Subject: Assagao Village land to be acquired for Municipal Solid Wastes - msg#00016

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*The CLEAN GOA Initiative*

Dear cybergaonkars, This is the copy of Press Note announcing the programme for Monday, 17 October: PRESS RELEASE `````````````````` The Clean Goa Initiativeâbegan with a petition written by two Goans seeking to draw attention at the Central Government level to the waste management crisis in Goa and requesting intervention, beginning with a rational and responsible waste management strategy for IFFI in Panjim this year. The initiative, which also calls for the State government to appoint an independent committee of qualified individuals to identify key problem areas and recommend cost-effective solutions for the State at large, has become a growing proactive people's movement, endorsed by numerous Goa-based NGOs and activists, hundreds of Goans and non-Goan residents of Goa, as well as by a number of film professionals and opinion makers from all over the country who consider Goa a national treasure and want to help. In culmination of the endorsement campaign, there will be a public demonstration of support for the Clean Goa Initiative in Panjim on October 17, 2005. The demonstration will begin with a solidarity march at 5:30 pm from the Panjim Church square to the Mermaid Garden. This campaign event is co-ordinated by Wendell Rodricks, Margaret Mascarenhas, and Ethel Da Costa, along with Goa-based activists and NGOs, in the public interest. It is managed by Think Geek Media and Productions. The theme is Goa Waste Management Issues and Solutions. Speakers at the Mermaid Garden will include Patricia Pinto, Sandesh Prabhudesai, Sanjit Rodrigues, Roland Martins, Wendell Rodricks, Sandeep Jarkis, and others. Chief Minister, Pratapsingh Rane, has been invited to address the public on the issue. A brief Q and A with the press will follow. Citizens and villagers from all over Goa who are concerned and want to be better informed about this issue are encouraged to participate. Those who attend are requested to bring their own food and beverages to the event and to take their garbage away when they leave. (ends) Please be there! M&M. -- PS: Kindly note our new e-ddress: Muriel & Mario <anothergoa-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> and make the change in your e-ddress book. - M&M. ................................................. there *is* anOTHERgoa - the garbage dump perched on a hill overlooking Saligao, for instance! ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' muriel & mario, 4/4 tabravaddo, opp. st. anne's chapel, saligao. bardez. goa. 403511. tel: 0832-2278276 / 2409999 <anothergoa-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''' _______________________________________________ Saligaonet mailing list Saligaonet-jtr8sZgGsQ4dnm+yROfE0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet

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RIP Doris D'Mello

Sorry to announce the death of our neighbour in Sonarbhat, Aunty Doris: Doris D'Mello (ex-KOC) Wife of late Fuast D'Mello (ex-KOC), beloved mother/mother-in-law of Angela/Diago Almeida, Belinda, Cedric, Elizabeth/Joseph Lobo and Gerard. Loving grandmother of Diane, Alison, Daren and Daniel. Sister/sister-in-law of Frank/Carmel, Sr Veronical (RJM), Matty/Americo. Sister-in-law of Sr Angelica (Ajmer), Luis/Lydia, late Crisol/Zemira, Fr Casmiro and Ida/late Valerian Figueredo expired peacefully on 19.10.2005. Funeral cortege will leave her residence at Sonarbhat, Saligao on 20th October, 2005 (today) at 4.30 pm, for Mae-de-Deus Church, Saligao. -- We will miss Aunty Doris! FN _______________________________________________ Saligaonet mailing list Saligaonet-jtr8sZgGsQ4dnm+yROfE0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet

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Birds of Saligao Zor (sighted by Harvey D'Souza)

------------------------- Birds of Saligao Zor Sighted by Harvey DâSouza tarzan_1968ing-/E1597aS9LQAvxtiuMwx3w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ------------------------- Pond heron Ardeola grayii Honey buzzard Pernis ptilorhyncus Black kite Milvus migrans Brahminy kite Haliastur indus Shikra Accipiter badius Blackshouldered kite Elanus caeruleus Booted eagle Hieraaetus pennatus Black eagle Ictinaetus malayensis Crested serpent eagle Spilornis cheela Common peapowl Pavo cristatus Pompadour green pigeon Treron pompadura Spotted dove Streptopelia chinensis Plumheaded parakeet Psittacula cyanocephala Koel Eudynamys scolopacea Greater coucal Centropus sinensis Brown wood owl Strix leptogrammica Spotted owlet Athene brama House swift Apus affinis Whitethroated kingfisher Halcyon smyrnensis Green bee-eater Merops orientalis Malabar pied hornbill Anthracoceros coronatus (4 Nov 2000) Coppersmith barbet Megalaima haemacephala Rufous woodpecker Celeus brachyurus Common flameback Dinopium javanense Whitecheeked barbet Megalaima viridis Golden oriole Oriolus oriolus Blackhooded oriole Oriolus xanthornus Black drongo Dicrurus macrocercus Ashy drongo Dicrurus leucophaeus Bronzed drongo Dicrurus aeneus Greater Racket tailed drongo Dicurus paradiseus Jumgle myna Acridotheres fuscus Rufous treepie Dendrocitta vagabunda House crow Corvus splendens Jungle crow Corvus macrorhynchos Common Iora Aegithinia tuphia Blue winged leafbird Chloropsis cochinchinensis Redvented bulbul Pycnonotus cafer Redwhiskered bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus Whitebrowed bulbul Pycnonotus luteolus Puff throated babbler Pellorneum ruficeps Jungle babbler Turdoides striatus Brownbreasted flycatcher Muscicapa muttui Tickellâs blue flycatcher Cyornis tickelliae Paradise flycatcher Terpsiphone paradisi Whitethroated fantail Rhipidura albicollis Blacknaped monarch Hypothymis azurea Tailor bird Orthotomus sutorius Blythâs reed warbler Acrocephalus dumetorium Oriental magpie robin Copsychus saularis Whitethroated ground thrush Zoothera citrina cyanotus Indian robin Saxicoloides fulicata Malabar whistling thrush Myiophonus horsfieldi Blacklored tit Parus xanthogenys Jungle owlet Glaucidium radiatum Plain flowerpecker Dicaeum concolor Purple rumped sunbird Nectarinia zeylonica Crimson sunbird Aethopyga siparaja Whitebacked munia Lonchura striata Thickbilled flowerpecker Dicaeum agile Western crowned leaf warbler Phylloscopus occipitalis Greyheaded bulbul Pycnonotus priocephalus Verditer flycatcher Eumyias thalassina Collared scops owl Otus bakkamoena Yellow wattled lapwing Vanellus malabaricus Black redstart Phoenicurus ochruros Greenish warbler Phylloscopus trochiloides Pale billed flowerpecker Dicaeum trigonostigma Purple sunbird Nectarina asiatica Crimson backed sunbird Nectarinia minima Chestnutwinged crested cuckoo Clamator coromandus Short toed eagle Circaetus gallicus BIRDS SIGHTED : 72 species --------------------------- On examining this list, I realise it is impressive, but hardly a comprehensive compilation. The birds listed here have been sighted only in the vicinity of the zor, and the hill surrounding it. A broader study of the countryside and the paddy fields will produce many more avian species. I have not birded here during the monsoons, so birds like the pied cuckoo, storkbilled kingfisher, plaintive cuckoo, larks and wagtails have all escaped mention. My apologies to them. Also from my own experience, there ought to be bluefaced malkoha, red spurfowl, blacknaped flameback, blackheaded cuckoo shrike out there somewhere but I have not had the good fortune to spot them. The zor has always been a top notch birding spot in the north. It is mentioned in all birding guides to Goa, and draws many birders who seldom go away unrewarded. I have many wonderful memories of this place. --Harvey Dâsouza _______________________________________________ Saligaonet mailing list Saligaonet-jtr8sZgGsQ4dnm+yROfE0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet

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RIP Doris D'Mello

Sorry to announce the death of our neighbour in Sonarbhat, Aunty Doris: Doris D'Mello (ex-KOC) Wife of late Fuast D'Mello (ex-KOC), beloved mother/mother-in-law of Angela/Diago Almeida, Belinda, Cedric, Elizabeth/Joseph Lobo and Gerard. Loving grandmother of Diane, Alison, Daren and Daniel. Sister/sister-in-law of Frank/Carmel, Sr Veronical (RJM), Matty/Americo. Sister-in-law of Sr Angelica (Ajmer), Luis/Lydia, late Crisol/Zemira, Fr Casmiro and Ida/late Valerian Figueredo expired peacefully on 19.10.2005. Funeral cortege will leave her residence at Sonarbhat, Saligao on 20th October, 2005 (today) at 4.30 pm, for Mae-de-Deus Church, Saligao. -- We will miss Aunty Doris! FN _______________________________________________ Saligaonet mailing list Saligaonet-jtr8sZgGsQ4dnm+yROfE0A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet