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Govt must penalise those responsible for bad roads

If we drive from Pernem to Canacona with a four-wheeler or two wheelers we will notice more then a ankle deep potholes filled with water during the rainy season. It shows the pathetic condition of the roads in Goa where so many motorists have fractured their hands or legs and some have left this world after serious head injuries. As we pay road tax to the RTO for using the roads it is the utmost duty of the Public Works Department to give motorable roads and not potholed roads in the entire State .  If people of Goa cannot get motorable roads than the government should stop accepting road tax. The government should take to task the people responsible for the pathetic road conditions of Goa.




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Money and muscle power has replaced integrity in politics

AIRES RODRIGUES, Ribandar
Published Aug 30, 2022, 8:38 PM IST
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The malaise of money and muscle power is now well embedded in Goa’s political turf. It was very evident even at the grassroots level, during the recently held panchayat elections. The distribution of cash and freebies was galore. Aspiring candidates have realized that even getting elected as a panchayat member or municipal councillor is a very lucrative venture paying huge dividends. Politics is one business where if you are elected you are assured of rising from rags to…

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