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.