Yet another edition of the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) will commence on November 20. An already bankrupt Goa Government will be squandering crores on this needless extravaganza.
From 2004 this annual over week-long nightmare has in no way benefitted the State but only been a big window of opportunity for the politicians in power to rake in huge moolah. Even the small contracts of this event are not entrusted to our local artists.
With its crumbling infrastructure Panaji is already a very congested city and the added traffic chaos on account of IFFI is something the city could do without. With the fun and frolic at taxpayers expense, IFFI has only further burdened a cash strapped State, besides that extra pile up of tonnes of garbage that IFFI generates and the municipal authorities have to grapple with. The common man also suffers as government administration takes a break with officials pre-occupied with the IFFI fiesta. IFFI has been a great bonanza finally only to the workers of the ruling party.
