Sao Mathias Panchayat Gram Sabha took place on 28th
October 2012 with Vanxim luxury hotel project promoted by Bamons Mahendra
Gaunekar who purchased the large chunk of land from Goa Archbishop Bamon Felipe
Neri Ferrao, on top priority of
discussion. The retaining wall project for Vanxim pending before the Panchayat
was objected to by 57 people registered voters in Vanxim including its elected representative
to the Panchayat. Retaining wall has been the part of infrastructure mentioned
in 109 page joint development agreement between Mahendra Gaunekar and his wife
Sonali Gaunekar on one side and Ozone group on the other.
The modus operandi
adopted by these developers has been to implement the project without submitting
the same to the local Panchayat. Retaining wall around the Vanxim island has
been one such fundamental move. This move faced major setback in the latest
Gram Sabha of 28th October 2012.
This island of Vanxim (Capao) in Goa's Tiswadi taluka is facing stiff resistance to
various projects for the past couple of decades with things picking up in
intensity over the past few years of protests.
Local Marathi daily Tarun Bharat and English daily Times of
India, both of 29th October 2012 carried the Gram Sabha reports with
some details.
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