Finally, Goa’s highest Temple of Justice will start functioning on August 17 from the new premises at Porvorim. Surprisingly our High Court building has been designed like the Gujarat High Court and has no sloping roof. This may be impractical and inappropriate given the very heavy rainfall Goa gets. Experts opine that this flat roof will start leaking in a year or two. With a lot of taxpayers’ money having been spent on the new building, the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation should have planned well for this high rainfall aspect. But the GSIDC is known for its very substandard projects -- a glaring example is the prestigious Atal Setu. We were assured it would last over a century but has developed huge craters on the bridge in the second year itself.
