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Government's total contempt of law

The Goa Govt keeps on spending crores of taxpayers money on marketing campaigns to "showcase that they are doing a great job" for the benefit for Goans,  But can any government which shows total contempt for law and the judiciary, ever perform in the interests of citizens. Take for instance, now the 2 most prominent cases of noise pollution and illegal sand mining; despite repeated complaints by citizens and numerous interventions by the courts the corrupt authorities and politicians in power are still allowing the same. If such prominent issues are treated with contempt, can one imagine what is happening with so many other illegalities in the State.  My plea to the judiciary is to start levying heaving fines, suspensions and even long jail time for the erring authorities and even the elected politicians (if there is a serious intent to address all these illegal activities in highly corrupt Goa).



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Use corrosion-resistant pipes for petroleum products

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Dec 13, 2023, 7:48 PM IST
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It is learnt that a fortnight after wells were found contaminated with petroleum products at Matvem-Dabolim, the location where the fuel was leaking from the main fuel pipeline has been identified. It is understood that the pipeline was found to be corroded which according to preliminary investigation was the cause for the leakage. It must be said that the corrosion may not be localized and there could be more spots in the pipeline which have also corroded and could cause…

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