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Goanet mourns the passing of Jorge de Abreu Noronha in Portugal - Nov 27/07
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Tony de Sa wrote:
"Moira abounds in ghanttis. Startling? No a fact of
life today.
These ghanttis have been 'imported' by two contractors
who are working on heritage houses which are being
remodelled into hotels/ guest houses. One is an
influential Delhi-ite Sardarji who was pulled up by
our local Panch for violating power restrictions on
the use of machinery after dark. The other is a
mysterious figure who, according to the Panch, is
building an illegal swimming pool. But that is another
story......."
This seems the formula of success in Goa, principally
for non-Goans: cheap real estate deals, rock bottom
migrant labor costs, next to no political and health
oversight by local authorities, and a big return on
the tourist market.
My niece recently gave up going to Goa for the
Christmas holidays because a room in a modest hotel by
the beach, run by a non-Goan, was going for $700 a
night.
Tony should be more concerned that it is not Goans who
are buying up and fixing heritage houses for such
great investment deals.
FSG
(Filomena Saraswati Giese)
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