and polluted waters. > > Desperately sad. > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 16:12:13 -0400 > Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Government plans skyscraper in Baga's coastal > regulation zone > > To: [email protected] > > A viewing tower in Baga!! The Minister surely jests. Yes - there are > viewing towers in Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo - and in hundreds of CITIES > around the world. There are no viewing towers at beach resorts in > developing countries - will someone please tell the minister? Did he > perchance note that the majority of visitors to these towers are drawn from > very large and affluent local populations? > Can you imagine a foreign tourist deciding on Goa for his next vacation > just because of a new "Viewing Tower" ? Can you imagine villagers from > Saligao, Guirim, Uccasaim etc. driving to Baga for a night out at the > "Viewing Tower," paying a fee to get to the 25th floor for an expensive > dinner in a restaurant with a beautiful* night* view of the Arabian Sea? > Great fodder for a comedy sketch if it wasn't so pathetic. > > The next level of tourism for Goa unfortunately is a pipe dream - there > was no planned tourism policy governing the first level. > Entrepreneurs understandably exploited Goa's natural beauty and built > beach hostelries & shacks with no consideration for the environment. > > If, as Minister of Tourism of India's smallest state, the good Mr. > Parulekar is looking for a model to take Goa's Tourism to the next level, > he would do well to look at an equally small country like Bermuda - (size > 54 sq. km with 120 km of coastline). > In Bermuda, tourism's main beneficiary is the LOCAL citizen - the tourist > is a short-term GUEST who must obey the laws and customs of the country, > and leave a very small footprint. Tourism enables residents to maintain a > high standard of living so it is in the interest of every Bermudian to > ensure that the tourist is treated as a welcome guest. Bermuda is NOT a > cheap destination and there are no cheap packaged flights disgorging > unsavoury hordes of low income tourists with little concern for the local > environment or culture. > In Bermuda, the government determined from the outset that where tourism > is concerned, quality beats quantity. > (OK - so the Goan tax payer may not want to send him to Bermuda - for a > less expensive familiarization trip, send Mr. Parulekar to Kerala. This may > get him off the "Viewing Tower" kick.) > > Dilip DaCruz rightly points out some Tourism Industry basics (waste > management, cleanliness, safety etc.) The next level could be professional > certification and attractive compensation for trained tourism industry > personnel, and instilling pride in Goans as HOSTS to the world's tourists, > through local campaigns that demonstrate how tourism benefits local > communities economically while protecting the environment and Goan culture. > Al > > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 9:12 AM, dilip dacruz <[email protected]>wrote: > > How can we carry tourism forward? > Well, Parulekar. Try investing in waste management, sweeping streets, > developing gardens, pavements, street lighting, better public transport ... > > Its obvious this new project is just an opportunity for a new pack of > thieves to eat into a capital project. > > > [email protected] > > ------------------------------ > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 13:43:53 +0530 > Subject: [SALIGAONET] Government plans skyscraper in Baga's coastal > regulation zone > To: [email protected] > > Government plans skyscraper in Baga's coastal regulation zone > TNN | Jun 1, 2012, 03.46AM IST > > CANDOLIM: In a bid to cash in on the popularity of Goa as a tourist > destination, the Goa Tourism department has finalized a plan to put up a > 35-storeyed viewing tower in the beach belt in Baga's coastal regulation > zone (CRZ) on the lines of viewing towers in Malaysia, Hong Kong and > Singapore. > > The 44-metre tower will have a restaurant on the 25th floor, besides > shopping emporia, cafes and other facilities for tourists on other floors, > tourism minister Dilip Parulekar confirmed to TOI. "I've been to viewing > towers in Singapore and Hong Kong. Thousands visit them everyday and a lot > of revenue is generated from ticket sales and other facilities. A tower > like this will be good for Goa," the minister added. > > The proposal is yet to get the mandatory CRZ approvals and the Union > defence ministry approval, but the tourism minister said "By October we > hope to get all approvals. The government agencies have to give a special > approval for this project to take tourism forward. We have to take tourism > in Goa to the next level," Parulekar said. > > When pointed out that there are have been opposition to such a project in > the past, Parulekar asked "If people start objecting to everything new, > then how can we carry tourism forward?" > > "The plan has been prepared and the process to get approval started," > Parulekar said. Goa coastal zone management authority (GCZMA) has inspected > the site and a report is to be submitted for a final decision. "Approval > has been granted in principle and authorities want to verify the position > of the project on the ground," tourism director Swapnil Naik said. > > Tourism department has 48,000 sq m of land in its possession in Baga, of > which around 10% will be utilized for the project, while the rest will be > used for parking and other facilities. If all approvals are in place by > October, the viewing tower should be a reality in about three years, > Parulekar said. The central government has sanctioned Rs 9.5 crore for this > project, Parulekar added. > > A viewing tower had been first planned by the previous Congress-led > government, but the project didn't take off. The BJP-led government has > revived the project after taking office in March this year. > > Apart from the viewing tower, there are also plans to create a roundabout > at the Baga end of the road which now ends in a cul-de-sac. The area is > also going to be beautified with a garden and fountain, apart from > constructing changing rooms for the benefit of tourists. > > > http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/Government-plans-skyscraper-in-Bagas-coastal-regulation-zone/articleshow/13695758.cms > > > -- > 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] > > -- > 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]
