IS THE COASTAL BELT OF GOA
GEARED UP TO COPE UP WITH THE COMING TOURIST SEASON?
Definitely not, at least
Candolim where you find a mess on the road without proper personnel manning the
road to control the excess flow of traffic especially at the crucial places and
not erecting Speed Breakers at the very important busy spots mainly at the Tinto Junction and in front of the
Primary School near Panchayat Ghar. No
doubt the local MLA Michael Lobo is doing a good job of widening the roads yet
there are lot of hurdles on the road due to rough and immense traffic flow by
the irresponsible Indian tourists who ignore the road safety rules. Most of the
injuries happen to the Two Wheelers not because of the non-wearing of Helmets
but because of the bad roads. Even in Sinquerim
on way to the Light House in front of Vijay Malaya’s private Jetty the
concerned authority erected the Speed Breaker to please Malaya but failed to
erect the same at the required places.
The vehicles parked on
the main road for the guests of Hotel
“Grand Mercure, Goa Shrem Resort” in Pintos Vaddo Candolim, opposite to the
Asilo and next to the well-known miraculous Holy MAND were till yesterday a hindrance to the smooth
traffic flow on the main road. These cars belonged to the locals and being so
they should have been given preferential treatment by the Hotel management by also
accommodating them along with that of the Hotel’s cars where especial place is
provided in front of the Hotel. Or it was the duty of the local Panchayat to provide
a suitable place for parking these cars to avoid hindrance to the smooth flow of the traffic on
the main road.
As per the available
information, one portion of the property where this Hotel is built was
originally the property of Candolim Communidade. But I am not aware that this part was sold by
the Communiidade and neither I am aware that Candolim Communidade is selling
its land. Now, the question is: How did this land reach into Hotel’s hand? Will the Communidade answer this question?
This Hotel is a big
inconvenience to the Holy MANDD located since a century back, next to the Hotel. Also its loud music is creating disturbance
not only to the neighbours but also to the surrounding areas. Secondly the Hotelier must know the piercing
power of the Mandd and its Miraculous Cross.
According to the tradition if any inconvenience is done to this Holy
Mandd’s sanctity or any sinful and vulgar acts are performed in its vicinity,
the Mandd maintaining its ruthless tradition liquidates not only the persons
responsible but also the venue where the sinful and vulgar acts are committed. If the Hotel is going against the sacred tradition
of the Mandd then it surely is going to face its doom with the effect of the
mighty Sunami created by the mighty traditional power of the Mandd. Even those who are involved in assisting the
wrong doer directly or indirectly will not be spared of the Mandd’s punishment. This is as per the tradition and history of
the Mandd. And as we know, history
repeats itself and surely it will. Time alone will justify this statement.
It is nice to know that
big chain of Hotels is investing heavily in Goa that creates job opportunities
to the locals. As per my information
this same Hotelier earlier has also constructed one more Hotel in Candolim and
in that Hotel locals were hired but within a few months most of them were
retrenched. Now, my question to the
local Panchayat is this: Did it not put
the condition to the Hotelier at the time of issuing license to employ more
locals in that Hotel? By replacing the locals with outsiders the Hoteliers are
upsetting the demographic structure of Goa in favour of outsiders. This anti-Goan
trend must come to an end and every local must raise his voice against this
anti-Goan trend.
Finally, is this the
same Hotelier constructing one more Hotel in Candolim in CRZ belt?
If yes, which authority gave license for constructing this Hotel in CRZ
belt? The local MLA Michael Lobo must immediately investigate this incident if
he is interested in the wellbeing of Goa.
I also request the concerned NGO’s to look into this matter without any
further delay.
A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim,
Goa.
