Two days of heavy rains in Goa and lop-sided,
un-planned setting-up of infrastructure by politicians in this lovely state
gets exposed. The water gets on to the highways and roads, streets and lanes,
shops and houses. Worst of all shit and garbage also floats in these waters.
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| Brillant perception of development!! CM Parrikar's smart city under water |
Nevertheless politicians of every hue and
qualifications will not miss an opportunity to talk about planned development –
a term (planned) that they do not understand or want to understand as they like
the chaos since it opens up new avenues for the ministers to rake in gratification
to line their accounts.
Town and Country Planning
minister Vijay Sardessai – a man who coined the slogan ‘Goem, Goemkar and
Goenkarponn’. People who know have given a fitting connotation or rather a
subtext to his slogan.
Large parts of his constituency also got
submerged under monsoon showers and he has been the MLA only for two terms
hence all the blame cannot be pasted on him but he could have taken corrective
measures.
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| Banned styrofoam baskets floating in agricultural land at wholesale market in Margao |
However he is man in a hurry to get as much
work (development) done in his constituency and these days he is boasting of his
‘Dubai market’ (renovated fish shed in SGPDA market in Margao).
But as he basks in his own laurels, fields
and catchment areas – partly in his constituency are littered in styrofoam baskets.
With these catchment areas filled with water these pollution baskets are
floating far and wide.
Interestingly, while he has banned the use of
Styrofoam baskets in his ‘Dubai market’ he is conveniently allowing the same to
be used in large quantities at the wholesale market which is controlled by his
non-Goan friend.
While Goan trawler owners have repeatedly
appealed their willingness to run the wholesale market other than a non-Goan,
these requests have fallen on deaf ears for obvious reasons. Hail ‘Goem,
Goemkar and Goenkarponn’.
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| Casually dumped in low-lying area at wholesale market |
Now this non-Goan procures frozen fish from
the east coast in India during monsoons and otherwise in Styrofoam basket even
though they are banned in Goa and discards them in the river sal and adjoining
low-lying areas thereby polluting it.
Vijay Sardessai also holds the agriculture
portfolio but seems to least interested in maintaining our low-lying areas or
catchment areas which are all part of the ecology thereby creating the right
balance for agriculture. As an agriculture minister Vijay should have enforced
or implemented the ban of use of Styrofoam baskets at the wholesale markets but
he seems to be choosy where he can impose and relaz the ban.
Finally what can be said of a man who has
built his personal bungalow on an agricultural bund, it speaks volumes of the
agriculture minister.
Chief minister’s Manohar Parrikar’s idea of development of Goa or Panjim stand exposed for all to see. 12 hours of rain and the entire capital city was submerged.
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| False promises and garbage floats in St. Inez creek |
He cannot shirk away from responsibility as he has represented the capital city since 1994 and been the chief ministers for so many years. In 2018 the world has see what 12 hours of rains done to the city. It is indeed a shame for all Goans that a constituency represented by highly educated man goes under water within hours of rain – something that had happened prior to his elections or after he took over.
His un-planned development without taking views, suggestions or recommendation of Goan experts has dealt Panjim a severe blow but this man is
so incorrigible that he will always point fingers at others. Manohar Parrikar you have miserably failed to not only develop your constituency but even the drainage network of Panjim.
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