PANAJI
The State Aam Aadmi Party lambasted the state government for going into “slumber” and has pointed to the incident of the repeated rape of a six-year-old by construction workers in Canacona.
“The government which otherwise is in slumber, intermittently awakens only to allow unbridled activities in the construction sector through its PDAs or the TCP department. Neither the panchayats nor the municipalities exercise any direct control for obvious reasons. Construction workers are brought in droves never to go back. They live in pitiable conditions indulging in open defecation. Their children are exposed to predators. Contractors treat them as commodities,” Patricia Fernandes the leader of the AAP women’s front has said.
The party has called on the Director General of Police to first seal the construction site and expand the scope of the investigation by bringing the contractor and others involved under the scanner.
