The Siddanath Hill road was a challenge which could not be resolved by the Goa admistration and the political brass. Harshad Devari, A BDT member took the lead to resolve the issue with the concerned stakeholders.
Kudos is in order for the achievement!
Developmental Plan
Development of the Siddhanath Hill as a hill station with maintaining the sanctity of the ancient temple and tali is a challenge. With the road to the top of the hill tourists have already started polluting the area along with irrational felling of trees.
A plan to attain controlled development with nature camps to qualified trainers, trekking & nature trails to explore the beauty with safety precautions, zero tolerance to ingress of any plastic or non biodegradable materials on the hill will bring a strong awareness to keep it free of man made pollution.
The area damaged by illegal quarrying can be protected by making a rock climbing/rappelling site which will introduce the children from Goa to the new sport along with conducting outbound training in the area. A water reservoir on the hill can be attraction of water falls.
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Jul 26, 2010: Mr. Mahohar Parrikar raised the issue in the assembly on illegal quarrying in Bori
Jul 28, 2010: Mr. Deepak Mayekar, Geologist and Mr. Kamat from The Department of Mines, Govt. of Goa, contacted Rear Admiral Dr. Jivan Mablu Borcar during their inspection visit at Bori. The team has taken all the pictures of the damage caused by the illegal quarrying.
The visit was arranged by the Govt to ensure illegal quarrying halted permanently. We were told Mr. Reddi the contractor was raided for such activities in the past. The survey # 65 where the quarrying is done has no permission from the dept of mines was verified earlier during the police raid on Jul 4.The team assured to impound all the other licenses he has if found guilty in this case.
Thanks are in order to Mr. Parrikar, CM Goa and the government dept to help Bori residents. The letter from Rear Admiral Dr. Jivan Mablu Borkar has had impact in the government to take action.
We only want this quarrying permanently stopped in Bori.
Efforts from the World Borikar Convention members, Chief Minister of Goa Shri Digambar Kamat's Police squad, the ex-Chief Minister of Goa Shri Manohar Parrikar's efforts to bring awareness and Shri Rajendra Kerkar's efforts to bring the issue in limelight the illegal quarrying of the Siddhanath Hill is stopped for the time being.
Let us be vigilant and ensure our village is free from the such devastating ecological damage.