SATURDAY, 19 SEPTEMBER 2026

'Har Ghar Nal' and people face irregular water supply

The issue of irregular and erratic water supply have turned into a nightmare for residents.  The Goa government tom toms that it is the first state to achieve 'Har Ghar Nal'.  But  the tap is empty in some of the talukas.  It is the common man facing hardships due to irregular water supply. A human being requires sufficient amount of water for daily uses like drinking, cooking, washing,  etc. It is the primary duty of the State to provide safe drinking water. Otherwise it amounts to violation of human rights. Water is the basic need for the survival of human beings and is part of the right to life and human rights as enshrined in Article 21 of the Constitution of India. When there is irregular water supplied to us, what do we have to drink?   For PWD, they distribute proper water supply to residences according to their whims and fancies. Peoples are fed-up with irregular and erratic water supply. Moreover, the government have set wrong priorities and in future there will be no water even to drink if corrective measures are not initiated.



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Use marketing money on proper services for people

ARWIN MESQUITA, Colva
Published Jun 8, 2023, 8:10 PM IST
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Looks like as taken out of the BJP “marketing/oropaganda toolkit”,  the current Goa government is busy spending crores of taxpayers money in trying to show Goa how good its governance is. Billboards across the state, news print, social media and what not.  Then, I look at the actual reality on the ground via my personal observation or say media (print and social media) I see high unemployment, sewage/garbage in many places, destruction of land for massive real…

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