Finally after a year the managing board of the Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) has been reconstituted. It is however surprising that no architect or planner has been taken on board
Since its inception there has been no transparency and accountability in the working of the IPSCDL. The shoddy and very substandard works carried out are there for all to see. Despite crores having been spent, Panaji sadly remains a very decaying and sinking city. It is imperative that the IPSCDL and Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) work in conjunction and sincerely to lift Panaji out of the dumps.
Recently the High Court reprimanded the CCP for converting the Campal parade ground into a garbage dump. Despite that ironically that venue now has also become a dump yard for abandoned vehicles.
One wonders what the parameters were in last year adjudging Panaji as the cleanest city. The jury perhaps was blindfolded or on a moonwalk. Panaji City which includes our Ribandar sadly remains crumbling with dirt strewn all over. The roads are in an awful state.
Unless there is absolute transparency and accountability in the working of the IPSCDL and CCP with Zero Tolerance to any scams, Goa’s capital city will continue to languish as it is.
AIRES RODRIGUES, Ribandar
