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ONE LAKH NAMES DROPPED FROM ROLL

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A FEW stray thoughts for yet another Saturday following the week when over 1 lakh names of those declared absent, shifted, dead and duplicate, have been dropped from the electoral rolls. This refers to the fact that the voter concerned was not present at his/her registered address in the last electoral roll when the block level officer visited the addressed premises.
The largest number of deletions have been recorded in the Vasco constituency which was found to have the highest number of absent and permanently shifted voters. This is probably because Vasco da Gama port city has the largest number of temporary migrants. Not surprisingly the other constituencies where a large number of voters were found missing and consequently dropped from the revised electoral rolls are from Cortlim, Fatorda, Santa Cruz, Taleigao, Madgao and Panjim. The draft electoral roll was released on Tuesday and shared with political parties and published on the website of the Chief Electoral Officer.
The Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Goel has commented that migration is very high as in most parts of Goa, construction labor stay for a few months and subsequently move to some other construction sites. Many villagers even return to their native villages out of Goa and don’t return. Goel obviously is ignorant of Goa as no migrant who discovers the paradise of Goa ever returns to his village. This is because it is the only state which not only provides jobs fetching salaries far higher than in states like Bihar or Uttar Pradesh, but also offers free medical facilities through the Goa Medical College & Hospital, and free education through the government schools.
This is dramatized by the fact that the population of Goa keeps growing with every census though the reproduction rate of the native Goan population has kept falling. Moreover, as many Goans migrate to the Gulf countries and other countries in the world, migrants too from outside come to Goa.The lowest number of missing voters are from the interior northern villages like Chief Minister Pramod Sawant’s constituency of Sanqualim and the Rane stronghold of Poriem.
GIVING a breakdown Goel claims that 30,000 voters were untraceable, 40,000 had permanently shifted elsewhere, while over 25,000 were claimed to be dead. Genuine voters can still be added to the rolls during the claims and objections period between December 16 and January 15. Voters may file claims and objections for either inclusion of either eligible people or even deletion of fake voters during this period by submitting Form 6.
The Election Officer was also examining the votes of over 9,000 names of foreign passport holders who surrendered their Indian citizenship between 2020 and 2025. The 2 lakh voters whose details don’t match the original records compiled in 2003 can apply for correction of the names and inclusion in the voters list.

INCREASE IN NIGHTCLUBS
AND A few stray thoughts on how the number of nightclubs increased in Goa from 20 to 200 in the last five years. The first night club in the state was Baghlaoo which was set up in Calangute. This was followed by Titos which started modestly with live music at the owners’ Baga home, before the brothers built Goa’s first nightclub. For the next six decades as Goa took to trance and DJs every shack converted itself into a nightclub.
The process of the multiplication of night clubs accelerated when the dance bars of Mumbai and Maharashtra got banned by the Shiv Sena around 2022. Up the Titos lane which is a short 200 meters stretch, there are 15 night clubs crammed into this short strip. The main attraction is that these nightclubs charge anything from Rs500 to Rs2,000 as entry fee to stags or individual males wishing to enter the club. Many of the clubs allow women to enter free but they have to give a commission on any income they make by prostituting themselves. So the clubs over a period of time became high class or low class whorehouses. They also became major conduits for the sale of drugs.
For a long time the favorite drug was ketamine which is actually an animal anaesthetic. A drop of the liquid ketamine makes a woman sluggish and unable to resist overtures from guys whose libidos have been inflamed by trans music and high energy drinks. Many well known shacks transformed into nightclubs at night. Since most of them are built of bamboo and coconut leaf thatch they are highly inflammable. None of the structures have occupancy certificate or are clearance for fire safety, the police happy with some greasing of the palm looked the other way and did not bother about what was going on or the complaints about loud sound pollution from residents.
Indian businessmen who were familiar with Thailand and Macao introduced new elements like dancing fire dance acrobatic acts, dazzling fireworks and of course belly dancers and even gay performances to boost the popularity of their night clubs. The average night club has a capacity of 250 people with some cramming in even 500 revellers some nights.
Goa has become a popular destination because cheap labor is available from Jharkhand and Bihar, while most of the entertainers come from the poorer Islamic former units of the Soviet Union like Uzbekistan, liquor and drugs almost freely available. Everyone benefitted right from the panch to sarpanch to the policeman to the director of panchayats, the tourism minister, the home minister and the chief minister. The local politicians encourage big investors from Delhi and Bombay for a sizeable kickback. Conveniently, the offshore and onshore casinos are available to launder money, so much so it has became a combination of factors leading to the mushrooming of nightclubs.
They are not going to go away just because 25 people lost their life in the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub on December 6. There is far too much money involved in the nightclub entertainment of Goa for politicians and their business associates. It is estimated that the revenue from nightclubs is equal to the total revenue earned by the Excise and Tourism departments. Nobody actually takes fire safety in Goa seriously. We have seldom come across even Udipi eateries having fire safety installations.

CORTALIM’S TOLANI CONSTRUCTION
AND A few stray thoughts on the Tolani builders who have been in the process of putting up a huge complex in Cortalim getting a reprieve from the Goa bench of the high court. There has been strong opposition from locals, who are understandably concerned over the increased pressure on water supply and power. The Tolanis are in the process of putting up over 2,000 apartments, villas and bungalows in a complex called Casa Maria in Sancoale. The area is already very crowded and there is no clarity if the builders have got clearances from the PWD for tap water or from the electricity department.
Most builders in Goa do not get piped water from the Public Water Department and rely on their tube wells which in the short and long run effects the area’s water table. From personal I can confirm that the quality of the tanker water leaves much to be desired, it is certainly not potable or safe enough for drinking. We understand that even the super luxury Mathias Ocean Park does not have piped PWD water, but is entirely dependent on water tankers from far and near supplying water.
Another major serious issue is the almost completely total absence of sewage lines in Goa. Historically, in the old Goa the patrao’s ancestral house relied on the traditional pig toilet. A marked area in the backyard was built up in the backyard to serve as the family’s toilet facilities, a mere matter of holes down which the ablutions went for the pigs to dispose of as they saw fit. In the second stage septic tanks were installed which needed to be cleared regularly. There is a standing rule that any building more than ten flats has to set up a sewage treatment plant. Very few buildings set up their own sewage treatment plant so this state of affairs makes Goa a very unhealthy destination.

ARPORA FIRE DAMPENS CHRISTMAS
AND a few stray thoughts on concern within the Church and amongst the Christian community of the nightclub inferno at Arpora will dampen the Christmas spirit in Goa. There have been strong objections to attempts at examining some churches in Bicholim and north Goa to find out if they are adequate fire safety equipment. Churches with their candles and considerable stock of sacramental wine may prove to be as big a safety hazard as restaurants. There are also so many chapels which have a common entry and exit, unlike the larger churches with several exits.
There are more concerns about the dances which take place after the midnight mass. With the new restrictions on fire crackers and excessive lighting and proper permissions required for organizing entertainment events, Christmas may well be a little dull this year. The Church has not officially raised any issues but we understand that the cardinal has been having discussions with the chief minister and collectors of both north and south Goa.

LUTHRA BROTHERS IN GOA
AND a final stray thought for yet another Satuday when the Luthra brothers, owners of Birch by Romeo Lane night club where a deadly fire claimed 25 lives, were brought back to Goa after repatriation from Bangkok in Thailand. Ironically, the brothers had caught the flight out to Thailand within half-an-hour of the fire breakout. It is believed that they were tipped off by some senior police officer or officials of the fire brigade.
The Luthra brothers were allowed a transit remand by a Delhi high court which permitted to transfer the alleged culprits of the tragedy to Goa. In Goa they were taken for a medical examination before being produced at the Mapusa district court which has remanded them to seven days police custody. The police had earlier arrested Ajay Gupta who claims to be a sleeping partner, as well as Rajiv Modak who is the general manager of the club.
At the time the fire broke out there were approximately 200 tourists in the club, besides the belly dancer of European origin, who with four tourists managed to escape; while virtually all the employees from Jharkhand employed in the reportedly the club’s basement kitchen were charred to death in the deadly inferno.

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