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Cost effective taxi services needed to boost tourism

I can understand Goans have concerns/questions on Goan taxis and I also agree we need cost effective taxi services in Goa to boost tourism.  However, we should be also aware of the general incompetence and high corruption in the Goa Transport Ministry/Dept in general.  Needless to say that it’s common knowledge that generally the Goa government is overall incompetent in all matters except in corruption and promoting the destruction of environment by real estate, casino and coal lobbies. The Transport Minister himself has mega scams to his name so I think that corruption is involved in all the Transport ministry does and proposes. Hence my solution is to call for a live debate between the taxi operators and Transport Minister to iron out all the issues and the public be more aware of facts/status of both sides.



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Reality check: Margao buildings are crumbling

JOSE MARIA MIRANDA, Via email
Published May 25, 2025, 11:43 PM IST
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At least two buildings in central Margao are dangerously dilapidated, with neither the government nor the civic body taking action. Landlords can’t be blamed”they receive meager rents, often unpaid, leaving them unable to fund repairs. In a country where human life is undervalued, even when engineers declare structures unsafe, no urgent measures are taken.Authorities must issue strict notices to landlords: repair the building within a set time or the government will step…

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