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Government needs to get its priorities right

As taxpayers money cannot be poured down the drain, any new project or proposal the Government plans to introduce should be well thought over and planned in keeping with the available infrastructure and feasibility. This is what should happen. The reality is different. Over the last few years the Tourism Department amidst much euphoria introduced hot air balloon, amphibian vehicles, helicopter ride, hop on buses, women taxis and other fantasies which all soon came a cropper. Those responsible for such projects should have been hauled up.

At Bambolim that very ill designed underpass near Goa Medical College is another casualty where the taxpayers have had to foot the bill. The underpass turns into a swimming pool during the monsoons with neither the St Andre nor St Cruz MLAs having cared to speak out on the subject.

The state of the roads across Goa also doesn’t seem to be the concern of the authorities. In the peak of this tourism season, the roads across Anjuna and Vagator are accident prone especially for two wheelers as driving on those potholed roads could land you in hospital with serious injuries.


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Sikh langars do yeoman service to society

RUI PEREIRA, Navelim
Published Nov 29, 2022, 8:25 PM IST
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'Langar'  is a Sikh community kitchen. It is found at various  gurudwaras in India. They provide free meals/food  to all who come to visit gurudwara irrespective of caste, creed, class and gender. We see these community kitchens all over India. From last Sunday (November 27)  Sikh Community put up a 'Langar' at Old Goa where novenas and devotion of Saint Francis Xavier are going on these days. One of the members serving the food said that they have…

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