I am surprised that village groups had to descend into Panjim to highlight the massive destruction of mangroves on the periphery of the city precincts as reported in your newspaper (15/8/2010). Not that I am sympathetic to publicity seekers, but recently some residents of Panjim were quick to criticise people who came from the villages to support the cause of car washers around the municipal garden. And here we had criminal activities in mangrove areas being carried out for several years but surprisingly there has not been a whimper of protest from the proclaimed environmentalists in the city.
For the last several months, a city restaurant has been releasing waste water every morning in the drain outside Varsha Book Stall which is causing a stink from stagnation, but there is no protest whatsoever. We do not believe that no environmentalist from the city comes to that location to pick up their daily newspaper. Or, is it that only certain type of environment violations, which are in vogue globally, become our cause for concern?
[Letter to Herald sent on 15/9/2010 that never got published]
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