One wonders what were the parameters in adjudging Panaji for the top honours in the Quality Life Index among small cities across India. The jury perhaps was blindfolded or on a moonwalk.
Panaji City which includes Ribandar sadly remains decaying with the situation worsening by the day due to utter mismanagement coupled with rampant corruption and bad governance at CCP.
The very vital Panaji market and our Kadamba Bus terminal continue to stink, while the St Inez and Rua de Ourem creeks persist to be a horrible eyesore.
The stagnation and neglect of vital infrastructure, the environment and sustainable development is all too evident. Despite paying exorbitant taxes the quality of life for the residents of Panaji has been on a downslide with people now having to pay steep fees even to park their vehicles.
The city’s gardens and parks are also in a despicable state. The coffers of the CCP should have actually been overflowing but for reasons best known to all they are empty.
Every year during the monsoons the city floods due to lack of adequate drainage facilities.
Unless there is transparency and accountability in the working of the CCP with Zero Tolerance to any scams, Goa’s capital city will languish as it is with manipulated and stage-managed Awards only on paper.
