‘CRZ Officials find nothing incriminating at Raheja’
Dated 30 September, 2015 First of all it was *Good News to hear that “a** two-member team of Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) headed by expert committee led by Ragunath Dhume. Benaulim MLA Caetano Silva, members of Carmona villagers’ forum and over 100 villagers* were present during the inspection at the Raheja project site on Tuesday afternoon but did not find anything incriminating at the site nor any construction activity underway. Carmona Panchayat officials stayed away from the inspection”. http://bit.ly/1YNRVNm *The Question arises now who in the first place gave the permission to Raheja Builders to undertake a Housing Project at Carmona without the consent or taking village People of Carmona in confidence and their permission to do so *and thereby also destroying the mangroves along the banks of the river without permission from the Sarpanch of the Village or the authorities concerned after having pointed out Goa to that in 2011 to the Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA that mangroves were destroyed at the property while in 2015 the same department had given its permission by over-ruling its earlier report, which definitely gives you an idea about that these fretful authorities who too could be hand-in-gloves with the Raheja Builder to give the green signal and now cry wolf. It was conspicuous that Carmona Panchayat officials abstained from the inspection and assessing the related site, which all the more deepens the mystery behind it? http://bit.ly/1YNRVNm Further as given to understand. Speaking to reporters, the complainant Sucorro Miranda charged Rahejas of deliberately not clearing the bushes to conceal their misdeeds He said that they would not be calling for another inspection but instead would wait for the report. He charged Rahejas of blocking the traditional access along the river and of dictating terms to the villagers by putting boards that trespassers will be prosecuted. http://bit.ly/1YNRVNm Dictating terms of Rajah's to the Carmona villagers of Goa by putting boards, which say those trespassers will be prosecuted, Which is outright and detestable. The People of Carmona Village should now collectively demand the scrapping of the Raheja Housing Project at Carmona village altogether and dam with it returning back the money to Raheja Builder and ask them to get lost from Carmona. http://bit.ly/1YNRVNm The expert committee comprising of Ragunath Dhume and the Benaulim MLA Caetano Silva, along with the members of Carmona villagers’ forum and others like minded people should collectively file Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Court to scrap the Raheja Housing Project at Carmona Village altogether and be done with it. Villagers of Carmona village should formulate all attempts to see that the Raheja Housing Project is squeezed out for good or else the door to other land-sharks grabbers would forever be opened destroying the very natural history and the environment as well the customs and traditions of People of Goa. SAVE TREES, SAVE ENVIRONMENT, SAVE GOA. Sam Furtado