The second gift was a study of the carrying capacity of the land so that the government would be aware of just how much development the State can handle. Without such a study, Goa’s development is entirely haphazard, with no planning of any kind. This study didn’t happen. But it still can, if only the government puts it mind to getting it done. We complain of having to get our daily consumption of food – vegetable, fruits, grains, fish, meats – from outside the State. There has, however, never been a study conducted to determine the population that the State can sustain by its own limited resources. Goa has been taking in a large number of people, with gated complexes housing up, especially in the littoral talukas, and now they are moving inland. Hotels and restaurants have come up on the beachside, mining has ravaged the foothills of the Sahayadri mountains, but Goa has never bothered to check whether it has stepped over the line. Unless this is done, we will not know how far we can develop.