Dears,
Persistence pays. That is the moral of the King Bruce story. that is
the moral of the Colva story. That is the story of almost any success.
The "Minutes Book" is an important document for meetings by any
committee. It was useful in the case of Colva. It is for this reason
that the "Minutes" of the Task Force on RPG-2021 meetings are being
1.delayed and 2. glossed over. the minutes of the first fortnight of
April, 2008, are yet to become available ...and we are in the middle
of June. With a blur of action, presentation of the Interim Report on
03 May, 2008, protests from GBA on behalf of the People of Goa,
articles by various columnists, reports in various newspapers, the
MINUTES of the meetings preceeding the release of the Interim Report
of the Task Force are yet to be issued. One does not know if they have
even been trascribed from the audio recording of the meetings.
Committee meetings have been describes by a cynic as, "Addition of
MINUTES after wastage of HOURS.In In the case of the Task Force, even
the Minutes do not add up to what transpired. Soter D'Souza [as
Director of Centre for Panchayati Raj] made a 24 minute presentation
on Article 243 ZD of the Constitution of India and that is the refrain
of his 3-page signed note to the Task Force on 23 November, 2007. In
the 3-line mention that Soter gets in the Minutes/Interim Report
Annexure, there is no mention of the Artilce 243 ZD at all! Surprising
that an efficient officer like Sanjit Rodrigues [as Nodal Officer-
Administration of the Task Force] missed such an important point.
Mog asundi.
Miguel
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 00:39:32 +0530
From: "Goa Desc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [Goanet] Delhi builder in dock for forgery:Anti-mega housing
activists from Colva taste success.
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Delhi builder in dock for forgery:
Colva Communidade Attorney files case
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Anti-mega housing activists from Colva tasted yet another
success when the Colva police on Saturday registered a case
of forgery against a Delhi-based builder for forging of the seal
of the local Communidade to obtain NOC for a road passing
through Communidade property in Gandaulim.
Colva police station incharge, PI Edwin Colaco said the police
has registered a case against the builder, Darshan Khang.
The police acted on a complaint lodged by the Attorney of the
Colva and Gandaulim Communidade, Vilton D'Costa, who
filed the complaint after a preliminary inquiry conducted by the
then South Goa Administrator of Communidades, Laura Britto.
PI Colaco said the police will send the seal to the handwriting
experts for verification.
Incidentally, the police acted belatedly, even though the residents
of Gandaulim had lodged a complaint in April against the Delhi
-based firm. The residents have been demanding action over a
NOC produced by the builder purportedly issued by the Colva
Communidade for a road access to the mega project.
The residents were emboldened in their battle when the Escrivao
of Colva Communidade in his report to the Administrator of
Communidades, South categorically stated that there was neither
any record in the Communidade office in respect of any application
seeking for an NOC nor was there any resolution adopted by the
body to issue NOC to pave way for a 8-meter road through its
property.
"The Escrivao stated that he had thoroughly verified all the
resolutions taken from 2001 to 2003, but could not find any
resolution in respect of the NOC from the Communidade
produced by the builder before the panchayat. He further
stated that he had not given authority to any member of the
managing committee to use the seal of the Communidade of
Colva, and quite clearly said the seal used by the Attorney
is not genuine.
Incidentally, the Delhi-based builder has already withdrawn
his construction file from the Village Panchayat of Colva.
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