Punaravasan: Rangathath Obviously a boy when his family had to hand over their homes and agricultural land in Tillari for Tillari Irrigation Project, and settled in the rehabilitation colony called ‘Punavasan’ in Bicholim at the Goa-Maharashtra border.
It’s been 25 years.
The Ranganath family is still left back their lives together at home and this new land.
Government authorities in Goa, he said, are not yet cooperative when the population has a 700-strange area will be preferred.
In the run-up of the 2022 election, Bicholim Mla Rajesh Pathnekar has paid a village visit to find a sound and has promised to do what cannot be achieved in the past two decades.
“MLA has sympathized, but WRD Goa officials have not been cooperative.
In accordance with the agreement, we need a letter from WRD for reception, work etc., which releases 15-year domicile requirements for us in Goa.
But the question after the request was raised by officials,” said Rangathath.
Without domicile, villagers find it difficult to receive the benefits of the Goa government scheme, from the retirement of old age to the help of Aadhar Griha to women.
Ironically, around 40 households in Punaravasan are still struggling to receive their daily water supply even though the residents themselves are removed from Tillari so Goa can have more water availability.
“When the election was approaching, the Head of Minister of Pramod Sawant visited us with Pathnekar and said that once the 15mm plant in spooning ready, our water shortage would be resolved.
But for the past five years, if we have to demand our demands, we must run from the pillar to the post.
There are 40 households that are still waiting for their land ownership documents, “said a resident.
Located on the Goa-Maharashtra border, Dodamarg Market is located only 100 m for Punaravasan residents, but there is no road connectivity given to them, and they continue to cross through private property.
Unemployment is also a big big problem in the minds of punvasan occupants.
“We have hectares of farmland in Tillari.
We are all farmers.
But we were given compensation of Rs 900 per Acre at that time.
At present, we live in 180-350sqm land provided to us here by the government, without land even for cages Cow.
How do we make a living from our current location, which is very far away and almost no work available? “Krishna said.
“If the Goa government seriously assimilated us in the state, why hasn’t there been one person from 500 voters in Punaravasan accepting government work in the last 25 years?” said Rangathath.