Hello Albert,It is pretty obvious that you have stepped out of topic and instead of staying on topic pretend to be able to read my mind so much so that you are able to predict with 100% certainty about how I would reply to your post.First of all California was not the topic of conversation.What was up for discussion was the proposed viewing tower, and my response was to other posts about nothing being done about the ever growing garbage problem in Goa.But to respond to you about California. We certainly have garbage as most everyone generates garbage. What is profoundly different is that we have a clear policy and system of garbage separation, collection, recycling and disposal. We certainly do not go around rolling the windows from our cars and strewing the roads and byways with copious amounts of garbage.Also we have a system for pick up roadside garbage. This is done by road gangs, which comprise of low security prisoners who can volunteer to do this for a credit on their incarceration time etc. etc.My main concern was the amount of garbage strewn about Goa. On roadsides, in nullhas, in creeks and rivers, in what used to be pristine places just a few years ago. Albert you might love to live with this problem, while you go about your daily routine oblivious of the garbage strewn about on whatever route you take to go about your daily life.May be you can live with it. But I am going to say something about it because I clearly remember a pristine Goa of just a few years ago.You of course have become insensitive to this as you seem to think this is normal.Please do not trash people who are concerned about the level of degradation of Goa. We do not want to compare Goa to other places around the globe. We want to compare Goa to the beautiful pristine clean Goa of yesteryear and if there are lessons that can be learnt from the experiences of Goan expats, we should try to get their input, (AND NOT TRASH THEM WHEN THEY DO SO) so we can put in a good infrastructure FOR OUR HOME STATE OF GOA.
--- On Mon, 6/4/12, Albert Desouza <[email protected]> wrote: From: Albert Desouza <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [SALIGAONET] Government plans skyscraper in Baga's coastal regulation zone To: [email protected] Date: Monday, June 4, 2012, 9:10 PM Do you think Christopher that there is no garbage --- On Mon, 6/4/12, Albert Desouza <[email protected]> wrote: From: Albert Desouza <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [SALIGAONET] Government plans skyscraper in Baga's coastal regulation zone To: [email protected] Date: Monday, June 4, 2012, 9:10 PM Do you think Christopher that there is no garbage in California ? He will obviously say no because he knows we do not have time and money to visit california. There was a time when most Indians in america would boast that america is like this and america is like that we have no beggars etc etc until a friend of mine visited Newyork and in one of his tour in the interior found lots of dirty looking pimps asking for money to buy bread. He was surprised. A few metres away a negro approached him and showing a knife he took his wallet and left my friend to beg for few dollars to find his way home. Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2012 20:27:42 -0700 From: [email protected] Subject: RE: [SALIGAONET] Government plans skyscraper in Baga's coastal regulation zone To: [email protected] Well said Dilip! Obviously the new set of rogues is the same as the old set. In a conversation I had with Parulekar from few years ago, he promised to clean up the garbage problem in Goa. He is still making the same promises about the garbage etc. etc. He, off course has yet to do something about this, but before he has tackled one issue he is already on track to come up with something new. Looks to me this is a perfect candidate to be diagnosed with ADD. Please people start your campaign now to oppose this nonsense. All the towers that this guy is talking about in countries around the world are located in major cities not on beaches.(CN tower Toronto, Effiel tower Paris, Seatle Space needle etc.) We need a new brand of leadership in Goa. Not the tried and proven idiots(Parulekar) who make promises of good things like infrastructure and instead try to deliver on monstrosities on the already destroyed Goan beaches. We in Goa with the present conditions can only attract low budget tourists, the sleaze of the world( the Cheapster)Look around you Parulekar, Do you think that the well healed tourists of the world want to visit your garbage strewn state?Chris De SouzaCalifornia --- On Sat, 6/2/12, dilip dacruz <[email protected]> wrote: From: dilip dacruz <[email protected]> Subject: RE: [SALIGAONET] Government plans skyscraper in Baga's coastal regulation zone To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Date: Saturday, June 2, 2012, 6:12 AM 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]
