In a very interesting article in yesterday’s Herald we see Cortalim MLA and Deputy Speaker, Mauvin Godinho requesting Chief Minister Digambar Kamat to make available land admeasuring one lakh square meters to the six village panchayats in his constituency to set up a garbage treatment plant. He claims that the village panchayats are willing to set up a modern waste processing pant if the government makes available the land. “We are ready to put up a modern plant. Only give us the required land, may be around one lakh square meters”, Godinho said.
FYI The land being acquired for the MOPA Airport Project by the Goa Government is also around one lakh square metres. Nowadays it’s fashionable for our Goan politicians to speak about a lakh square metres of Goan land for any con-scheme, but hold your breath the Goa Government too is very generous in donating to their own when it comes to such rogue schemes. So how about each of the 40 MLAs ask their benevolent Chief Minister to give them similar amounts of land for each of their constituencies? These are the Goan piranhas who will strip our Goans and our beloved bare! Talk about garbage being a very lucrative business – isn’t it now even better Mr. Mavin Godinho than real-estate and the mining industries? Pray tell us how much of this land you plan to give to your dear cousin ex-Velsao Sarpanch Aggie Alcacoas of Queeny Realty and Aboobakr Shaikh for development? This was the same Minister of the Power Scandal fame who siphoned off over Rs 110 million! I’m attaching the article from The Herald along with the comments posted by readers in this regard which does make for some interesting reading. ********************************************************************************** Mauvin leading effort for garbage treatment plant HERALD REPORTER Mauvin leading effort for garbage treatment plant HERALD REPORTER VASCO, JULY 17 At a time when most panchayats are struggling to dispose off their garbage due to lack of a disposal site, Deputy Speaker and Cortalim MLA Mauvin Godinho has taken an initiative to set up a garbage treatment plant to cater to all six panchayats in Mormugao taluka. A meeting of various State government heads, Central government officials, elected representatives from six different panchayats from Mormugao taluka, NGOs and social workers was convened on Saturday morning to work out a short, medium and long term solution to tackle garbage and maintain cleanliness in the taluka. Godinho said he has plans to set up a garbage treatment plant for six panchayats and added that Chief Minister Digamber Kamat had agreed to allot land either at the Sancoale industrial estate or Verna industrial estate. “We have been pursuing this matter continuously for some time and this plan should be finalized within the next three months,” added Godinho. He said a large chunk of land has been acquired by GIDC at Verna Industrial Estate, as he had demanded 50,000 sq mtrs for the garbage plant. “I have sought an additional 50,000 sq mtrs to ensure that half the area is covered by trees to cover the garbage treatment plant and to avoid any foul odor at the site,” said the deputy speaker. He informed that the Airports Authority of India does not want the garbage treatment plant to be set up within a 10-km radius of the airport, which covers almost the whole of his constituency, because of bird hits that could pose a serious threat to planes. As a result, most panchayats in the vicinity have been struggling to find a garbage disposal site in the area. “The new garbage plant would even cater to Vasco town, as its existing garbage treatment plant is in a mess and large heaps of garbage accumulated at the plant is seeping into the sea,” said Godinho. He announced that a massive plastic cleanliness drive along the Chicalim garden, Airport junction, MES college junction and Meta Copper Alloy, Sancoale, would be carried on July 31 from 9 am, with the participation of villagers, elected representatives, school students and NGOs. Dalia Sunday, July 18th, 2010 A word of caution dear Sunny, when you mentioned the British Government, I am sure our political babus are already motivated with your idea so why not take this excuse and go to Britain? Our politicians had been around the World to learn things but done nothing. Some had been ot the World Cup stadium to learn infrastructure there, that was our money dear. john Sunday, July 18th, 2010 EVEN PATHANS IS PAKISTAN STARTED RECYCLING PLANT IS REMOTE AREAS OF PAKISTAN MAYBE NOW MAUVIN IS TRYING TO BRING PATHANS TO MIGRATE VASCO TO SUPPORT HIM FOR NEXT COMING ELECTIONS VIVA GOA VIVA GOENKARS john Sunday, July 18th, 2010 AREY MAUVIN BAB UTTLO BECAUSE ELECTION ARE AROUND THE CORNER SO HE SHOULD BE IN LIMELIGHT.WE WILL SHOW YOU FOR THE COMING ELECTION WHAT U GET VIVA GOA VIVA GOENKAR Sunny Fernandes Sunday, July 18th, 2010 I dont understant whats the fuss on the garbage issue,let our so called BABUs running Goa, take training from the British Govt to learn how to convert Garbage into recycleable products,and set up proper plants to cater to the rising population,instead of just giving licences to build buildings,but i am sure noting will happen,as long as their pockets are not filled for their generations to suffer and GET THE CURSES of the people. Reuben S Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Mauvin is just trying to garner some attention after the people of his constituency have realized just how big of an rascal he is by displacing the native Goan populace from that area and getting in a dedicated migrant votebank. We Goans are already outnumbered with 3 in every five people in the constituency being from outside Goa (a friend of mine works in the census dept.). This is going to be the scene in the rest of Goa very soon. We have to stand up against this cultural and linguistic invasion or we will one day be strangers in our own land. With the increasing demography change its easy to see how regular tourists are shunning our Goa. If gangsters and traitors like Mauvin are not kicked out of power today there is not going to be a future for the Goenkar tomorrow. Ironically it will be the migrants who are going to select and elect their own representatives sometime in the future as a replacement to our own ministers unless we kick them out today. Then it will be the mallus, punjabi pathans, bihari bhaiyas, bengali babus, maratha manoos, tamilisns, kashmiris, isralies and russkies who are going to be the new Goenkars...and we will be the 'ghantis' Rahul Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Mauvin leading garbage treatment? what a joke! Mauvin is a crook...even his father could not digest his nefarious activities..the result his honest father commit suicide at Mangor-vasco.....and the people who elect him are illeterates...for the people of cortalim Goa unlike rest of Goa have blessed a man with honest and uncorruptable integrity...a man who is always ready to lead goans to safeguard its identity that is Mathany Saldanha...but the wicked people of Cortalim need thief,daylight robber,anti-Goan and selfish chor Mauvin to fullfilled their pockets by kicking poor Goans...time will come Cortalim will be ruled by outsider as in the case of sancoale panchayat. Praxy Fernandes Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Thanks Trevor for enlightening me on the squealing ministers and politicians but I differ with you on one aspect, I am still waiting to cast my vote for the right politician or waiting for the moment till the election commission of India grants me the freedom to cast a NEGATIVE vote. So I am still not involved in electing these rogues. Even i didnt vote for my close friend and college colleague who contested and won the seat on BJP ticket. BUt its time mauvin wakes up and clarifies as to why he is promoting mega projects in his constituency meant for ghantis and outsiders and that too by destroying the trees and environment, least to mention the funds for this mega building project comes from the terror states Trevor Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Praxy, why are u getting upset?.....the mega projects are so that I can get a job as a 'security guard'. I am not able to get a job at the government offices in Goa, I think one has be from 'out to state' to qualify for those jobs. As one of our ministers stated I need to happy that as a qualified person I will at least get the 'security guard' job at these mega projects. Our ministers think we are better off working as maids, servants and security guards. That is the vision for Goa...Don't forget, we elected these people.. Praxy Fernandes Sunday, July 18th, 2010 Its time we stop all constructions in the state till all ghanti builders are sent packing home alongwith their rogue labourers from Bihar and UP, karanataka & maharashtra. Mauvin should first stop the mega project which he is pursuing so vigourously and to which licenses have been granted without proper assessment and checks. This mega housing colony is built by some muslim outsider with funds from the arab & terrorist world Diogo Fichardo Saturday, July 17th, 2010 The garbage situation in Goa will be a never ending tale. Despite the poor infrastructure in the state permission is being granted to build colonies and increase population. Educating the mass in garbage disposal and recycling is a must. In the old days burning garbage in the evenings not only helped in making ash for the fields but also helped control mosquitoes . It's time the Goan Government acts now before an epidemic strikes the entire state.