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Six new development works get going in St Andre

The Goan NetworkPublished Feb 22, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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PANAJI: Deputy Speaker and St Andre MLA, Vishnu Surya Wagh, laid the foundation of a new road leading to Siridao Panchayat Ghar. Sarpanch Anthony Afonso, Panch member Shanti Kankonkar, Ketty Fernandes, Cosme Peres, Pandhurang Kunkalekar and orhers were present at the stone laying foundation.

Meanwhile in other projects sanctioned for St Andre constituency, Vishnu Surya Wagh did the honours in the presence of Sarpanch Maria Rodrigues, Deputy Sarpanch Diana Korgaokar, Panch Arnold Rodrigues, S Pereira, M Sawal and Subhash Shirodkar. Other villagers and well-wishers were also present.

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Power to people is best way to govern: AAP

The Goan Network

Published Feb 22, 2016, 12:00 AM IST

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Power to people is best way to govern: AAP

Gupta: Yes, the idea in Delhi was to give people the power and ability to decide on how public money needs to be spent. We started with a concept called mohalla sabha, where the entire National Capital Territory was divided into 300 mohallas. Four to five mohallas in each constituency comprise of 4,000 to 5,000 voters. It is through these interactions, the government decides how public money is to be spent. This is the real way of transferring power to the people. Even the…