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Govt must set up night shelters for destitute

In this ongoing devastating spiralling pandemic it is also so awful and very disheartening to see so many homeless persons helplessly sleeping on the streets and pavements around Goa. Their problems only further aggravated in the recent cyclone Tauktae with more suffering in store during the approaching monsoons. Would the government consider setting up night shelters at least in all the cities across the State for these destitute people? 

In Panaji, that multi-storey car park next to the Mandovi bridge which is lying unutilized for the last so many years could be converted as a shelter for those languishing at night on the streets of the capital city.

If nothing else, at least this kind initiative of the government will be appreciated especially during this pandemic when it is inhumane not to care for these deprived brethren. 

Just words of comfort for our needy, marginalized and destitute is not enough. It must be through concrete deeds that would bring the much needed succor to these unfortunate brothers and sisters without a shelter in these very trying times.



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Curfew in Goa has been total failure

RONNIE DSOUZA, Chandor
Published May 27, 2021, 9:42 PM IST
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