MARGAO
Goyant Kollso Naka (GKN), leading the anti-track doubling and coal transportation agitation, on Saturday informed the people of Goa that the protest scheduled for Sunday night at the Davorlim railway crossing need not be held since the Railways have postponed the track laying works.
Goencho Ekvott, another organization spearheading the ongoing agitation, also said it has constituted a team which will be camping close to the site at Davorlim and along with the villagers closely monitoring the area for any construction activity related to the double tracking during the intervening night of November 8-9.
Goencho Ekvott convenor Creson Antao has warned that its team will activate villagers from over 20 nearby villages to immediately reach the site and stop the destruction of the pristine farmland in case of any violations.
While saying that the protest scheduled for Sunday night at Davorlim need not be held becaue of the postponement of the work by the railways, Goyant Kollso Naka co-convenors Abhijit Prabhudesai and Freddy Travasso said the GKN will closely monitor the situation at Davorlim, warning that if the Railways betray the people, the orgnaisation will give a call to the people by 11.30 pm on Sunday night November 8 to give an emergency and fitting response.
Abhijit said the GKN members will be at the Davorlim railway crossing on Sunday night to check whether the Railways decides to go back on its letter to postpone the work. “If the Railways attempts to betray us, we will give a call by 11.30 pm on November 8 for an emergency and fitting response,” he added.
The GKN has thanked and congratulated all Goans for this mass movement and their determination to achieve all the demands.
Incidentally, some of the speakers at the meeting held at the Lohia Maidan, Margao organized by the Congress party has urged the people to turn up in large numbers at the Davorlim railway crossing on Sunday night.
The Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd two days ago, in a letter to the South Goa Collector, Ajit Roy had informed about its decision to postpone the work of laying the double track at the Davorlim railway crossing scheduled on November 9 between 00.00 hours and 05.00 hours.
Citing operational constraints, the RVNL had postponed the work scheduled on November 9 till further notice.
