UTS Voice
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UTS’ VOICE had ealier reported in March, 2007 (16-31 Issue) that Daman politician were using public welfare scheme for their personnel gain. The administration attention was drawn to the fact that 250 applicance for ration card were received on the inauguration day of “Prashasan Apke Dwar” and 55 ration cards were issued on the spot purely under political pressure. 800 affidavit and 600 other documents were verified by the Executive Magistrate (Mamlatdar). The migrant population were also issued ration card without the verification under the vote bank policy of the local MP which is now confirmed in by the bogus electoral roll of Dabhel Panchayat.
We should not forget that gangster Abu Salem and terrorist Masood Azher had obtained their passport from Daman by the politician induced documentations. The recent slum scam of Ashok Malhotra of Delhi is a pointer to a bigger politican mafia nexus where bogus ration cards becomes a tool to grab public land with the collusion of officers.
The illegal chawl construction in Daman, bogus ration card and bogus electoral roll shows the erosion of moral value of our politician who are ready to take any supari without accountability and responsibility. This shows another democratic face of India.
Political roulette on the river?
By Leslie St. Anne
Goa: Goans can no longer be labeled as a “laid-back” people. The ‘susegad’ (lazy contentment) tag often used to describe local inhabitants has become a misnomer as ‘agitations’ for asserting traditional rights have become the order of the day. People power prevailed when Goa’s Chief Secretary, J P Singh, ordered an immediate halt of dredging of the River Sal by a starred beach resort so as to facilitate the berthing of a Casino Ship at Cavelossim in South Goa.
Traditional fisher folk and villagers, from the villages of Ambelim, Assolna, Velim, Betul and Cavelossim, on the banks of the Sal River, had rallied under the ‘Save River Sal Front’ banner to lock horns with the influential Hotel Leela Venture Ltd over ‘dredging’ of the riverbed to house the Casino Boat claiming that it would ‘grossly endanger’ the marine life a host of edible shellfish like, clams, cockles, mussels and oysters that are a major source of livelihood to villagers and fisher folk of the area.
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