Mormugao’s failed dream

Published May 8, 2017

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The Mormugao Municipal Council’s attempt to build a signature project with silver jubilee funds is the same as that of a taxi driver trying to start his car without a battery. Ever since the funds were made available about six years ago the MMC has made at least four attempts to get this project off the ground with no success. The council had decided to demolish the chief officer’s bungalow and construct a commercial complex. Residents of the port town have lost count on the number of times tenders were floated for the project. In the meantime, the initial fund of Rs 3 crore has increased to Rs 5 crore, thanks to interest earned and it would seem the MMC is preparing for old age instead of doing something constructive with the money. Couldn’t the MMC have identified some other work to undertake? The problem in Goa is that development means construction of projects. Sadly, there is not much space left in our cities for such kind of development and that could be the reason why municipalities cannot find avenues to utilise funds. Instead of building projects, municipalities must start thinking of simple things like cleanliness, traffic management, smart parking and multi-parking. Municipalities need to re-think their priorities and demolish the construction model.

Published May 8, 2017

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Justice served

Death penalty in the Delhi gang rape case was the only just outcome

Published May 8, 2017

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The phrase “a tsunami of shock” would be apt. This was used by the Supreme Court to describe the aftermath of the 2012 gang rape in Delhi, when one girl was raped, sodomised and brutally assaulted by a group of six males, of which one was juvenile. Four of those men have now been sentenced to death. The fifth died in jail, while the juvenile served three years in a remand home and was then released.There was no other way to close the lid on this case, other than to sentence…