Fisheries administration in Zuari river paralyzed!

Date: 03/11/2017

To,

Minister of Fisheries,

Government of Goa,

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

To,

The Secretary (Fisheries),

Government of Goa,

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

Subject: Fisheries administration paralyzed: Illegal purse seine fishing continues in Zuari

Dear Sirs,

We are pained yet again to bring to your attention complete collapse of Fisheries department administration in Zuaririver. Over the past few days here has been rampant illegal fishing by Zuaririver by mini purse seine boats. On 31/10/2017 morning there were 08 boats from 07.00 am to 09.00 am and evening 20 mini purse seine boats that carried on illegal fishing from 4.00 pm till night.

We contacted to complain Fisheries department over the phone on both occasion; morning and evening. In the morning Fisheries department patrol boat instead of coming towards Siridao-OdxelCoast  - where the illegal fishing was going on – went towards Vasco and halted in river. From the boat we were contacted and told that there are no mini purse seine boats carrying on illegal fishing. This way of behavior on the part of Fisheries department personnel is clear symptom of deep rooted corruption as illegal fishing is allowed through nexus with mini purse seine boats.

In the evening when the boats were noticed again from 4.00 pm onwards we contacted Fisheries department over the phone. We were given shocking reply: Two Patrol Boats of
Fisheries department have proceeded to Utorda in South Goa to provide protection to visiting VIP! There are several questions arise here:

1.      Why should traditional fishermen’s needs be kept without fulfilling when illegal fishing is taking place in Zuari river.

2.      Why should Fisheries department have only two boats if additional non-fishing duties are imposed on these patrol boats of the department?

3.      Why permanent patrol boats are not stationed in Zuari river when we have been complaining about illegal fishing since 2014?

These purse seine boats have Computer screen with fish finders installed, based on this information they lay their nets in round shape as big as 50 to 100 meters. All the fish on that spot around 2 tons or 3 tons (per boat) they catch at once. While when we fish with Gill net we will catch 2 tons or 3 tons fish for a year. While these boats take 2 tons, 3 tons at a time. This is affecting us. Whatever we could have got they take away leaving river in depleted state. We, fish breeding and multiplication are affected here very badly.We warn again that fish famine will soon be reality if purse seine nets allowed to be used in rivers like Zuari. We had already communicated this to you in our letter dated 13/10/2017 but repeat again deliberately.

These boats are also banned from fishing within 5 kilometers from the shore. They do not obey. They do what they want in violating the ban. They purposely violate the ban. They come straight on to us aggressively with two outboard machines to their canoes. When they come against our nets they get torn off specially nets of yelleo, mackerels, sorkhuteo, others nets too they too get torn off. After our nets are cut off we suffer loss as portion of our nets get torn off and we don’t get fish.

Minister of Fisheries had set the precedence of rolling heads with action against Director of Fisheries ShamilaMonteiro in September 2017. This is welcome and great step even though not enough, more heads involved in corruption and protection of illegal fishing in Zuari must roll on. We request that you take necessary action in this regard.

We wish to let you know again that we are not against any fishermen fishing in Zuari but are against use of purse seine fishing net. We had complaint earlier too and Director of Fisheries vide letter Ref. no. DF/ENF/BHARAT-MUKTI/5583/2015-16 dated 09/12/2015 had instructed all the fishing organization in the state of Goa that Government has decided to approve purse seine fishing nets to be used by motorised canoes to be operated beyond 5 kms. Here is link for your ready reference:

https://bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2016/11/goa-fisheries-department-directions-to.html

We request you again the following:-

(1)      Strict implementation of Director of Fisheries circular Ref. no. DF/ENF/BHARAT-MUKTI/5583/2015-16  dated 09/12/2015

With regard of constant denial of illegal fishing by some official fisheries department we suggest that you implement the following:

1.      We realized that entire fishing bureaucracy currently is corrupt so please share mobile number of Secretary (Fisheries).with us so that we and traditional fishermen can contact the officer directly.

2.      Minister of Fisheries must personally visit sites of illegal fishing after any of the traditional fishermen complains of illegal fishing in Zuari.

3.      Minister of Fisheries already acknowledged receipts of the video of those carrying on illegal fishing in Zuari over the phone. Initiate strict action against those identified in the video.

4.      Station personnel attached to the Fisheries department in villages of Siridao, Bambolim, Nauxim, Cacra and Odxel to monitor illegal fishing especially during night time. We advise that these personnel be equipped with night vision binoculars and night vision video cameras to record incidents of illegal fishing in Zuaririver.

5.      Establish better co-ordination with the officers responsible to stop illegal fishing as per law including Police department that currently is refusing to act.

We urge you to immediately stop illegal fishing in River Zuari so that we contribute our might towards comprehensive defense of Goa’s rivers and traditional fishermen that contribute sustainable fisheries as against purse seine boats and trawlers whose fishing practices are totally unsustainable. We hope that you understood what we wish to convey to you: Act effectively for IAS cadre/officer and Goa Cabinet Minister do not need so many reminder letters from us to fulfill your legal duties.

Thanking you,

Yours Sincerely,

Maggie Silveira,

President, Goa State

Sanjay Pereira

Convener, Cacra unit  

Rohidas Andrade

Convener, Bambolim unit

Soccoro Braganza

Convener, Siridao Unit

Anthony Cardozo

Convener, Curca Unit

Sitaram Pereira

Convener, Odxel Unit

Milind Palkar

Convener, Nauxi unit

Ms. Kalpana Diukar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Chandrakant Lotlikar

Secretary, Siridao Unit

Hanuman Dias

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Honu Divkar,

Co-convener,Odxel Unit

Deu Kankonkar

Secretary, Nauxi Unit

Yeshwant Shirvoikar,

Co-convener,Odxel Unit

Manguesh Sawant,

Co-convener, Odxel unit

Amir Mardolkar,

Co-convener,Nauxim Unit

Francis Coelho,

Co-convener,Nauxim Unit

Ms. Jaya Kuttikar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Dulba Pereira,

Co-convener,Cacra Unit

Jonu Shirvoikar,

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Santosh Gauns,

Co-convener,Cacra Unit 

Ms. Sheila D’mello,

Co-convener, Cacra Unit

Vijay Sawant,

Co-convener, Cacra Unit

Ashok Kukalkar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Ganashyam Diukar

Co-convenor, Odxel

Trawler and mini purse seine illegal fishing in River Zuari

Date: 24/10/2017

To,

Minister of Fisheries,

Government of Goa,

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

To,

The Secretary (Fisheries),

Government of Goa,

Secretariat, Porvorim, Goa

Subject: Trawler and mini purse seine illegal fishing in River Zuari

Dear Sirs,

We write to you yet again today to urge urgent action against illegal trawler fishing in River Zuari. For the past few days there trawlers are sighted very close to the shores from Siridao toOdxel. Few serious this illegal trawler fishing has taken place during night time from 6.00 pm to 12.00 pm mid night. We have phoned marine police but they told us to get fisheries department to crackdown on illegal trawler fishing in Zuari.

Here are the details of illegal fishing:

On 14/10/2017 at 8.00 am around 60 mini purse seine boats carried on illegal fishing.

On 20/10/2017 at 6.00 pm one trawler started with illegal fishing. This number of trawlers went up to four at 9.20 pm.

On 17/10/2017 at 11.15 pm one trawler carried on illegal fishing very close to Odxel-Cacra-Nauxi shore.

On 23/10/2017 at 8.00 pm two trawlers carried on illegal fishing while in morning at 7.00 am fifteen (15) mini purse seine boats carried on illegal fishing within 100 meters from Nauxi-Cacra-Odxel coast.

We wish to remind you that office of the Fisheries department had taken decisive action against illegal trawling as well as mini purse seine boats in Zuari. Now they have began to return back and we fear that administration of fisheries department in Zuari may stay in collapsed state again. Hence we write to you this time in little detail on threats posed by trawlers fishing in Zuari River after our detail letter to your office dated 14/10/2017.

Trawlers negatively impacts on traditional fishermen. We wish to raise nine issues:

1.      Firstly, the board that the trawlers descend into river and drags kills lots of small fish life. We know that so much of small fish life is being killed through trawling and the Sea birds eat them at river surface. As small fish dies that population of adult fish too reduces.

2.      Secondly these trawlers are illegal, licensed by Department of Fisheries to carry on fishing in Arabian Sea and not in Zuari River.

3.      Thirdly, these trawlers come very close to the shore and with that we cannot get any fish. They take away all available fish.

4.      Fourthly, the thorny fish sometimes trawlers discard in river and that fish get rotten and get entangled with our fishermen’s Gill nets. That time our workers hesitate to sort this rotten fish in bare hands.

5.      Fifthly, if they continue to catch fish like this in river, then how fish will be born, breed and multiply?

6.      Sixth, these days there was so much of prawn, sardine and solar in river, they trawled and finished off everything by putting nets at night time.

7.      Seventh, often these trawlers tear off our Gill nets causing us financial loss. If we ask them to compensate they refuse and argue with us in the river itself. These kind of situations has led to anger and frustration amongst traditional fishermen and there are already few incident where in fishermen ventured into the river forcefully and taken over the offending trawlers and mini-purse seine boatsand brought them to theSiridao-OdxelZuari river shore followed by tensed confrontations.

8.      When trawlers and mini purse seine boats are carrying on illegal fishing it makes a mockery of law and order situation in Zuari River.

9.      Goa University has already caused lots of land to be taken over for the past three decades and people from Cacra, Nauxim, villages are denied rights to cultivate and now also caused tremendous pressure from illegal trawling and mini purse seine boats. What are we to do?

We also wish to inform you that Superintendent of Fisheries based on our complaint has issued letter to the trawlers not to carry on trawling in River Zuari. We want strict implementation of this directive. Here is the online link to the letter dated22/12/2014 for your ready reference:

https://bharatmukti.blogspot.in/2016/11/goa-fisheries-department-is-aware-of.html

Now the illegal fishing is going on in the night time we again request you to act on this urgently to stop it and book the erring trawlers as well as mini purse seine boats. We will co-operate with you in this endeavor in whatever way required and possible, so that we protect and contribute towardsour plan for comprehensive defense of Rivers and traditional fishermen in Goa.

Thanking you once again,

Yours Sincerely,

Maggie Silveira,

President, Goa State

Sanjay Pereira

Convener, Cacra unit  

Rohidas Andrade

Convener, Bambolim unit

Socorro Braganza

Convener, Siridao Unit

Anthony Cardozo

Convener, Curca Unit

Sitaram Pereira

Convener, Odxel Unit

Milind Palkar

Convener, Nauxi unit

Ms. KalpanaDiukar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Chandrakant Lotlikar

Secretary, Siridao Unit

Hanuman Dias

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Honu Divkar,

Co-convener,Odxel Unit

Deu Kankonkar

Secretary, Nauxi Unit

Yeshwant Shirvoikar,

Co-convener,Odxel Unit

MangueshSawant,

Co-convener, Odxel unit

Amir Mardolkar,

Co-convener,Nauxim Unit

Francis Coelho,

Co-convener,Nauxim Unit

Ms. Jaya Kuttikar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Dulba Pereira,

Co-convener,Cacra Unit

Jonu Shirvoikar,

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Santosh Gauns,

Co-convener,Cacra Unit 

Ms. Sheila D’mello,

Co-convener, Cacra Unit

Santosh Kukalkar,

Co-convener, Cacra Unit

Ashok Kukalkar

Co-convenor, Odxel Unit

Ganashyam Diukar

Co-convenor, Odxel

Call for comprehensive defence of Goa's rivers

Bharat Mukti Morcha (BMM) calls for comprehensive defence of all the Rivers of Goa, including Tributaries and Catchment areas, as their health is well being of fishermen. BMM notes trends threatening Goa’s rivers and fishing. Declaration of Goa’s six rivers as National Inland Waterways and Sagarmala project are the two major dangers confronting Goa. Both have their origin with Indian government’s Ministry of Shipping headed by Nitin Gadkari. BMM notes that what harm Indian government is intending to do to Goa is already been done by European colonisers in New Zealand towards the natives - the Maoris.

BMM calls upon Fisheries Minister Mr. Palyenkar and Ports Minister Jayesh Salgaonkar to get their mind on the March 2017 law in defence of river Whanaganui passed in the Parliament of New Zealand before major catastrophe unleashes on Goa. After battling for 140 years in March 2017 law known as Te Awa Tupua (Whanganui River Claims Settlement) Act 2017 was passed in which acknowledgment of damage to river and people included. Crown apology has been extended to erecting of Jetties, Clearing of River for Navigation purposes, Control and sale of river gravel and shingle, Acquisition of land on river bank and use of river as “highway”. The National Inland waterways status for Goa’s six rivers and Sagarmala project is a death warrant to fishermen and ecology of Goa through dredging and new Jetty constructions.

Further Goa Government and Central Government with Corporate nexus have colluded to shift Goa’s jurisdiction at National Green Tribunal (NGT) bench from Pune to Delhi. All these three combined coupled with State’s attempts to acquire land for Corporate benefits makes Goa a colony marked for massive intolerable abuse of people and ecology.

Nearly 200 years ago on 01^st January 1818 five hundred Indian Mahars soldiers in British Army pulled down rule of Peshwayee in Pune. BMM infers that this memory is the reason India and Goa Government has shifted NGT jurisdiction to Delhi lest it becomes inspiration for Goans to revolt. All this because anti-environment projects are getting stalled? This is cheating. This action will be continuously opposed by fishermen and others like Maoris did in New Zealand. 

Its victory for traditional fishermen in Zuari river!

Bharat Mukti Morcha (BMM) congratulates Goa Fisheries Minister Vinod Palyenkar on effective action taken  to crackdown on illegal fishing in Zuari river based on complaints from traditional fishermen. Mr. Palyenkar on September 08, 2017 acted efficiently and issued note threatening departmental action against the officer concerned and the Director of Fisheries.

This note was followed by recommendation to the State Government suspension of Director of Fisheries Shamila Monteiro on September 14, 2017. Fishermen on Zuari coast from Siridao, Bambolim, Nauxim, Cacra, and Odxel has been petitioning Department of Fisheries from 2013 onwards on various issues threatening Fishing in Zuari but department did not act. In fact Shamila Monteiro’s tenure as Director of Fisheries is marked with series of U-turns.  She worked very hard to cancel the fuel subsidies of traditional fishermen. Subsidies must be retained back. Her illegalities are huge and she should never be allowed back to harass the traditional fishermen as enough is enough for what she did from 2014 till her suspension in 2017.

She repeatedly played pranks on traditional fishermen with regard to Patrol boats to stop illegal fishing. It was on regular basis that Patrol boats from the Fisheries department as well as from marine police were highly irresponsible to function in spite of repeated phone calls from the traditional fishermen.

Mr.Vinod Palyekar, Minister for Fisheries and WRD has proved in action to understand the Zuari river. He has demonstrated that he is responsible to root out prevailing corruption from Fisheries department and provide Justice to traditional Fishermen. This trend of Mr. Vinod Palyenkar is highly appreciated by the traditional fishermen.

BMM maintains that performance of current Fisheries Minister Vinod Palyenkar is better than his predecessor Avertano Furtado who betrayed traditional fishermen in river Zuari.

"Vanxim sobit naum" konkani song that beautifies island

                 I

Amcho dactulo gaum Vanxim sobit naum,

Borla fulanim

Chedde-Chedvam distai attac-atu galun

Bossun dokeari.

          Chorus

April Mai moineant

Eat Vanxeri

Marta Xitol varem, eun thuim dokear bosxem

Saudico borem

          II

Sobit sundor Igorze Festo Janeran

Saiba Santus Cristachem

Milagrincho Khuris, Kortat Angouneo

Pettoun Vatti.

          III

Uzvad noketrancho, pormoll fulancho

Mog bhau-bhoinacho

Zantim-nentim poram khosen sartat horam

Corun gaenan

Composed by 

Late L.F. Silveira sometime before 1975. In 1975 January feast was shifted to May while dock was already constructed well before that time with shipping as travel medium to Panjim.

Goa's fishing dispute touches Agassaim MLA?

According to information just received large number of trawler owners have assembled today 20th September 2017 at from 11.30 am onward at the residence of Agassaim MLA Francis Silveira asking for his intervention to allow trawlers share in fishing in Zuari in violation of law. 

Francis Silveira called up one of the fishermen on Zuari coast to ask whether they are willing to share river to allow illegal trawler fishing in Zuari. Traditional Fishermen has strictly refused to let trawlers carry on illegal fishing in Zuari river. BMM appreciates MLA Silveira's decision to phone and consult traditional fishermen on this issue.

Bharat Mukti Morcha (BMM) calls upon Agassaim MLA Francis Silveira not to get carried away into supporting illegal and ecologically dangerous fishing in Zuari within 5 kilo meters from the coast as per existing law and ban on trawling in rivers of Goa including night fishing.

It may be recalled that earlier this month in rare and courageous act Goa Fisheries minister Vinod Paliekar cracked down on rampant illegal fishing in zuari and placed director of Fisheries Dr. Shamila Monteiro on suspension . Click here for links. BMM supports this action of Goa Fisheries Minister.

Trawling is well known for causing depletion of fishing grounds and wastage. This has been well captured by Bikram Dasgupta's poem "The Mackerel and the Sea Birds". Click here for links.

BMM is opposed to illegal fishing in Zuari violating existing laws that define the distance from the shore, technique of fishing and size of fishing nets with no compromise on long term sustainability of Zuari river as fishing venue for traditional fishing.

Call to uproot all Reliance Jio towers in Goa

Bharat Mukti Morcha (BMM), Goa Unit has taken note of disturbing behaviour of corportate entity Reliance Jio involved in installing mobile tower in Navelim, Salcete. BMM extends support and solidarity to People of Navelim and calls for the uprooting of all the mobile towers of Reliance JIO in Goa as they are installed with short circuited permissions from Goa State government without public consultation with affected population. Goa government has no facility to monitor radiation emissions from mobile towers. Reliance owned by Ambanis that own this corporate has acquired gross power over political system of India and that has led to the corroding of nation's soul. Lord Acton said more than century ago "Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Reliance mobile towers are for the surveillance ends obsessed by control over public. We reproduce statement dated September 11, 2017 on this issue from Navelim Civic and Consumer Forum in public interest to combat current principle of ruling elites of India: Sab ke Sath Sab ka Vinash, सब के साथ सब का विनाश

: with every one destruction is a must! 

(For Flag icon thanks to Joules Themudo)


Navelim Civic & Consumer Forum condemns the action of Reliance Jio for filing false FIRs against respectable and diligent villagers of Navelim who have time and again objected to illegal digging of roads without proper permissions from Authorities and that too beyond midnight.

Reliance JIO is openly venting out their frustrations to blackmail the villagers, so that the villagers will fear and back out and they can go ahead to install their towers where ever they want. NCCF vehemently condemns the use of Police machinery to intimidate those who oppose the illegal Road digging. Government has banned road digging of any kind and is not allowed till the end of Monsoons. Even those seeking water connections are made to wait.

On the contrary Reliance JIO has trespassed into the tarred Parking Lot for the Rosary Higher Secondary School on many earlier occasions. Recently some Villagers, while returning home at about 1.30 am, noticed some workers digging on the road. When questioned, it was noticed that the workers are from Reliance JIO. They immediately dialed 100 and called the Police. The Police Patrolling Van which reached the site, instead of immediately arresting the Jio workers digging the road in the middle of the night, took the names of the villagers, including those that joined later, selectively. The area where they were digging the road, was just fortnight back tarred and soling was done. 

The blanket license which Jio produces in fact states that Jio has to approach the local bodies for local permission. In addition the statues committee on road digging under District Collector has to give permission and this committee has to monitor and prepare reports every fortnight. No such thing is done. A couple of years ago NCCF had complained against Jio for cutting and damaging a bridge at Aquem-Baixo, but no action was taken. NCCF wonders why this special treatment for Jio.

Recently to a query from Village Panchayat Navelim, the Dy. Town Planners has clarified that if work of installing towers involves concreting, than permission from TCP Dept. is also required. None of this is done by Jio. Also there were no signboards at the site, mentioning the name of the company doing the work nor any safety barricades even though it was done at night time. There was no police bandobast to regulate the traffic at the Junction where there is enough traffic even at night.

NCCF request that the Police do not succumb to political pressure and do justice to the Navelim villagers. If Jio wants to pursue with this false complaint, then the villagers will be compelled to start a campaign to boycott Jio.

Great action from Goa Fisheries Minister on Zuari illegal fishing

After repeated letters of complaints and direct phone calls Minister of Fisheries Vinod Palyekar cracked a whip against Director of Fisheries on September 08, 2017. Strangely one who was protecting illegal fishing is Director of Fisheries herself. Bharat Mukti Morcha (BMM) has spoken out consistently in defense of traditional fishermen on the banks of Zuari river. 

BMM appreciates this bold action of Goa Fisheries Minister that will go a long way towards retaining of sustainability of Zuari river ecology as well as fisheries. BMM also places on record gratitude to the Minister of Fisheries for this action.

There is a need for complete clean up of the Department of Fisheries with Judicial investigations as to why Director of Fisheries Dr. Shamila Monteiro was protecting illegal fishing over the past three years after identifying those involved in the transgressions. There is a need to asses damage caused to ecology of zuari by permitting illegal trawlers and costs must be recovered from her assets.

Flowing melodrama

Sebastian Rodrigues

Mobile rang, left pocket vibrating. Heart raced into river zuari and strife come alive. Zuari witnessed tensions and clashes of fishing technology and sustainability. Sanjay speaks. Body veins, Fish, Shell dredged. River bed screams. Depth in cry and crisis. 

Sanjay goes in fishing every morning for decade and a half. As a child and father cultivated vegetable in shrubs where today stands Goa University. For the sake of education Sanjay sacrificed living and livelihood. Now dives into Zuari to catch fish that eludes him for too many trawlers, mini-per seiners, casinos, marinas, coal, mining barges and water sports intruders.

Inside room
toddler runs amok 
with razor

Porta de Capao a gate way to resolute resistence against Ozone take over of Vanxim

From the office of the Goa Archbishop to the office of the Deputy Collector in Panjim, Bangalore based company Ozone Propex Private Limited is on its way to becoming East India Company to Vanxim in Mandovi river with entrance at Old Goa. It has created a complex network of support corporate to take over Vanxim with integral links with banks, venture capital, mortgage loans etc. Here Bharat Mukti Morcha (BMM) has dissections of key links for the sake of public clarity. 


1. Agreement to sale of Vanxim was signed between Mahendra Gaunekar and Fr. Victor C. Rodrigues (on behalf of Archbishop Raul Gonsalves on 09/04/1999. Click here. Agreement concealed address of the Mahendra Gaunekar. If needed Archbishop would sell the land directly to the corporate recommended by Mahendra Gaunekar.

2. In 1995 late Ligorio Silveira filed complaint regarding breach of Vanxim bunds due to corruption in Tenant Association of Vanxim. Click here. Till date government has not attended to this.

3. Fr. Arlino D'mello, on behalf of Archbishop Felipe Neri Ferrao sold Vanxim to Mahendra Gaunekar in 2006. What was started by Archbishop Raul Gonsalves was completed by Archbishop Neri; both acted in secrecy. Claims of NOC from Vanxim Tenants Association are still unsubstantiated.

4. In 2016 January office of Goa Archbishop made it public that it favoured corporate and created hurdles to grants rights to tenants from 1995. Click here.

5.  Mahendra Gaunekar got into eight more sale deeds between 2006 and 2008 to buy off paddy fields of Vanxim. Click here.

6. In 2009 Joint Development Agreement signed between Mahendra Gaunekar and his wife Sonali with various concerns of Ozone corporate. Its recorded that after selling paddy fields Archbishop will facilitate take over of residential areas in Vanxim all together 180 acres. Click here. This process has started. Legal relationship of lease from Santa Monica is forced to be cancelled and new relationship of sale at high economic cost is pushed through on many. Corporate Ozone will decide affairs of Vanxim. In other words Vanxim will function as SEZ.

7. In 2010 vanxim scam came to light as some people were called to sign papers at Bicholim Mamlatdar's office and offered cash. Revolt begins.

8. People began to receive letters from Deputy Collector at Panjim as Mahendra Gaunekar filed for negative declarations to change land records. Fr. Victor Rodrigues facilitated this process with his notorious letter. Click here. Number of people were dragged to court into litigation. Forced to pay lawyers. Those who compromised corporate paid up lawyers fees.

9. Around 2010 Ozone took over one abandoned hotel on Mandovi baks at Old Goa near North Goa MP Shripad Naik residence (and least bothered about Vanxim food insecutity due to paddy fields submergence) and designed it as "Porta de Capao", this is in Portuguese which means "Starting Point of Capao". It is designed for super rich of the world. Click here.

10. On June 08, 2017 this hotel construction got sanction of 15 crore loan recommendation from ICRA. The documents terms OLRPL as a special purpose vehicle (SVP) of Ozone group. OLRPL stands for Ozone Leisure and Resorts Private Limited that plans to develop a large scale luxury villa-cum-resort project on Vanxim isalnd. OLRPL is 100% held by Ozone Propex Private Limited. It has tie up with Hyatt group in Bangalore and Coorg hotels. Vasudevan Sathyamoorthy is its Chairman. Click here.

11. Directors of Ozone Propex Private Limited are Rajeev Bhandari, Vasudevan Sathyamoorthy, Chandanmal Pukhraj Bothra, Bittal Mangilal Singhi and Ozone Propex Private Limited's Corporate Identification Number is (CIN) U74210KA2004PTC035015 and its registration number is 35015.Its Email address is cs@ozonegroup.com and its registered address is No.38,Ulsoor Road Bangalore 560042 Bangalore KA 560042 I. Click here.  

12. This Ozone Propex from Bangalore has set up Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) called Ozone Leisure and Resorts Private Limited (OLRPL) and are located in Campal, Panjim and press refers them as Goa based company. They have kept their Bangalore parental connections hidden. Click here. OLRPL has listed two companies as their partners namely HDFC Property Fund, and Urban Infrastructure Opportunities Fund.

13. HDFC Property Fund is 100% subsidiary of HDFC Ltd. Click here.

14. HDFC Ltd's stands for Housing and Development Finance Corporation Limited. It has 11 Board of directors with Deepak S. Parekh as Chairman, Keki M. Mistry as Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Click here. 

15. HDFC Ltd also have HDFC Bank with 12 board of directors. Click here.  

16. The Second Partner of OLRPL is Urban Infrastructure Opportunities Fund. Synopsis of this fund reveals names of its prominent investors as Life Insurance Corporation (LIC), State Bank of India, ICICI and Axis Bank. They have 4 board of directors: Anand Jain - Chairman, Parag Parekh, MD and CEO, P Krishnamurthy and SS Thakur are Directors. Click here. 

17.  Anand Jain is deeply involved with Reliance and SEZs in various parts of India. Click here. He is a Chairman of Navi Mumbai SEZ Pvt Ltd, Mumbai SEZ Ltd., Reliance Haryana SEZ Ltd. He is the Promoter of two large SEZs near Mumbai. Mr. Jain, ex-trustee of the Mumbai Port Trust and JNPT is also a Director in Rewas Port Limited, a Greenfield US $1.3 billion mega scale port development project near Mumbai. The port would serve as a primary gateway for the twin mega SEZs coming up in its vicinity. He was also the Honorary Consul of Mongolia in Mumbai.

18. Parag Parekh is on board of directors of navi Mumbai SEZ. Click here. 

19. P. Krishnamurthy is too follows the same path. He is a Director on the Board of Navi Mumbai SEZ Ltd. as well as Mumbai SEZ Ltd. Click here.  

With this status of Vanxim, the way of resistance is clear. Fr. Bismarque Dias fought before he was murdered. We carry on the fight, march ahead. Jai Mulnivasi!