Candolim village is very famous in many respects. In this village there is one world famous Vaddo known as “Pintos” Vaddo made known worldwide by the world famous son of this Village and Vaddo, Abe Faria the world renowned Hypnotist. Also, Pintos Vaddo in Candolim gained worldwide publicity because of the Pintos revolution initiated by the Pinto people from this Vaddo “Pintos” in Candolim. Attached to this Vaddo is a small hamlet like place called Araddy touching the Hill and where there were very few houses. Earlier this place was inhabited by the locals only but recently due to land price rise there is a big demand for this place even tempting the big builders to hunt for land there. The infrastructure is very thin there for building mega projects where only the non Goans occupy these projects thereby upsetting the demographic structure not only of this are but also of Goa as a whole.
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According to elders, the Candolim Church in the beginning was to be built in Araddy Vaddo and even preliminary work for this job was conducted and the first phase of excavation was done. However, to due unknown reasons, this project was shelved at Araddy and shifted to a place where the present Church is majestically standing now.
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Earlier because of small local population it was only one Araddy but now it is devided into two Araddys, original Araddy is called Old Araddy and the other is New Araddy where new settlers mainly the Migrants built their settlements with the blessing and nod of the local authorities. This is one method by the local politicians to create a Vote Bank for them.
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In Old Araddy one mega project was already built there and occupied by the non-Goans, the second one is under construction and the third one is about to begin where the area is readied for putting a fence. In this area there are lot of productive trees and plants which naturally will be cut to make way for the new construction. By cutting these Trees and Plants there will be negative effect on ecology which is to be protected by all means. The local authorities has already cleared this project without realizing the bad effect on ecology which by all means has to be protected.
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It is right time now for the social activists and the protectors of Ecology in Goa to intervene in this matter. Also, it is imperative now for reviving Congress Party under its new Boss Luizinho Faleiro to find out from the local authorities the genuineness of this case because local authority owes its allegiance to Congress Party.
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A. Veronica Fernandes,
Candolim, Araddy,
Goa.