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Probe PWD, transport dept for graft: AAP

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday slammed both BJP and MGP, accusing them of playing ‘ringa ringa roses’ with the fate of the State and challenged BJP to open a probe into the corruption in the PWD and Transport Department over the last rnfour years.

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Addressing a press conference, AAP’s Dr Oscar Rebello accused both BJP and MGP of being power hungry.  
“Parrikar, Parsekar and the Dhavalikars will surely rejoin hands to satisfy their power addiction and they hardly care for the State and its people. With Manohar Parrikar as the ringmaster, politicians of every hue in Goa have been cosily running their private politics of commerce for decades leaving the people helpless and cheated,” Dr 
Rebello said.   
“AAP has over the last two weeks raised the strong suspicion of the Transport Department’s involvement in laundering black money through the RTO’s treasury. The case of suspension of an SBI officer who incidentally is the spouse of an RTO officer is fresh in public memory,” he added.  
“Does the Crime Branch have the gumption to probe Dhavalikar’s link?” he questioned further.  
He also said that Parsekar’s action of sacking the Dhavalikar brothers is 
not convincing.  
“The fixer and political blackmailer that he is, Dhavalikar’s sole purpose in politics is to corner power and loot Goa’s exchequer through the default corruption channel of PWD and Transport Departments,” he said, further pointing out that it was not a mere coincidence that Sudin Dhavalikar held the PWD portfolios in both the Congress and 
BJP government.  
The AAP has sought a thorough probe into the allegedly corrupt functioning of PWD and Transport Department.
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GCZMA gets two weeks as ‘last chance’

The National Green Tribunal has remained dissatisfied with Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority which has claimed to have reported compliance to the Tribunal over the demolition of private beach shacks in the ‘No Development Zone’, and offered the authority a final chance of two weeks to ensure that all private shacks and huts are demolished as their licences remain cancelled.

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Published Dec 14, 2016, 5:08 AM IST
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the goan I networkPANAJIWhen the matter came up for hearing before NGT, GCZMA member secretary Narayan Gad filed an affidavit claiming compliance of NGT’s orders. However, petitioner Aleixo Pereira asserted that the directions have not been complied with, which amounted to disdainful conduct and utter disobedience.   “The affidavit is silent about compliance to all our directions… which had to be done by the authorities,” NGT observed, noting what they called…

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