VILLAGE REPORT - MAYEM
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Famous for:
Mayem lake
Bungy jump
Bungy Jumping is the activity only available in Goa after Rishkesh. The bungy jump at Mayem is 55 meters in height and is open for person above 12 years of age.
Works which needs to be undertaken:
New panchayat building
Mining issue and Farmer’s compensation
Resolve custodian issue
BICHOLIM: The famous lines ‘ya ya Mayem ya’ has enthralled many hearts and lingers still today even as this small village is struggling to restore its former glory.
Mayem panchayat has several issues including custodian property, mining and the recent one of illegal bars. The panchayat with 11 wards is always in news and most of the gram sabhas are always stormy.
Close to
Bicholim the panchayat shares its boundaries with the city. The issue of
custodian property has always been in four front and the resident feel that
they are still to get their freedom and ownership of land. The issue dates back
from 1816, when the colonial rulers confiscated virtually the entire village
admeasuring 3,773 hectares from the Mayem Communidade.
The BJP government was able to resolve this issue to some extent but the villagers, especially the Mayem Bhoo Vimochan Nagrik Kruti Samiti fighting for the rights of the locals is not totally satisfied.
The sanads of their land was given to some few villagers but there are many who are still left out. “The process of giving sanads is going on at a very slow pace we demand with the government to speed it up so that the villagers get their rights” president of MBVNKS, Chandrakant Pednekar told.
The
villagers are not only confronted with custodian issue but there are issues of
mining pollution with the local farmers being affected with the silt being
deposited in their fields.
The farmers have been crying foul over this and have time and again demanded for compensation. They have gone from pillar to post to meet their demands and have also threatened to halt the recent transportation of auctioned ore through the village.
“There is a circular issued by the central government that clearly states that any road that goes through the village should not be used for mining ore transportation. We will oppose the move till our demands are met” farmer Sakharam Pedenkar told.
It is not just the farms that are damaged because of mining but also several of the lakes are affected due to the silt. The villagers have time and again reported the matter to the authorities and the mining company but no action was initiated.
If these issue have been making rounds since several years and the village has still not found any proper solution to it there are some recent issues where the villagers have taken a firm stand. The villagers claim that in this small village there are more than 60 bars and they do not require any more bars in the village.
Kamlakant Tari who is always in the fore front in opposing the bars told that since 2003 there has been no NOCs given to any bars in the village because of strong opposition from the villagers.
“We have a population of about 12000 and there are 60 bars and now majority of the villagers do not want any more bars. We strongly demand that even some of the illegal bars should be closed down” Tari told.
The issue of bars have rocked several gram sabhas and the villagers, especially the women were seen strongly opposing the move to give new licenses to bars. Recently there was a plan to issue license to a person with orders from seniors from panchayat department and alert villagers had strongly opposed the move.
“We want to ask the government whether they are trying to instigate the villagers by issuing such orders through higher authorities. Gram sabha is against issuing of NOCs to any more bars and if any such order is issued in the future the government will have to face the consequences” Tari stated.
Those who oppose bars claim that because of bars there are many youths and families who have suffered. “There are many widows in the village because of this vice and we do not want any more bars in the village” another villagers, Sakharam Pedenkar told.
The village is famous for its lake and the government has already invested several lakhs in renovating the area but the local shopkeepers feel that they were totally sidelined. “We had demanded with the tourism department to given us kiosks outside the gate of the lake but inspite of assurance nothing happened” a shopkeeper, Karbotkar told.
The Mayem village is now slowly making its presence felt and thanks to the newly inaugurated bunggy jump which has attracted several adventure lovers. As per the bunggy jump founder they have already operated 600 jumps.
“We have operated over 600 jumps in Goa with about 10 percent of our jumpers being local Goans” claims the founder of the jumpin Heights, Rahul Nigam adding “we have just begun our operation in the state and it takes time for the word to spread so we expect more tourists in the near future”
It may be stated that Bungy Jumping is the activity only available in Goa after Rishkesh. The bungy jump at Mayem is 55 meters in height and is open for person above 12 years of age. The project is supported by the Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC).
In near future the village which is still underdeveloped with several other unsolved issues would surly find its way on tourism map.
Frederick Noronha
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