The State government officially gives a two-day public holiday every year for all its employees working in different govt departments on account of Ganesh Chaturthi in Goa. Unfortunately, most of the govt employees are always seen annually bunking from work after the completion of the above mentioned two-day official holidays and casually staying home for almost a week or so without even putting their leave applications, resulting in total breakdown in the functioning of most govt departments of Goa.
I think that the government should henceforth recruit people from mix communities (i.e. Goan Catholics, Muslims etc) without playing dirty communal politics to keep all its government departments fully operational and running as usual, especially during week-long festivals in Goa. If not, the government should shut all the government departments at least for one whole week during the annual Ganesh Chaturthi festival period every year instead of forcing everyone (including senior citizens) to make frequent trips unnecessarily. Anyway, here's wishing all my fellow Goans a Happy Ganesh Chaturthi.
