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Must it take a death & protests for any action?

Two  bikes collided in Vasco due visibility blocked by an obstructive banner  at site! This is an old story which keeps repeating devastating lives!  Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar reportedly said, “Even last time we had instructed the  municipality to take out such banners obstructing the vision of  people!”

Apparently no action or follow up was done. Even death of  victims brings no accountability and if any action, compensation is paid  from the taxpayers money which is no punishment for those responsible!

Unless there is accountability and justice meted out to those  responsible and the victims, nothing will improve. Will the government  sit up and issue SOPs for every road accident, try to establish  accountability and action to prevent/minimise accidents and enhance  justice and road safety? 


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Taximen ruckus: CM needs to come down heavy on those responsible

Warren Menezes, Vasco
Published Dec 17, 2022, 1:07 AM IST
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On Wednesday around 100 American tourists were in for a nasty surprise when a scuffle between taxi operators and the bus service that was supposed to take them site-seeing forced them to go back to their ship that was docked in Vasco.While Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant are busy discussing ‘qualitative tourism’ to attract high-value tourists and bring the sector back on track, the recent ‘destructive tourism’ ruckus caused by taxi-men has…

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