A group of youngsters under the banner of “Revolutionary Goans” have rightly started a movement to expose the illegalities and to stop the ongoing destruction of most villages at the hands of migrants in Goa. The migrants who have come in large numbers in search of jobs/employment are indeed proving more like a big curse as they are slowly finishing our hills, springs, wells and are spoiling the beauty of most villages of Goa by constructing their own houses/structures illegally not just on hills but even in agricultural fields in collaboration of our elected MLA’s and Panch members from Panchayats. And to matters worse, some are slowly seen flexing their muscles by illegally holding two voting cards, roaming in gangs with knives, indulging in murders, robberies, rapes in broad daylight and terrorising Goans. Now, who really want to welcome such type of uncivilised people with open arms in our Goan villages?
Of course, some ignorant people might still say that these migrants should be allowed to settle in Goa as we Goans are fully dependant on their services as most of them are skilled masons, carpenters, plumbers etc. and who come here only to fill their stomachs to support their families. Fine, but why should they cheat Goans, indulge in their own anti-social activities and do such illegal things in Goa? Do our Goans construct their houses illegally in other neighbouring states and indulge in such type of anti-social activities? The answer is a big no and it’s never. So, why we Goans should do charity and allow these migrants to indulge in their own illegal activities in Goa?
I think that if we really want to stop the menace of migrants then we should immediately force the government to shut down all the industrial estates of Pilerne, Karaswada, Verna, Madkai, Bethora, Khorlim, etc and also the hotel industry which is mostly run by outsiders as 80% jobs are offered in such industries not for Goans but for these neighbouring migrants as they work even for peanut salaries in Goa.
Yes, until we don’t take such a drastic step, nothing positive is really going to happen even if we take out a thousand of morchas or protest marches in the near future in the name of saving Goa. Anyway, three cheers to the multi-talented body-builder/poet/nature lover, Ramesh Ghadi, the founder member of “Save Saligao” for rightly starting a mass awareness movement and for trying to expose the ongoing destruction at the hands of migrants in collaboration of some of our own money-minded greedy individuals of our Saligao village. Keep going my friend Ramesh Ghadi and God bless…. Keep up the momentum and let the fight go on…. Let’s save Saligao/Goa for our future generations….
