THURSDAY, 17 SEPTEMBER 2026

Govt has a lot to account for to the people of Goa

In a few months Goa will go to the polls to elect its 40 MLAs and a government for the next five years. Propriety demands that the current government in its dying days does not initiate any new projects and lay cosmetic foundation stones to pull the wool over anyone’s eyes. It would be prudent to just complete the projects underway. It is highly improper to create new financial liabilities at a time when the economy is in shambles with the State on a borrowing spree. 

Goa’s cash strapped exchequer finds its coffers empty and is debt-ridden. The next government will find itself with a Herculean task managing the State’s skewed finances. Having miserably failed on all fronts, this government has a lot to account for having allowed the decay and destruction of Goa while having abdicated in its bounden duty to protect the State and its people.  In the run up to the Assembly elections we will be witnessing a heightened flurry of political activity. Politics makes strange bedfellows. Over the last few years we have seen political prostitution to the hilt. 




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Why does the tar balls’ issue keep recurring?

R FERNANDES, Margao
Published Sep 15, 2021, 12:35 AM IST
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The emergence of tar balls on local beaches has seen people running around like headless chickens. Is this the first incidence of tar balls on beaches? No, yet we cannot solve the issue.  Because this BJP government only speaks away problems when they arise and then sleeps. In 2014, the late chief minister Manohar Parrikar gave responsibilities to various departments to tackle the issue. Do you know who is designated as the officer in command and in charge of…

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