Looks like the Chief Minister got his cut. He is too smooth! Chris D
________________________________ From: muriel&mario <[email protected]> To: saligao-net <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [SALIGAONET] Report on Meeting with CM Dear Saligaokaram, On 3 September 2013 20:07, Joaquim Vaz <[email protected]> wrote: Needless to say, as a protest, I presume none of the Managing Committee Members of the Saligao Communidade will join the junket to Germany which is proposed by the CM. > We agree with Joaquim and go on to appeal even to our MLA, Dilip Parulekar, our Sarpanch, Eknath Oraskar and others they may plan to take along, to boycott the trip to Germany, in solidarity with their villagers, for the following reasons: i. Our Chief Minister, Manohar Parrikar has already seen and chosen the Garbage Treatment Plant (GTP). As an IIT graduate, he is an experienced technocrat, and would know better than any of the 4 people that Saligao could send. So why duplicate his efforts? ii. Instead of the proposed 18 people going, a fraction of that expense could be used to get 1 expert down from Germany with all the equipment needed to explain the technology to us here in Goa. Using audio-visuals, models and samples, the expert would do a much better job of telling us about the GTP, than all the 18 combined. These would only waste precious tax payers money for a needless, expensive holiday. iii. The money saved by the Saligao foursome, could be used to implement the excellent 'Clean Saligao' Waste Management Scheme that Eknath and the Waste Management Committee have painstakenly designed. This would minimise Saligao's need for the GTP...guaranteed! iv. The offer of a trip to see the GTP in Germany, seems more like a gift-wrapped bribe to induce the 4 to approve the plant, on their return. v. If he CM has already decided that he is going ahead with the plant, why send anybody at all? Anyone offered this unethical inducement, should strongly turn it down, at least out of self-respect, if no moral grounds can be found. We hope that all our MLAs and other elected representatives in the Communidade and Panchayat who comprise the entire contingent of 18, will resist this clever temptation, save precious public money and in the bargain, gain plenty of respect from their voters and villagers. Warm regards and solidarity. M&M. To: [email protected] >Sent: Tuesday, 3 September 2013 3:15 PM >Subject: [SALIGAONET] Report on Meeting with CM > > > >REPORT BY BRIG IAN AND DEAN ON THE MEETING THEY HAD WITH THE CM AT HIS OFFICE on 3 Sept > >Dear Saligaoncars, > >This is with reference to the meeting that Brig. Ian da Costa and Dean had with the CM this morning. We tried to impress upon the CM that the villagers are opposed to the plant and that if he wants it he should set it up elsewhere. Besides we explained that we have no idea on the nature of the plant as no project report has reached us and given the history of garbage in Goa the villagers do not want to take the risk of having this plant virtually on their heads. To this the CM replied as follows, that he does not care about any opposition and he wants the plant in Saligao / Calangute plateau as there is already a dump existing there. This is regardless of the other site in Colvale/Camurlim which his own house committee has identified along with top scientists in India. He further stated that there was no point giving the people a project report as it was too thick, technical and extensive and the people would not be able to understand it anyway. He mentioned that all people who are creating problems and objecting to his plant should meet him at a mutually agreed date and time during the Ganesh Chaturthi holidays and he will explain the benefits of the plant where there is no pollution or smell even 2 metres away from the plant and it is assured that no effluents will come out of the plant as well. > >When asked about the implementation of the High Court order on the treatment of the dump on the plateau he says he does not care about any High Court or Supreme Court order as many times they produce rot anyway. Dear friends we both left the room quite shocked at the behaviour of our CM and the callousness he showed towards his own people and the courts. It’s time we join hands and come out strongly against this high handedness and disregard for us and the environment. We are sending the resolution we adopted at the Emergency Extra Ordinary General Body Meeting to him and the Chief Secretary and other authorities in line by hand /post. We feel that we should file a contempt of court petition for non implementation of the High Court Orders on Writ Petition No. 28/2003 which was explained to Gaunkars during the EEOGBM held on Sunday the 1st September 2013. >Kind regards >Brig Ian and Dean. >-- ................................................................ there *is* anOTHERgoa at <http://www.anOTHERgoa.blogspot.in> & <http://www.youtube.com/anothergoa> ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' muriel & mario, c/o FULKAR, 6/22, sonarbhatt, saligao. bardez. goa. 403511. tel: 0832-2278276 / 2409999 <anothergoa AT gmail.com> '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' -- -- 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] --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. 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