Revenue Minister and Panaji MLA Babush Monserrate’s statement that the Panaji Smart City works currently underway are substandard is very belated. An attempt to hoodwink the residents of the capital city who have been bearing the brunt for the last many months. Wasn’t it the very same Monserrate who not very long ago had the audacity to claim that the Smart city works had not inconvenienced the people and it was just a few persons that were making noise. The glaring ground reality is that the City of Panaji which includes Ribandar is in a total mess and the people are rightly apprehensive as to what would be the fate of their city once the monsoon sets in. The MLA has a lot to explain as to why he has woken up so late in the day to the reality of this chaos. He should not try to pass the buck but instead should own responsibility for the current disastrous state of Panaji and gracefully resign. This will enable the people to elect an honest, knowledgeable and trustworthy MLA with integrity.
