The Atal Setu across the River Mandovi which was amidst great fanfare projected to be Goa’s wonder is so soon headed for a disaster. The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) which has been alleged to be a den for rampant corruption has to be made answerable for this nightmare. The huge potholes on this […]
Month: August 2021
VVIP VISITS CANNOT BE CAUSE FOR TRAFFIC CHAOS
While in the midst of the current pandemic and that statewide curfew (or whatever it means) still in force, Goa braces for the visit of yet another VVIP. This time President Ram Nath Kovind who will be here on a three day visit from Sept 5th. The authorities must ensure that the public do not […]
IDENTIFYING A TRUE GOAN
It may be too late in the day but the debate must rage on. Roots can be established by birth, by ancestry or by domicile. Migration into Goa is not sufficient to acquire roots if the person does not have affinity to the Goan culture, language and tradition. On the other hand a person can […]
ABUSE OF POWER BY RAJENDRA ARLEKAR
Rajendra Arlekar assumed charge as Governor of Himachal Pradesh on 13th July and in less than two months he has merrily made so many trips to Goa. This is all an unnecessary burden on the Exchequer. If Rajendra Arlekar cannot serve the State of Himachal Pradesh by detaching his mind from our land of fish, […]
WELFARE SCHEMES MUST AID THE TRULY POOR AND NEEDY
Government Social Welfare schemes are meant to benefit the truly poor and needy while not being misconstrued as largesse of the political party in power. In 2001 when the Dayanand Social Security Scheme (DSSS) was launched, very highhandedly the application forms were available only with Ministers and ruling MLAs who started distributing them on their […]
NOW MAY GOD & MOTHER NATURE PROTECT OUR TEMPLE OF JUSTICE
With the very structural stability of our new High Court building at Porvorim on a cliffhanger, the onus is now squarely on the erring Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) to move swiftly to see what remedial measures can be taken to save this very vital structure which has cost the taxpayer over 125 crores. […]
HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ARE VITAL
While focusing that Health is Wealth, the thrust should have been to decentralize availability of Healthcare facilities. But it is intriguing that Government is dithering on the promised Community Health Center at the Old Ribandar hospital despite the fact that it would benefit not only Ribandar but also neighboring residents of Chimbel, Merces, Old Goa […]
IT’S MONEYPAL AND NOT MANIPAL HOSPITAL
It is high time the Goa Government orders an independent probe into the manner in which patients are being taken for a ride and monetarily fleeced at the treacherous Manipal Hospital in Dona Paula. Health Minister Vishwajit Rane cannot be a mere spectator to all this very sad state of affairs and must crack the […]
THE LOOT AND PLUNDER AT GSIDC MUST STOP
in reflecting on the incompetence of Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) and its botch up execution of the new High Court building, memories go back to 2014. I had then petitioned the High Court against GSIDC over its substandard and chaotic concretization of the Miramar-Dona Paula Road. While the GSIDC assured that we would get […]
THE CURSE OF POLITICAL PROSTITUTION MUST END
Just a few months before he switched political parties, I had telephonically informed St. Andre MLA Francisco Silveira about our Ribandar Church renovation and that our Parish Priest and committee members would be visiting him while requesting him to kindly donate Rs 5000. But what a sad situation unfolded! This is what MLA Francisco Silveira told […]