James Mathew, Chief
Town Planner (Administration) & Ex- officio Joint Secretary issued
notification on August 29, 2022 - by order and in the name of the Governor of
Goa - that is destined not only affect present but also future generations of
Goans: provoke and consolidate major demographic destabilization.
In an Official Gazette
Series I, No. 21 Government of Goa has issied death warrant to whatever
remaining of Goa after being "annexed through conquest" (as observed
by Supreme Court of India in Shantilal Gosalia case) in December 1961 under
Soviet Union pressure, backing through veto at the United Nations and
International management of an illegal conquest of Goa. Evil further
strengthens instead of weakening with this notification. In faith I do pray :
Thy will be done, you take care of it!
It appears from the
cited notification that there is even a steering Committee in TCP to
intensified this conquest at micro level. The code of this mysterious entity is
as follows: 21/1/TCP/(A)/2021/Steering Committee/1377. It is important to find
out as to who are the members of this steering committee that has put their
ugly sight on Goa.
Nevertheless
Government of Goa anticipates that people of Goa are going to be affected even
negatively and therefore has asked for the objections and suggestions within 30
days from the date of publication in the Official Gazette viz 29 August 2022.
So 30 days will be completed on September 27, 2022 which is known as World
Tourism Day. No wonder Government of Goa intents to hand over huge amount of
land to Tourism industry. That is the reason why this notification is
published. It's classic case of neo-colonial penetration through tourism
pretexts. It's way of taking remaining land out of control of Goans. Its legal
dragnet finely weaved.
All the Objections
and/or suggestions are to be manually handed over to:
The Chief Town Planner
(Administration)
Town and Country
Planning Department,
2nd Floor, Dempo
Tower,
Patton Plaza,
Panaji
What is proposed for
Ammendment called?
Goa Land Development
Building Construction (Ammendment) Regulation, 2022.
Which Regulation is
sought to be Ammended?
Goa Land Development
and Building Construction Regulations, 2010
So to understand
clearly one need to get copy of this 2010 Regulations from some source.
There is proposal to
massively parcel out Goa's land to Golf Courses, Film Cities, Film Studios,
Residential Schools, Yoga Meditation Centres etc.
Minimum Land needed to
set up Golf Course: 4,00,000 m².
Minimum Land needed to
set up Film City: 4,00,000 m².
Minimum Land needed to
set up Film Studio: 1,00,000 m².
Minimum Land needed to
set up Residential School: 2,00,000 m².
Minimum Land needed to
set up Agricultural Research Centre/ Development Centre/ Agricultural
Educational Institute/ Bio-technology Unit: 2,00,000 m².
Minimum Land needed to
set up Yoga meditation centre: 1,00,000 m².
Minimum Land needed to
set up Open air sports or Religious structure: 20,000 m².
Minimum Land needed to
contract 500 square meters of Farm House: 10,000 m².
Further explanation
given:
Golf Course, Film city
or Film studio to be set up only with approval of the Town and Country Planning
Board and the Government.
The second explanation
is curiously topographic. It goes as under:
"The proposal of
the Residential school, or Yoga meditation centre shall be permitted in any
zone except Eco-sensitive such as low lying paddy fields, water bodies, kazan
lands, flood prone area, land having slope more than 25%, forest land, wild
life sanctuaries, and tenants agricultural land."
What the above
explanation imply?
Explanation implies
that Golf Courses, Film Cities and Film Studios will be permitted in all the
zones including Eco-sensitive such as low lying paddy fields, water bodies,
kazan lands, flood prone area, land having slope more than 25%, forest land,
wild life sanctuaries, and tenants agricultural land.
There detailed note at
6(v) that indicate Golf Course proposals are already toying around the
corridors of power. Let's see through:
Golf course is given
30% and 30% FAR. Details worked out for Project Report is very instructive:
"Project report
shall be conceived with the following requirements:
Site planning and
management,
Green and eco-friendly
design,
Selection of species
of landscape,
Water
conservation,
Material
selection,
Energy efficiency,
Operation and
maintainable,
Installation of Sewage
Treatment Plants (STP),
Creation of Catchment
Areas to ensure that the project is self sufficient in water requirements,
Organic/ non-toxic
fertilizers to be used,
Golf Course should be
designed to act as the lungs of the locality."
From 1992 Goa has
battled out successfully against eight Golf Course projects at Canaguinim,
Tiracol, Bambolim, Amthane, Mandrem, Morjim, Vanxim and Arambol.
More recent combat
against golf course has been in Tiracol and Vanxim.
While Golf Course
design is prescribed as lungs of the locality it gives an impression that
Ammendment is carried on with love and concern for the planet. This image gets
torn apart with Ammendment proposed at 8 (ii) g.
Regulation 8 (ii) (g)
reads as follows:
"All new and
renovated non-residential buildings as well as individuals and other
residential buildings, co-operative Housing Societies and Colonies managed by
Residents Welfare Associations (RWA), with parking demarcated for more than 10
Equivalent Car Spaces ('ECS') shall have atleast 20% of such ECS to be made
'Electric Vehicle Ready' ECS spots with conduits installed or as per the GOA
ELECTRIC MOBILITY PROMOTION POLICY - 2021 as ammended from time to time".
Electric vehicles of
all types runs on batteries. These batteries are made up of rare mineral Ore
like Cobalt, Nickel and Lithuim which are dugged out of bowels of the earth
though mining. Electric Vehicles are horrible for environment. Goa is an
excellent example as to how this Ammendment is meant to destroy Earth and
disrupt communities by promoting mining in various parts of the World. This
indicate that overall thinking that has gone in conceptualizing these
Ammendments are rather warped. Golf Courses is presented as lungs of the
locality only as Public Relations exercise to win public legitimacy. If not
then Regulations would have pointed out as to how many Golf Players are trained
by schools, Colleges and Sports department of the State Government.
Golf is an integral
part of global sex tourism. Filthy rich from in and out form the ring if
exploitation. If Golf Course is installed in Goa then sex trade will take new
high. Goa has already attracted ill reputation with Casinos in Mandovi and all
the immoral activities that goes on there as pointed out several times by late
Dr. Joe D'Souza.
With Mopa airport
coming through its sustainable needs Golf Courses in Goa. Mopa Airport is being
built by crushing down voices of local farmers. It's sustainable needs more
land for Golfing. To sustain one wrong several more wrongs are being planned
and enforced. This notification therefore is not a stupidity. This is treatment
given to Goa as 1961 conquest booty. This will continue as long as Goans will
continue to immerse in alcohol, till they accept manipulations by
intellectuals, till they don't dare to stand up and retort "I am an
intellectual! I too is subject of history! I won't tolerate being kicked around
by anyone! I too have conscience! Voice of my conscience is supreme and none
can silence it any more. I here and now speak out persistently!" this
nasty horror of Goa will continue to flourish unbridled with new intensity.
Next important point
12 needs our attention. It puts Goa out rightly for grabs in an outstanding
mockery of not only law but also common sense too. Here is how Ammendment of
Regulation 24.4 (a) reads:
"Regularisation
of unauthorized construction having an area of more than 500 m² complying with
these regulations and built before 31-12-2020 may be done on recommendation of
Town and Country Planning Department or the Planning and Development Authority
by verifying that the construction carried out prior to the cut off date i . e
31-12-2020 period of construction based on documents like electricity bills,
water supply bill, tax receipts and other evidences. Compounding fee shall be
six times the normal license fee for regularization of these structures."
As per the dictates of
logic if any structures above 500 m² are constructed in unauthorized manner and
given electricity connections, water connections, even paid taxes not only
these buildings needs to be pulled down like twin towers in Gurgaon few days
ago but also all the officials involved in releasing electricity, water
connections needs to be identified, chargesheeted, prosecuted, and sent to
where they belong: Jail or gallows.
Why this is not
happening. It's because Goa is annexed through conquest. Conquering nation
believes that it has privilege to decimate and subvert legal system into jungle
law, predator-prey relationship. Regulations are ammended like this one to
resemble decree of dacoits assembled in the middle of town. Large number of
People in Goa are not aware of scary horror that Goa has been reduced to post
1961. This Regulation is more milestone towards Goa's sad demise.
This draft Ammendment
can also serve as point of resurrection if people of Goa kick out their
compromising postures and stand up to the rotten reality to glitter it with
words of power and wisdom. This can happen only if we choose to snub.
Sebastian Rodrigues
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