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Naidu turned blind eye to shoddy road works in State

As Vice-President of India Venkaiah Naidu demits office today, it is good news for Goa and a huge relief to our police. Over the years he has been very frequently in Goa visiting his family here. An unwelcome visitor to the State, on account of the great inconvenience caused to the people of Goa during his every visit with that unnecessary traffic mayhem all over while his convoy of vehicles merrily weaved its way through. Venkaiah Naidu reportedly used his visits to get the authorities in Goa to clear all the pending bills of his contractor son-in-law Venkata Rao but he never took the time to impress him about the need to ensure high quality works in the construction of roads and other government projects which over the last many years have been all selectively given to him.

The very shoddy works across Goa by Venkata Rao’s MVR Infra Projects Pvt Ltd is there for all to see. Had this contractor not been politically so well connected he would have been long blacklisted for all those inferior and substandard works.



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PWD needs to recruit more staff to function efficiently

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Aug 9, 2022, 8:37 PM IST
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It is shocking to note that PWD Minister Nilesh Cabral on Monday admitted that he is having difficulty in carrying out various works as the Public Works Department is presently working with hardly 50 per cent of the required engineering staff strength.  Being a service department, it is entrusted with all the developmental activities like planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance of all types of construction works in this State of Goa. It is learnt that…

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