Panchayat
elections in Goa are scheduled to be held on June 11, 2017. We observed that
Panchayat powers to decide for the village has been taken away by two recent
laws. One law is Goa Investment Promotion Act 2014 passed by Goa Government and
second law is The National Waterways Act, 2016 of the Central government.
Goa
Investment Promotion Act overrides Panchayats and powers are taken away, and Panchayats have
become Powerless in final decision makings etc. Several Panchayat and municipal
areas such as Vanxim-Malar (Capao), Bambolim-Nauxim, Sancoale, Amdoi-Sanguem etc
are brought under the ambit of Investment Promotion and facilitation Board
(IPB) and declared as Investment Promotion Areas (IPA) e.g. Vanxim in order to
facilitate massive land grabs by private corporate interests. Powers of
decision making are taken away from the local Panchayats and given to the
Secretary (Panchayats) who is always an IAS officer appointed to Goa by the
Central Government (Delhi). When Panchayats in Goa are ruled from Delhi for the
benefit of private corporate through this law then election to the Panchayats
in Goa is a façade and must be boycotted till this law is scrapped.
The National
Waterways Act, 2016 has taken control over Goa’s six rivers – Sal, Zuari,
Mandovi, Mapusa/Moira, Chapora and Cumbharjua to the Inland Waterways Authority
of India based in Gurgaon, Haryana. Its package that along with the rivers that
pass through several village Panchayats jurisdiction central government rule
extends to all the portions of attached village lands by virtue of Inland
Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985. The reason is to get funds for dredging
of rivers in Goa damaging fishing while benefiting mining, tourism and gambling
involved Corporate. Dredging is known to cause ecological damage from NGT study
on MPT dredging of Arabian Sea near Vasco. With Goa’s rivers taken over by
Central Government will make fishermen livelihood miserable branding them as
trespassers by invoking section 35 (j)
of Inland Waterways Authority of India Act, 1985.
Central Governments’ this
decision is against common people of Goa and in collaboration with Goa
Government. This is total bulldozing of Panchayat rule and elections to
Panchayat in presence of this law over Goa are mockery.
Bharat Mukti Morcha therefore calls for
boycott of Panchayat Election in Goa till the above two laws are repealed.
Sd/-
Maggie
Silveira, President, Goa Unit
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