It is understood that the Goa government will spend a princely sum of Rs 2 crore for inauguration of the second phase of the Zuari bridge at the hands of Nitin Gadkari, a similar amount was spent during the launch of the first phase. Many projects of little consequence in the country are inaugurated and reinaugurated umpteen number of times for political gains by our netas. It is pertinent to note that our Chief Minister had inaugurated a traffic signal at Nuvem two years back, apparently the 30 minute ceremony entailed an expenditure of Rs 20 lakhs. The state is already reeling under a fiscal liability of Rs 35,000 crores, ie.every Goan has a debt of Rs 2,18,000 on his / her head ; instead of adopting austerity measures the government is getting more profligate with public funds. In the same vein @ Rs 300 crores is sought to be spent by the state government for celebrating the 60th Liberation day ; imagine the number of schools, hospitals, aanganwadis, roads, drains, public transport infrastructure etc. that could have been built or renovated with this amount. Time to liberate ourselves from this extravagant 'sarkar' come 2024.
