Siolim Church Assets To Be Privatized?

There is worrying piece of information that is making rounds in households in Siolim these days: Portion of Siolim Church immovable property likely to be put on lease from the begining of 2025.

These assets includes  Sports Ground, Church Complex Hall and Parking facilities. According to the sources lease deed is being processed in top secrecy by the authorities concerned without people of Siolim being on board about the privatization plan.

Sports ground upgraded and St. Anthony's complex was constructed on agriculture land from early to mid 1980s by then Siolim Parish Priest late Fr. Adolf Viegas the popular Football enthusiast who rose to the rank of Canon before his death.

Siolim was once citadel of Football with F.C. Siolim being leading torch bearers that played on this ground. It was and still is popular fitness and entertainment venue that hosted inter-village as well as inter-ward Football tournaments. The man who served Football club Sebastian D'cruz had unimmitable style of Pink, Blue, Green and white coloured chalk drawings on black board announcing details of Football matches outside the F.C.Siolim office in front of St. Anthony's Church. Nostalgic memories!

Siolim is known for some remarkable Football players of the years gone by Inacio, Tynu, Babli, Jophet, Allison, Patrick, Robert, Franky, Elvis, Bobbin, Lucas, Bharat, Armando, Ganesh, Caitan, Raymond and the list goes on.

Football matches would be great attractor of village cohesion and spaces were secure. No one would be required to pay any fee to enter the ground. There are no gates and locks to the ground. No commerce involved.

Schools in and around Siolim SFX school, SFX Higher Secondary School, and higher secondary, Keerti Vidyalaya, Vasant Vidyalaya, Shanta Vidyalaya, Holy Cross High School etc organised their annual sports events without any hurdles and inhibitions. Several people could just enter the ground and go for run or jump or hop as per customized preferences of each. There are no fears. 

Hall at St. Anthony's Complex was ready with first wedding reception on January 01, 1986. Eversince then this hall has served as venue for variety of functions, birthday parties, weddings, religious meets, social functions and variety of other functions. 

However the situation is set to go for dramatic transition if the Ground is leased out, if St. Anthony's Hall is leased out, if Parking lot is leased out. The negotiations are reported to be ongoing and consent seems to be manufactured with casting of votes without copies of MOU/ Lease deed documents being shared with people of Siolim. 

It is not known as to why the privatization proposal is brokered in secrecy and what are the intentions behind such style of brokerage. It is not officially disclosed till date as to who are the parties involved in the lease deed nor their destination of origin. It is not known whether the groups eyeing Siolim Church assets are from Goa in India or Dubai in UAE.

In the context of above situation of anxiety it would be good for those in responsible position of authority to make plans public before agreeing and ratification in the office of Goa Archbishop at Panjim, an office with records of land deeds of nature as suspect as in Tiswadi taluka's Souto Maior in Caranzalem and Vanxim. This could thwart disastrous consequences of such a deed.

Official language of the Church is Latin. Latin word for Church is Ecclesia. English meaning of this Latin word is community. How legitimate is it to lease out immovable property of Parish whose weekly collection touches five digit figures? How justifiable is it to alienate immovable property of a diocese whose weekly collection runs into seven digits? Intentions of the deals doesn't seems to be holy.

Many gets blinded before money and wealth. Judas Iscariot whom Jesus himself had called to be amongst his Apostles leads with an example of selling the founder of the Church for some pieces of Silver currrency of his times.

If Church properties are being sold with active collaboration of those in Ecclesiastical Authority it should be no surprise and matter of shock. It must be understood as their normal course of duty for Our Lady of La Salette warned about such things many years ago on 19 September 1846.

For now let's stand with people of Siolim during their time of anxiety and anguish as they go through their passion. However they need not worry as it might well be the case that the loop in the hand of St. Anthony might extent to the serpents responsible conspiring agents within the Church. May the grace of God supply all the needs of people in Siolim at this moments of trial and tribulations. Let this be our prayers and wishes.

Mulnivasi minor girl stoned in Siolim, suffers injury

According to the information received late night of 19th March 2014 a sixteen year old girl was stoned in  Vaddy, Siolim, Goa at around 7.00 pm while she was behind her house carrying bucket of water on the banks of Chapora river. A man charged at her and flanged stone that hit her head. She was rushed to the hospital for treatment. Police at Siolim outpost as well as Anjuna Police Station are alerted and complaint lodged at Anjuna police station.

Few months back the same man twice gave bad words to the mother of this girl who is an widow. Police case was lodged at that time too at Siolim Police outpost. It is yet to be seen as to what action police are going to take in this case. More details are awaited.

Bharat Mukti Morcha condemns linking of Aadhaar Cards to cooking gas cylinder subsisidies

Bharat Mukti Mocha Goa Unit today January 4, 2013 triggered off meeting of customers of HP Gas supply agent in Siolim, Bardez, Goa M/s Veeresh Gas service with company’s customer service cell based in Kundaim Industrial Estate. The company was represented by its office Mr.Arvind Singh. The delegation of customers included Sandhya Gawde, Florence D’Souza, Sarpanch of Siolim-Marna Panchayat Anita Chari, Diego Rodrigues, Lawrence Braganza of Consumer cell, and Sebastian Rodrigues of Bharat Mukti Morcha. Veeresh Gas service was represented by Mr.Dangui jr.

It was disclosed that the subsidized rates for the cylinder is Rs.418/- and non-subsidized rate is Rs.911/-. During the meeting it was revealed that home cylinders cannot be taken from the storeroom the practice that is being followed by the Siolim HP agent. Cooking cylinders are to be booked by the customers prior to the delivery.

Agent is to provide home delivery of the cylinders, the service that was stopped by the agent in unilateral decision. The weekly schedule of the delivery is to be given to the villagers of Siolim, Marna, Oxel, Sodiem, Assagao, Badem, Chapora and Camurlim areas.

Siolim agent was instructed to issue proper computerized receipts instead of current practice of issuing ad hoc hand written receipts.

The problem of underweight of gas cylinders was discussed and the Siolim dealer is instructed carry weighing scale in the delivery van whiled cylinders are delivered in the villages. In case of underweight cylinders customers can take recourse to complaint book at the showroom and register their complaints. The inspection of complaint book revealed that since March 2011 not a single complaint is registered on the complaint book. Lack of organized movement of consumers has led to the inefficient and even often arrogant behavior of the Siolim dealer.

Mr. Singh instructed the dealer to create awareness about gas delivery and other issue amongst the public in Siolim.

New connections which were blocked are directed to the released as per the instructions of the petroleum ministry that were communicated by Mr. Singh at the meeting.

It was also revealed by Mr.Singh that subsidy will be given on the production of Aadhaar card from the month of February onwards. This decision of the Ministry is highly condemnable. Aadhaar cards are violation of every individual’s privacy through figure prints, iris scans, bank account, pan card, and are done only to promote surveillance as ruling bamons in the country and Goa state are scared of ongoing freedom struggle of mulnivasis against Brahmin tyranny who are Eurasians and miniscule minority of 3.5% of India’s population but having share of 79% in governance Beaurocracy, Judiciary, Executive, Press . Democracy has been subverted into brahmanocracy. This is the reason as to subsidies are linked to Aadhaar card. There is no restriction of sharing of the data under Aadhaar Card which is the case for the data gathered under census Act. There is every possibility that this data will shared with the vested interests in various parts of the country and we will be enslaved. All the major political parties Congress, BJP, Communists – CPI, CPI (M), are controlled by Bamons and that’s the reason they are deliberately silent on this dangerous conspiracy against the mulnivasi people. Bharat Mukti Morcha condemns linking of subsidies to the Aadhaar Card. This is nothing short of blackmailing of mulnivasis people of India. If not, then why there are no entitlements on this card? Linking subsidies to Aadhaar Cards is only a matter bait to get crucial private data of the mulnivasis people so that they can be controlled on the computer screen of Silas super computer.

First of all it is a conspiracy of bamons ruling this country to withraw subsidies under the influence and dictates of satanic international powers of darkness.

It was decided to carry on the awareness program in collaboration with various public bodies. Long battle here seems to be a necessity.

Siolim burns, Bamon CM Digambar Kamat fiddles

 Siolim is burning, it is fuming with toxic. Its virgin hills at Marna are are set on deadly fire to the disposed chemicals. Burnt chemicals sent the message of alarm. Another Bhopal disaster in the making. Fire raging without halt since 10th October 2011. This time there is no factory. Only the burning industrial waste disposed on the mountain top. Siolim villagers alarmed and jerked out into new awareness of toxic and those responsible for creating it. Siolim is not the only village to get affected, its fumes blown away in winds to Assagao, Morjim, Duler-Mapusa.

 Siolim villagers petitioned with 139 signatures protesting the disaster submitted to various authorities like Panchayat, Primary Health Centre, Deputy SP, Mapusa police station, Pollution Control Board, SDO and Deputy Collector, Mapusa.

 While the hills burnt authorities passed the buck to each other without anyone taking any responsibility.

 Villagers went to forest department but they did not entertain the complaint in Carraswada office.

Released gas from the fire sent out fumes that caused vomiting, coughing, breathing difficulties.Bharat Mukti Morcha declares support to the this protest movement.