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Save Goa River Udnai of Dabal
“Kolso Naka”,No coal in Goa is a cry heard all around .This made me ponder upon some
important facts .In the name of development 70000 trees will be cut to make way for Rivers are the lifeline for all living things,plants,animals and human beings . Development
double tracking of trains.Numerous mountains will be razed down for Goa Karnataka of a country,state and village depends on rivers. It increases the beauty of the place
highway ,besides this a havoc of environmental pollution .Is Goa going to benefit by it? through which it flows,so is the river that flows through my village.This river is very close
No, no ,no ,on the contrary,Goa will lose it's charm and natural beauty.Biodiversity of to my heart and a source of inspiration for all of us.
Goa will get affected, rainfall will get disturb and the temperature will increase.So we
must all stand up to protect our beautiful Goa .Save Goa, protect Goa. Udnai river is a beautiful river which flows through my beautiful village Dabal.It gets its
by:- Nakansha Wadikar water from Dudhsagsr falls.Originating at Dudhsagar waterfalls,the river is known by
Std- X many names in the surrounding villages .From my village ,it passes through Tari
bhat,Shegnewal,kumbharwada before emptying itself at Opa water treatment plant.It gets
water round the year.Water of this river is used by the people of Dabal for various
The project Mollem purposes, specially for kulagars (spice farms) in Dabal. Udnai is now become a famous
The central government along with the Goa government has approved three projects I.e picnic spot. People from all over Goa come here to enjoy a dip in cool waters of the river
1. Laying of a 400 KV transmission line in the village of Xeldem, 2. Doubling of railway during the month of May.River Udnai has made Dabal famous in Goa.
line from Castle Rock to Kulem and stretch of south western railways from Kalay to
Margao, 3. four laning of existing NH-4A in Anmod Mollem region. by Jenesia D"Souza
This will lead to a large-scale destruction of wildlife of Mollem national park and Mahavir Std-X
Wildlife Sanctuary and will also affect Goa’s waterways.
It will spell permanent damage to the tigers habitat as the path of the project was already
marked as tiger reserve by national tiger conservation authority. In this region, other than
trees, there are 5000 flowering plant species, 131 mammal species, 508 birds species,
179 amphibian species and 325 globally threatened species of wildlife reside here. The
doubling of railway line project is set up for coal transport across states and in order to
connect with the Mormugao part which will bring out a lot of pollution. The project work of
setting up of electric transmission lines has already been started. Around 50,000 trees
are marked to be felled in order to set up, along with the wildlife and the name of ‘Green
Goa ‘ will be completely lost.
In future, Goans will have to face the drawbacks. To prevent further destruction of our
beautiful state, we need to protect our wildlife and plant life , get united, raise our voice in
unity and save ‘Green Goa’. We need to stop this injustice to the endemic wildlife of
western ghats.
-Minali Shetkar
Std VII