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Protect Goa's natural beauty
Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve
Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php
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Date: 17 September, 2011
To,
The Honourable Justice Shah Commission,
Secretariat,
Porvorim- Goa.
Sir,
The people of GOA believe that the mineral resources of GOA is the 'gift '
of GOD to GOA and Goans.
They also believe that :
If the exploitation of these mineral resources do not benefit GOA and Goans
in any way, but on the contrary, if the massive and indiscriminate illegal
and legal exploitation of these vital resources of Goa brings unending pain
and suffering to them through massive and unimaginable 'dust pollution'
which has resulted in bringing the curse of 'TB' on the people, unbearable
noise pollution emanating from the 24-hour working of noisy mining machinery
and the un-ending line of overloaded ore transporting road vehicles, where
they cannot live a decent peaceful life in the most peaceful God-given
surroundings, drying out of their natural water resources, their well, to
make them dependent on the unfiltered and polluted water from the mining
pits supplied to them by the mine-owners as a favour, if their forests are
massively depleted endangering its wild life, forcing these creatures to
invade their villages and settlements to destroy their crops and whatever
livelihood they have, if their agricultural fields are silted beyond
cultivation from the mining rejects flowing down into their fields during
the heavy monsoons, if their roads and houses are covered with dust making
walking and living miserable,
THEN THE PEOPLE OF GOA DEMAND THAT THESE GOD-GIVEN MINERAL RESOURCES OF GOA
REMAIN BURIED AND UNTOUCHED WHETHER THE GOA GOVERNMENT OR THE CENTRAL
GOVERNMENT LIKES IT OR NOT.
Justice, Sir,
Heed must be taken that if GREED prevails over basic common sense, the
'powers that be' shall be ever so responsible in bringing this, OUR,
ordinarily peaceful GOA to a boiling point of no return.
Thank you,
Sd/-
(Floriano Lobo)
General Secretary
Goa Environment Action Group [GEAG]
Goemchea Rakhondarancho Awaz [GRA]
Goa Su-Raj Party [GSRP]
383A, Pirazona, Moira, Bardez-Goa - 403 507
Telephone: Off: (0832) 2470223; Mobile: 9890470896 / 9422060347
- Original Message -
From: Arwin Mesquita arwinmesqu...@gmail.com
To: Goanet goa...@goanet.org
Sent: Tuesday, October 11, 2011 1:59 AM
Subject: [Goanet] Cowardly Goans
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Today Goa is ravaged by Excessive Mining(mostly illegal) which is
devastating Goa and there is no doubt that this destruction, feeds the
huge
lustful greed of most of the ruling Ministers and MLA's in Goa. You just
have to see the papers on various ruling MLA's doing their utmost to
support
this devastation, so as to realise their respective illegitimate profits.
The small part of the spoils of mining are used to but off voters via
various forms of enticement to keep the Anti Goans in Power. They are
distorting facts to support mining saying that it supports livelihoods.
One
thing is clear Goans have to choose between (A) Short term gains from
mining
or (B) Permanent long term destruction of Goa, its land, environment and
water resources. What Goans do today will decide their fate tomorrow and
should the Worse Happen; then there should be absolutely no sympathy for
Goans because then, they would have brought about the catastrophe on
themselves by either (1) Supporting Mining or (2) Keeping silent about
it!!
Arwin Mesquita, UAE.
Government Site NRI Office (GOA): http://www.globalgoans.org.in/
