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Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines

The following are some hard facts I could manage to research on the cost of flying around our montris over a limited period only. But it proves that flying is a passion with them just as dining out was.
Wilfred D'Souza Rs22,89,428 Feb 2005-Aug 2007, Dayanand Narvekar Rs14,94,884 Feb 2000-Mar 2007, Pratapsing Rane Rs14,57,354 Feb 2005-Apr 2006, Digambar Kamat Rs11,40,395 Jan 2000-Jan 2005, Manohar Parrikar Rs8,26,596 Dec 2000-Dec 2004, Pandurang Madkaikar Rs6,65,608 Sept 2002-July 2007, Ramkrishna Dhavlikar Rs6,62,246 July 2002-July 2007, Francisco Sardinha Rs4,10,661 Jan 2000-Oct 2000, Ravi Naik Rs2,80,422 Nov 2000-Sept 2007, Francisco D'Souza Rs83,144, Somnath Zuwarkar Rs65,377, Arecio D'Souza Rs63,238 Subash Shirodkar Rs43,814, Francisco Silveira Rs39,117, Mauvin Godinho Rs27,216,Venkatesh Desai Rs9,550.
Total Rs95,59,050

Delhi darbar
Luizinho Faleiro's frequent flying to Delhi that could easily be called Goa's other capital city, cost suspiciously like there were too many hangers-on towing after him. Else, how can you explain a Delhi flight that cost Rs34,660 and one that went up to Rs38,010. Will the government that was gracious enough to curtail the number of guests allowed to be entertained by our montris and IAS officers, do the same for flying when it is obviously evident that sometimes our montris are patently over the weight limit when flying.

Luizinho Faleiro

Delhi
5-7 February 2005 Delhi Rs25,542, 27-30 June 2005 Delhi Rs34,660, 5-8 September 2005 Rs34,660, 9-10 December 2005 Delhi Rs37,713, 5-8 April 2006 Delhi Rs38,010, 18-20 October 2006 Delhi Rs39,260, 21-24 February 2007 Delhi Rs39,670.

Mumbai
29-30 January 2007 Mumbai Rs16,030, 7-9 February 2006 Delhi/Mumbai Rs27,915, 19-23 October 2005 Mumbai Rs9,130,

Bangalore
12-13 July 2005 Bangalore Rs6,551, 5-6 November 2006 Bangalore Rs10,948,

Globe trekking
21-30 April 2006 Brazil/Venezuela Mexico Rs5,83,030,
Total Rs9,03,119

Antanasio Monserratte
Mainly Mumbai
11-12 April 2003 Mumbai Rs22,407, 19-22 September 2003, 3-5 & 21-24 November 2003 Rs22,589, 6-8 & 13-15 January 2004 Mumbai Rs22,934, 26, 13-14 June 2005 Mumbai Rs27,114, 9-10 September 2005 Delhi, 26.09-1.10.2005 Delhi/Mumbai, 8-9 December 2005 Delhi Rs78,653, 21-27 December 2005 Delhi/Mumbai, 18-19 March, 30-31 March 2006 Mumbai Rs58,496, 30-31 March 2006 Delhi/Mumbai Rs38,349, 18-22 June 2006 Mumbai Rs9,758, 5-10 June 2006, 16-17 July 2006 Mumbai Rs30,982, 5-27 May 2006, 22-23 July 2006, 2-6 August 2006 Rs50,724, 22-23 May, 2006 Delhi, 2-7 September 2006 Mumbai, 23-26 September 2006, 29-09-5.10 2006 Mumbai Rs1,11,867, 17-20 October 2006, 12-16, 23-25 November 2006 Rs48,690.

Delhi flights
26-28 June 2005 Mumbai/Delhi Rs33,357, 9-12 July 2005 Mumbai/Delhi Rs40,844, 13-15 January 2006 Delhi Rs37,932, 16-18 September 2006 Rs40,537,
Total 7,25,957

C for Development, D for Churchill
Do I contrive to change the spelling of development, not exactly, just trying to put it in Churchill's perspective. He is after all, the only Congress politician who still insists Goans breathe only to oppose development. Let's take a single example of such development, in village Tivim. Not that Vasco, Margao and most of Panjim have even basic infrastructure like a sewerage system or enough potable water. A Mumbai builder Expat Properties (how appropriate) has begun building 32 duplex flats on 8,000 sq mt land sold by Anthony Lobo and his clan of fortunate inheritors. While EP's plans may be legitimate and within Goa's archaic planning framework, this huge complex will only add to the concrete jungle spreading over Goa, diminish the diminishing greenery, spoil the Goa's natural character and only make Goans more chary of the fact they no longer can afford real estate in their own land. Which is why Bodiem is opposing it.

Rules meant to be broken
For them it's not a question of controlled ODP's, building rules or regulations, it's a question of leaving Bodiem entirely out of the realm of the real estate sharks who are going to build which ever way anyway, rule and regulations be damned. It was Dhirubhai Ambani remember who coined the word "management" and put it to maximium use. They know no ODP, rule or regulation, will come to their aid because they know the government does not have the machinery to enforce any rule or regulation nor, does it have the political will to do so. Ghutka, smoking in public places, urinating, drug use, rape, murder, there is very little in that is not banned, but look around you. Even High Court bans are not enforced these days.

Back to Bodiem village in VP Sircaim where the sarpanch Diksha Kanolkar's role is definitely suspect. Villagers fear water from the huge swimming pool will be released into the earth along with chemical disinfectants, so will sewerage waste. And where will the water for the pool come from? Already, EP began to dig a bore well without permission of the VP (so much for regulatory systems.) It has shown 35 car parks for the 32 duplex flats but in a straight line, with no direct access to the road against the prevailing rule of reserving space 2.5 mt x 5 mt for each car park.

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