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Condition of roads in Goa is pathetic

If we drive from Pernem to Canacona with a four-wheeler or two-wheeler we will notice more than ankle-deep pot holes filled with water during the rainy season where four-wheelers cannot manoeuvre on these roads, imagine how the two-wheelers will manoeuvre these roads? This shows the pathetic condition of the roads in Goa. This pathetic condition of roads is not only the highways but also the village roads that are not motorable. After paying road tax to the RTO for using the roads, it is the duty of the government and the Public Works Department to give us motorable roads.

If people of Goa cannot get motorable roads than the government should stop taking road tax. Before the monsoons there are no potholes and people think the government has done a good job but once the monsoon sets in Goan roads become death traps. Will the government take to task the people responsible for the pathetic road conditions of Goa or will they wash their hands off the issue? 


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Congress should have no pre-poll alliance in Goa

JERRY FERNANDES, Saligao
Published Sep 15, 2021, 12:37 AM IST
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The Goa Pradesh Congress committee (GPCC) President Girish Chodankar has reportedly said that the so-called "pre-poll alliance" if any (with natural allies like the Nationalist Congress Party and Goa Forward Party) will be decided by the high command and that his main focus is on strengthening the organization in all the 40 constituencies of Goa. Well, this sounds like a good decision because most anti-BJP voters (especially from Salcette and South Goa) as usual will once…

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