On account of the rank failure of government to take the much needed timely preventive measures to curb the spread of Covid-19, Goa now finds itself deeply enveloped in a perilous state of affairs.
It may be late, but we need to fight this virus. We must commend Calangute MLA Michael Lobo for personally successfully appealing to his constituents to voluntarily close down their establishments and stay at home to break this virus chain.
In fact, every MLA and representatives of Zilla panchayats, municipalities and panchayats across Goa should similarly be reaching out to the people in ensuring that for our own safety and well-being it is a self-imposed lockdown.
After the first wave there was enough time to augment the Health Infrastructure, an investment which would never be waste. We are now scrambling for beds, doctors besides nurses and support staff with the shortage of oxygen so glaring and devastating.
The government has indulged in mass gathering and events which should have been avoided. That mega exhibition ‘Hunar Haat’ held at Campal was a disastrous Goa’s Kumbh Mela. Even Municipal elections could have waited till return of normalcy.
Let us as children of that one loving and extremely tolerant God, pray that Goa gets out of the current woods.
