The Pramod Sawant government has completed 100 days in office. In office but not in control.
The major achievement has been the squandering of a whopping Rs 5, 59, 25, 805 (Rupees five crore fifty nine lakhs twenty five thousand eight hundred five) on that 18 minute swearing in ceremony of the eight Ministers held on March 28th at the Dr. Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Stadium. A further Rs 72, 21.972 (rupees seventy two lakhs twenty one thousand nine hundred and seventy two) was spent on the 134 vehicles hired for VIPs and their security attending that swearing in ceremony on the first day of this government. It was all a criminal waste of public money despite the State coffers being empty.
The devious way in which the government has tried to even postpone the Panchayat elections is now exposed. This heartless and ruthless government has not bothered to even resolve the issue of the striking Anganwadi workers. Despite promising Good Governance and Transparency with Zero Tolerance to Corruption, it has been 100 days of an administration with rampant corruption and scams galore. We have been witnessing nepotism and sheer display of arrogance. Our infrastructure continues to fall apart at a remarkable pace. Our capital city of Panjim and parts of Goa have been converted into Olympic size swimming pools. Potholes on our roads and bridges have been transformed into craters, good for frogs but very dangerous for humans. Land grabbing and other crimes continue unabated! Poor workmanship as a result of corruption and inadequate supervision and care by the authorities is still flourishing.
Pramod Sawant’s promises are like China-made goods, quickly broken with neither a guarantee nor warranty. He should do a factory reset and start afresh to deliver urgently with transparency and integrity what people desperately need and want.
