panaji indiranagaran entity of myriad lanes that takes you through an existence of people living cheekbyjowl the stench of garbage thrown nonchalantly by the pathways mixes with the sights and sounds of a civilization a far cry from the picture postcard goa flaunted by tourism and real estate indiranagar is a slum with a growing migrant population a settlement bursting at its seams that will play a crucial role in the fortunes of politicians contesting the st cruz constituency and its denizens are more politicallyconscious than the average educated goan travelling through the lanes it is obvious that an outsider has entered and curious looks follow a suspicious set of eyes keeps watch until one has left the place nobody wants to talk or rather come on record residents say if one speaks against sitting mla victoria mummy fernandes or her son rudolf popularly called baba one can earn their ire and the tag of being their rival taleigao mla atanasio babush monserrates supporter the only condition to be quoted is if one writes we are very happy with mummy she has brought a lot of development for us in mummys cradle the axe of demolition hangs heavy on most of the houses in indiranagar at least 6070 of the houses are illegal says a resident on condition of anonymity indiranagar comprises five distinct areas a telegu galli for migrants from andhra pradesh a tamil galli for those from tamil nadu a muslim area for migrants largely from karnataka around a 100odd goan hindu families and a sprinkling of goan catholic homes most goans have sold their houses and left no goan likes to live or is used to living in such unhygienic conditions but selling their houses was done illegally as they got these plots for free as part of the governments 20point programme in the 80s to house the homeless claims the resident once settled in goa many migrants have helped relatives and friends in their native states to come and do the same some have built upper floors while others rent out a room to new migrants who feel safe among their fellow brethren here than probably elsewhere older migrants help newcomers to set up businesses or get employed says a resident after the government formally settled the homeless here much of the land in the former padri bhat was still vacant claims a resident a sarpanch tried to illegally settle his friends and relatives in the vacant land but soon a large number of migrants came from panaji they had been displaced after their slums were demolished at lake view colony miramar and at altinho after receiving complaints of the growing number of illegal settlements on the vacant land the government launched a drive to demolish the illegal hutments and that was the day that saw the rise of a leadervictoria fernandes affectionately called mummy a social worker till then fernandes is said to have lain across the path of the bulldozer and dared authorities to