With the recent passing away of Ex CM and current Minister Ravi Naik, A lot of tributes, congratulations and appreciation came from various quarters. In respect of this, one thing comes to my mind as to what legacy are Goan ministers, politicians leaving behind. In Goa we are seeing an unprecedented destruction of land, environment, forests, trees and wildlife. The latter has particularly accelerated in the period 2015-2022 where Goa has lost about 22.8 per cent of is green cover. Just few top ministers seem to be all out to destroy Goa’s environment and identity with a myopic focus just on greed and power. One specific minister is all out to concretize vast areas, another set of ministers are slum vote bank specialists where land encroached illegally is allowed unchecked; which seriously degrading local demographics, then you have ministers who are colluding with the coal lobby to pollute Goa and destroy our pristine green villages; and so on. I wonder if it ever crossed these ministers mind as to what legacy they are leaving behind for Goa i.e. the land of their ancestors.
