Team Herald
MARGAO: The people from Nuvem, on Sunday,organise a peaceful rally to their MLA’s house demanding to scrap the alleged preposterous projects.
The people criticised the Director General of Police for threatening arrests if the work is hindered. The Nuvem MLA, Wilfred D’sa, however,told the protestors to believe that, the CM, Dr Pramod Sawant, won’t allow the State to be a goal hub.
The people from Nuvem, Loutolim were a part of the “peaceful walk” that was meant to showcase their love for Goa.
The protestors met D’Sa and handed a memorandum to him expressing their opposition to projects including jetties, nationalisation of rivers, handling and transportation of coal, major ports bill, land filling at Khazans land illegally, Transmission line at Mollem, Acquisition of land by SWR in Majorda, Double tracking and also the proposed Waste Management plant on Verna plateau.
The protestors read out the memorandum for the people before handing over the same to D’Sa.”The Garbage treatment plant at the Verna plateau will destroy the ground water and will destroy the rivers of Sal and Zuari,”it said.
“We are not against development but we demand to PM Modi and CM Sawant to stop the preposterous projects which will destroy Goa,” the memorandum said.
D’sa said,”The Chief Minister of Goa has asked us to wait till the Central Minister comes to Goa and he will get the co-transportation in and through Goa stopped. I an sure CM will keep his word.”
Meanwhile, the statement of the Director General of Police hasn’t gone down well among Goans. The protestors asked the MLA of Nuvem whether the DGP is a political figure to make statements like the ones he made today in the double tracking protests matter.
“This is an indirect threat to people of Goa by the DGP,” said the people.
