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Swachh Bharat mission has failed miserably

The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan or Swachh Bharat Mission was launched October 2, 2014 with a lot of hype by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the sole intention of creating an awareness amongst people about cleanliness and teaching them on how to keep their surroundings clean throughout India.  Unfortunately, even after forcibly making people to take part in some useless exercises on Gandhi Jayanti day every year in the name of doing some cleaning everywhere, nothing seems to have really change so far as most government offices, towns/cities, villages, public places are seen as dirty as ever and most people are still seen dumping their garbage near the roadside. Well, I therefore  feel that this much publicised annual 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' or photo-session drama needs to be cancelled or discontinued in the near future because the said exercise was launched by leaders of the Central BJP government not to create an awareness amongst Indians about cleanliness or to pay their respects for Mahatma Gandhi but with the sole intention of slowly cancelling Gandhi Jayanti public holiday.



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Impartial approach needed from revenue authorities

PRAXY FERNANDES, Sanquelim
Published Oct 1, 2024, 9:12 PM IST
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Recent initiatives taken by the Revenue department staff under the guidance of Collector of South Goa to dispose mutation cases by holding a mega camp need to be appreciated as also the initiative by Sub-Registrar to make mutation entries in Form I & XIV upon execution of sale deed. Such initiative will help eliminate time consuming mutation entry process in Mamlatdar office, but here the Sub-Registrar should very much consider objections like court injunction orders or…

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