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Cleaning up Betalbatim

Once a shy village where development seemed a distant dream, now Betalbatim is moving ahead with constructions , better roads, eat-outs ..more picnics to the famous sunset beach near Nanu Resorts, or the other famous patch Lovers beach, all this makes puff up our chest with pride that we are modern now.

We might still have the small mini buses plying at snails pace which at times even a toddler can over take with a tricycle, but addition of 2 and 4 wheelers are quite evident on sunday at the church square. This all adds up to a serious garbage  problem. We had waste management getting into place with Clinton Vaz conducting workshops in collaboration with Betalbatim Civic and Consumer Forum , and support of the Village panchayat Betalbatim.

The segregation of wet and dry waste which can be at the point  where waste is generated helps in systematic disposal of waste. There are other types of waste  like E-WASTE that needs careful processing and proper knowledge to dispose to prevent damage to Ecology . One initiative by a  Group TenPlus founded by  Ashley Delaney  has given us an opportunity to keep the earth clean for our future generations. 
click to get collection points. http://www.grouptenplus.com/downloads/collection_points.pdf


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Betalbatim Beach Cleanliness Drive


Betalbatim PPC, Panchas & Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum Activists in Beach Cleanup

On Sunday, more than 50 members of Betalbatim Parish Pastoral Council, newly elected Panchas and Consumer Forum activists, manfully battled for hours to clear the mountains of garbage accumulated in Betalbatim - one of South Goa's most beautiful beaches. This hitherto pristine shore has been left 'looking like a Dharavi' as Forum activist Hillary Cota put it, due to the apathy and defiance of the garbage contractor appointed by the Tourism Department. 





Earlier, the Deputy Director Tourism who, at the request of the Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum had inspected the beach with her team and seen for herself the state of the beach,had telephonically instructed the contractor in the presence of Forum members,to clear the garbage but to no avail. PPC Executive Committee Member Franklin Fernandes who led the drive affirmed that the villagers would not allow their village to go to the dogs and would take up the issue with the MLA and the Chief Minister. Former Sarpanch Minguel Pereira who participated along with other newly elected panchas, provided gloves, bags and refreshments to the participants.


REPORT BY:       Xavier Cota
                                Convenor
          Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum

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How to recycle plastic pet bottles

With the summer heat already knocking ,  gallons of bottled drinking water , soft drinks  will be guzzled will leaving heaps of pet bottles adding to the ever increasing garbage issue. Village Panchayat Betalbatim in association with Betalbatim civic and consumer forum, under the watchful guidance of Clinton Vaz, has made successful attempts to collect dry waste including plastic from houses that have registered for the same. A number of workshops were conducted to educate and demonstrate how to segregate household garbage and systematic use of 3 potted KAMBHA composter for wet waste.

Betalbatim is probably one of the first if not first villages in Goa that provided a recycling station to its villagers. The illiterate nature of some educated morons have made a mess of the recycling station. There are rumours that adjoining villagers find it quite convenient to fling un-segregated garbage from the comforts of their cars adding to the stink. Maybe it is time we learn from our former rulers ( foreign tourist temporarily  residing in Betalbatim carry to the recycle station and dispose off segregated garbage separately) and rag pickers whom we fail to thank when our garbage is collected the traditional way. Some houses which contributed to the door to door scheme instead of helping others to join ,have stopped for reasons best known to them.

Maybe our elders find it difficult to understand the grave nature of garbage issue, but it is the youth of today including those who opt for N.S.S who collect garbage only on garbage collection drives and forget when littering otherwise can make a difference to make the future much cleaner for themselves and the generations to come.

The economics of converting garbage into gold is best understood by those who mess their hands collecting, segregating, processing and recycling it.  Read an article in heraldo dated 26th march 2012 to educate yourself
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Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum meeting on Saturday

Betalbatim Civic and Consumer Forum (BCCF) will have its monthly
meeting at 5.00pm on Saturday 4th June 2011 at St.Jude's H. School,
Betalbatim. Besides the roundup of the utilities - Electricity, Water,
Telephones, LPG, Posts etc, the meeting will discuss ways to take
Garbage Management in the village forward as also the increasing number
of accidents and deteriorating law and order situation in the state.
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Best performing Panchayat from Salcete for year 2009-2010

The Village panchayat of Betalbatim was awarded as the best performing Panchayat from Salcete for year 2009-2010.


The Sarpanch of Betalbatim
Shri Minguel Pereira is assisted by
the other panch members listed below
Ana Quiteria Faleiro
Emmy Antao
Jose Inacio Cota
Juddy Rebello
Regina D'Costa
Santorian Fernandes.
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Betalbatim Civic and Consumer Forum


Betalbatim Civic and Consumer Forum (BCCF) will have its monthly meeting of consumers at 4.00pm on Saturday 4th December 2010 at St. Jude's H. School, Betalbatim

Consumer related issues of Post Office, PWD Water Supply, Goa Dairy Milk, Health, Road Safety & Traffic Management, Ration & Kerosene supply, LPG, Banking, BSNL Telephones & Cable TV,  Gram Sabha  and other issues will be discussed
 Consumers of H.P. & B.P.gas who have not yet stamped their books are requested to carry their booklets for stamping.

Consumers of  Betalbatim are invited to attend the meeting and participate in the deliberations.

Thanks & regards,

For Betalbatim Civic  Consumer Forum,
Xavier Cota
Convenor
(m) 9850101376
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MONTHLY MEETING OF BETALBATIM CIVIC & CONSUMER FORUM

BETALBATIM CIVIC & CONSUMER FORUM (BCCF)
39/A, Nagvaddo, Betalbatim, Salcete, Goa 403 713
Ph. 2880332 29th Sept 2010

MONTHLY MEETING OF BETALBATIM CIVIC & CONSUMER FORUM

The monthly meeting of Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum will be held on Saturday the 2nd October 2010 at 5.00pm at St. Jude’s H. School, Betalbatim.
The issues to be discussed are the state of the utilities - Electricity, Water, LPG, Phones,Posts, Health, Bank, Gram Sabha, Garbage - going to the next level, 5 years of RTI, Computer training for volunteers and other consumer related issues.
Residents of Betalbatim are requested to attend.

Xavier Cota
(Convenor)
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MONTHLY MEETING OF BETALBATIM CIVIC FORUM-JUNE 2010

P RESS RELEASE
BETALBATIM CIVIC AND CONSUMER FORUM (BCCF)
39/A, Nagvaddo, Betalbatim, Salcete, Goa 403 713 
Ph. 2880332 2nd June 2010

PRESS RELEASE
MONTHLY MEETING OF BETALBATIM CIVIC FORUM

The monthly meeting of Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum will be held on Saturday the 5th June 2010 at 5.00pm at St. Jude’s H. School, Betalbatim.
The issues to be discussed are the state of the utilities - Electricity, Water, LPG, Phones,Posts, Health, Bank, Pending Gram Sabha, Review of Waste Management, Filling up of water bodies & fields by builders & other consumer related issues.
Residents of Betalbatim are requested to attend. 

Xavier Cota
(Convenor)
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Monthly Meeting of Betalbatim Consumer Forum

The monthly meeting of the Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum will be held on Saturday the 6th March 2010 at 5.00pm at St. Jude’s H. School, Betalbatim.
The issues to be discussed are the state of the utilities - Electricity, Water, reduced LPG refill price, Telephone Directories,Posts, Health, Bank, Panchayat,Road Safety & Traffic Management, Garbage Recycling & Composting, attempted sale of cultivated paddy fields, RTI and other consumer related issues.
Residents of Betalbatim are requested to attend.

Xavier Cota
(Convenor)
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RTI Information

Citizens will now be able to obtain information from courts in the state under the Right to Information Act, 2005, following a notification issued by the government on September 17, 2009. 

The new rules published in the notification will be applicable mutatis mutandis , to the industrial and labour courts, administrative tribunal and all other subordinate courts and tribunals in Goa. 

The rules to obtain information under the RTI Act from courts in the state have been framed by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, exercising powers conferred by Section 28 of the RTI Act. 

As per the rules, the public information officer (PIO) has to decide whether the information asked for by applicants can be provided or if the inspection of records can be carried out as per rules. 

A person who desires to obtain information under the RTI Act will have to requisition in a signed application to the PIO. The application has to be accompanied by payment of Rs 10 and a self-addressed envelope bearing postal stamps. On producing proof of belonging to a BPL family, the information will be provided free of cost to the applicant. Applicants can also ask for information with respect to a third party and information in respect of judicial proceedings or records. 

If the PIO decides that the information can be provided, then he has to inform the applicant about the fee prescribed for supplying such information and approximate postal charges. After receipt of the prescribed fee, a date not exceeding seven days has to be fixed for preparation and providing information to the applicant. If, for any reason the information cannot be provided by the prescribed date, next date has to be given to the applicant within seven days and such subsequent dates can be fixed. But, the total extended period should not exceed more than 30 days. 

The PIO has to give the records to the applicant for inspection in his presence between 2pm and 5pm. During inspection of the records, if the applicant wishes to make notes, he is allowed to make them on a plain paper in pencil and the PIO has to inspect the notes and see that the records are not tampered with. No fee will be charged for the first hour of inspection of records and Rs 5 will be charged for inspection of records for each subsequent hour. When the information is readily available, Rs 2 will be charged for each page photocopied and Rs 5 will be charged for typed and computer printed copies. 

The information specified under Section 8 of the Act which shall not be disclosed includes, information which relates to judicial functions and duties of the courts and matters incidental; information which has been expressly forbidden to be published by the court or the disclosure whereof may constitute contempt of court; or information which includes commercial confidence, trade secrets or intellectual property; information which would impede the process of investigation, apprehension or prosecution of offenders; or information which relates to any public activity or interest, or which would cause unwarranted invasion of privacy of the individual; information which is contained in published material available to the public or which is available on the website. 

In case of decisions which are taken administratively or quasi judicially, such information will be made available only to the affected persons. Applicants also have the right to appeal.

sent by :  Xavier Cota
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Gram Sabha Zagrut Za at Betalbatim

REPORT

B raving heavy rains, a large number of Betalbatim villagers attended the Monthly Meeting of Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum held at St. Jude's H. School, Betalbatim. The highlight of the meeting was the GOACAN'S Poster Exhibition and Awareness Programme Gram Sabha Zagrut Za. Mr. Roland Martins Coordinator of GOACAN exhorted people to be alert to the assaults on their civic & consumer rights and to fight relentlessly by making full use of the Panchayat Raj Act, the Consumer Protection Act and other laws. Reminding them of their duty to protect the environment by proper segregation and disposal of garbage especially of hazardous material he launched the Forum's used battery collection drive. Mr. Gregory Pereira of Nuvem CC Forum, Mr. Martin Rodrigues of Raia CCF and Cladius Dias of Navelim Xetkariancho Ekvot shared the experiences of their respective forums. Earlier Xavier Cota, Convenor of Betalbatim Forum welcomed the people while Susanna Falcao proposed the vote of thanks.

Xavier Cota
Convenor
Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum
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Awareness Campaign on Saturday evening at Betalbatim

GRAM SABHA ZAGRUT ZA
Awareness Campaign on Saturday evening at Betalbatim

The GOACAN awareness campaign GRAM SABHA ZAGRUT ZA which focusses on the need to make democracy work for Goa, its people and ecology will continue at Betalbatim on Saturday 5th September evening.
The campaign to highlight the importance of people's right to participate in the decision making process will be emphasized at the monthly meeting of the Betalbatim Civic & Consumer Forum at 4.00pm at St. Judes High School, Betalbatim.
Among the issues to be discussed are the forthcoming Gram Sabha Proposals, Garbage Management in the village, implications of the Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill 2009, Recommendations to the CRZ. Notification 1991 and the Goa Health Services Development Act 2008. Hike in Goa Dairy Milk Prices, increase in Bank frauds, JERC Standards of Performance for Electricity, various important civic and consumer issues affecting the villages and Goan society.will also be discussed.
Residents of Betalbatim and surrounding areas are invited to attend the meeting and benefit from the information disseminated.

Xavier Cota
(Convenor
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Public Consultation on the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification at Verna in South Goa.

Dear Consumer Forum Convenors & Secretaries,

We wish to remind you about the P
ublic Consultation with Fisher Folks
& the Community on the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification to be held
in Verna in South Goa.

DATE: 30th August, 2009 (Sunday)
TIME: 2pm to 6pm.
VENUE: Fr. Agnel Ashram, Opposite Padre Conceicao College of Engineering,
Verna, Salcette.
CHAIRPERSON: Union Minister for Environment & Forests Mr. Jairam Ramesh.

This is in continuation of the earlier consultations held in 2008 about the CMZ
Notificaton of 2008 which GOACAN co-organised in collaboration with Centre
for Environment Education (CEE) and the photo copy of the report of the same
was provded to you earlier.

Below please find a background note of the present Consultation on the CRZ
Notification as prepared by CEE.

The basic reading material has already been kept for your Consumer Forum,
so please arrange to collect it if you have not done so on the Tue / Wed meeting.

If you need any clarifications please SMS/Call Lorna on 9822180182

Kindly acknowledge this mail as we need to confirm receipt.

many thanks,

Roland Martins
(Co-ordinator)

Background and Context Note prepared by CEE

Following the public consultations on the Coastal Management Zone
(CMZ) 2008 Notification, the Ministry of Environment and Forests
(MoEF), Govt. of India, constituted a four-member Committee
on June 15, 2009 under the Chairmanship of Prof. M. S. Swaminathan
to recommend future steps on the draft Coastal Management Zone
(CMZ) Notification, 2008. The other members of the Committee
were Dr. Shailesh Nayak, Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences;
Mr J M Mauskar, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Environment
and Forests; and Ms Sunita Narain, Director, Centre for Science
and Environment. The Committee was given the following Terms
of Reference (TOR):

To examine the comments received by the Ministry on the draft
Coastal Management Zone Notification, 2008

To advise on the policy and legal framework for Integrated Coastal
Zone Management

The committee studied the views expressed by a wide range of stakeholders
both in writing and orally at the 35 consultations held all over the country by
the Centre for Environment Education (CEE). Based on further discussions
with Central and state government and Mumbai Metropolitan Representatives
and also with the representatives of fishermen and women, the committee had
formulated the recommendations in their report dated 16th July, 2009.

The major recommendation of the committee:

"Let the CMZ Notification, 2008 lapse and incorporate amendments as
recommended in the existing CRZ Notification, 1991 for better coastal
management.


Public Consultations

While the CMZ 2008 Notification has lapsed, the MoEF is keen to
gather the public opinion about the committees recommendation and
incorporate appropriate suggestions before bringing in further amendments
to strengthen the existing CRZ 1991.

With this objective, MoEF has commissioned the Centre for Environment
Education (CEE) to hold 10 public consultations. Honorable Union
Minister, MoEF, Govt. of India has expressed that he would be attending
the public consultations being held at Goa, Mumbai, Cochin, Chennai and
Bhubaneshwar. The remaining consultations to be held in Gujarat, Karnataka,
Pondicherry, Andhra Pradesh and West Bengal will be held during the
1st and 2nd week of Spetember, 2009.

The majority stakeholders expected for these consultations are the coastal
community representatives, fisher federations, CBOs, NGOs and related
government departments. The inputs from these consultations will be
considered by the Ministry while reviewing the existing CRZ 1991.

Relevance and importance of participation

The public consultations would serve as a platform for voices of the public
being considered by policy makers and at the same time enable the intricacies
of the local issues and concerns relevant to your coastal and marine
environment to be known by one and all.

Program Schedule of Public Consultation
The schedule for the Public Consultative Meeting in Goa
DATE: 30th, August, 2009 (Sunday)
TIME: 02 PM to 06:00 PM.
VENUE: Fr. Agnel Ashram, Opposite Padre Conceicao College of Engineering,
Verna, Salcette, Goa

The Consultation meeting may begin with a presentation of the summary
of the Review Committee Report. Various stakeholder groups
(e.g. Fisher folk federation, Community Representatives, NGO/CBOs/,
Legal experts etc.) would present their comments and discussed.

Basic reading material
1. Review Committee Report on the Draft CMZ 2008
2. Summary of the Review Committee Report in local language
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