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‘Short circuit’ among power officials

Senior power officials were caught on the wrong foot during Power Minister Pandurang Madkaikar’s interaction with South Goa MLAs for want of coordination rnand connectivity.


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That there was no coordination between Electricity Chief Engineer Laxmikant Kolvekar and his Superintending Engineer Nilkhant Reddy became apparent when the MLAs posed a host of questions to the Minister “ ranging from LED lights to basic infrastructure.   
Lamenting over the unusual situation, the MLAs remarked that 
the department officials should first have connectivity amongst themselves before they could serve the 
consumers effectively.   
When the media later asked the Power Minister to shed light on the absence of coordination amongst the department senior staff, Madkaikar conceded that there’s some problem in respect of connectivity between senior officials. “The problem is very much there. I will try my best to resolve the issue. During the interaction, I could sense the problem amongst officials,” he said.   
Pointing out that there’s some lapse in the administration, the Power Minister disclosed plans to call for separate meetings of the executive engineers, assistant engineers and 
the junior engineers to bring about coordination in the department. There might be some problems relating to administration, may be because of promotions, he said, adding that he is aware of 
the problem.   

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That stinking feeling: South Goa district hospital literally sits over overflowing sewage

Did the Parsekar regime or then Health Minister Francis D’Souza take into account the basement of the under-construction South Goa district hospital that is inundated with sewage water from the adjoining damaged sewerage line before setting December 2016 as the deadline for the commission of the hospital project?

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Published May 3, 2017, 6:48 PM IST
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