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BOUNTY FOR INOX It seems that INOX, the agency presently running the multiplex at the old GMC precinct at Panjim is the biggest beneficiary of the largesse of the Goa Government, as it has received a Diwali gift in the shape of commercially running the multiplex. The question being asked by the common man is, why should the Government be in the business of building a multiplex when there are more immediate priorities like water, electricity, roads and strengthening the police force to contain crimes like rapes, etc. At a time when the Centre is thinking of disinvestments in the non-priority sectors does it make sense for the Government to invest crores in a multiplex? People are aware how much money INOX has earned during the construction of the multiplex and also how much they are going to earn in the near future. In fact they have gone commercial even before the necessary infrastructure around the complex has been completed, thereby causing inconvenience to the motorists on D.B. Marg. However, the Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar owes an explanation to the Goan people how he hopes to recover the Rs 24 crores he has spent on the multiplex. Besides who is going to monitor the accounts of INOX, is it the Revenue Department or the GSIDC? If we go by the financial track record of the GSIDC, it would not be wrong to presume that while INOX will laugh its way to the Bank, the majority of Goans, which includes the poor Poinguinkar will have to pay through their nose for something they can only hope to look at from outside. It is sad that Panjim is shining only for the filthy rich. Rui Mascarenhas, Panjim. [goan observer] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This article is especially posted as part of the campaign to give truth to the Goanet readers. There are too many boot-lickeing, brainwashing propaganda articles that are coming out on Goanet these days. Who knows, some of them might even be sponsored by the Goa govt directly or indirectly. We see people such as Nandkumar Kamat, who once stood steadfastly for the environment, doing a Mathany now. I know the case of the IT advisor Dr. Anupam Saraf who used to speak out once. The moment he started getting Rs. 50 K as salary per month from the Goa Govt., he stopped showing up on all public forums. Parrikar knows very well who can be bought out how. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
