Goa Legislative Assembly

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of people because of the delay in finalizing the Coastal Zone Management Plan, particularly the identification of sand dunes, and the impact it will have on local fishing activity, trade and environment. Steps the Government intends to take in this regards.”

“fear and anxiety in the minds of the people of Goa about the floods due to heavy rainfall affecting many parts of Goa, whether the State Disaster Management Authority lacks the capability of ly dealing with such weather phenomena and whether the Government’s lack of consideration of climate change while planning mega infrastructure projects is only worsening the situation. The steps the Government will take as regards the same.”

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of people of Mormugao Constituency with regards to movement of Cargo Vehicular Traffic from Gate no. 9 at Mormugao Port as Mormugao Port Authority (MPA) failed to obey its own circular of movement of Cargo Vehicular Traffic from Gate No. 1 instead of Gate No. 9, except during the stay of cruise vessel at the cruise terminal.  The road from Mormugao Port Gate No. 9 upto Sada Junction passes through densely populated residential area and also accident prone stretch, thus risking lives of thousands of people with the movement of heavy traffic to and fro. Further there is spillage of cargo which is causing severe dust pollution. MPA issued yet another Circular with respect to dust suppression measures at the port to mitigate the dust pollution. Again MPA failed to comply with the circular by not checking on the cargo vehicles for its compliance on cargo spillage and also while handling at the port.  I appeal to the Government to kindly look into the matter urgently and take necessary measures to ensure that MPA comply to its circular in the interest of public at large”.

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of people of Mormugao, Vasco-da-Gama and Goa at large due to the increasing numbers of beggars in the cities. These beggars have made begging a business and have started executing the business very systematically. The beggars chase people visiting restaurants, banks, Markets, Shops, worship places and also at the traffic signal joints to extract money from the citizens and also from tourists thus creating menace in the city. The antecedents of these beggars are also not known with no Police verification.  They also use several children as props for begging and create sympathy in the mind of people, thus pushing the children in this profession depriving them of their basic rights of good life and education. Further, they are also made to indulge in activities like selling of pens, balloons, toys, etc. I appeal to the Government to kindly look into the matter urgently, may be by implementing the Anti-Begging Act to stop the harassment to citizens and also to rescue such children who are exposed to risk and anti-social activities”.

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the Taxi Operators at Mormugao Port as there is apprehension of operation of ‘Water Taxi’ by one M/s. Vijay Marine Services at the Cruise Terminal of Mormugao Port. The local Taxi Operators are worried about their livelihood as they are fully dependent on taxi business at Mormugao Port. Has the Government given any permission to M/s. Vijay Marine Services or any other firm to operate ‘Water Taxi’ at Mormugao Port? I appeal to the Government to kindly look into the matter urgently to safe guard the interest of our local Taxi operators at Mormugao Port who earn their daily bread on taxi business”.

“ Fear and anxiety in the minds of the traditional Yellow-Black Taxi and Tourist Taxi operators at Dabolim International Airport with the commencement of Manohar Mopa International Airport. These taxi operators at Dabolim International Airport are solely dependent on taxi business at the airport for their livelihood with no other source of income. They fear that with the commencement of Manohar Mopa International Airport, Dabolim Airport will eventually be closed and thus there is apprehension in their minds about the impact on their livelihood. What steps does the Government intends to take to safeguard the interest of these taxi operator at Dabolim International Airport”. 

“Fear and anxiety in the minds of the people, especially the traditional fishermen of Katem Baina beach area in Mormugao constituency, due to discharge of sewage from Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) at Katem Baina Beach by Sewerage & Infrastructural dev. Corporation of Goa Ltd. The fishing community and the people residing in the area have been complaining about the foul smell, the water pollution and the place turning into unhygienic thus creating breeding ground for mosquitoes. Due to this water pollution the fishing activities of our traditional fishermen at Katem Baina have been hampered thus affecting their livelihood.  If no action taken on time, then it will adversely affect the health of the locals, their fishing activities and the tourist visiting the Baina beach. Hon. Minister for Environment may please look into the matter urgently.”

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