--- Lawrence Rodrigues <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gabriel, > >> Yes, Averthan may be entitled to his opinion. But, > should members of > Goanet be subjected to having to read the rantings > of those who seem > allergic to anyone whose name is not of Portuguese > origin? >
Lawrence, Rajaram should have stood trial when the demonstration of his pet project not only failed, but resulted in the death of a junior engineer. Coming to the Portuguese times, I wonder if you know what happened to the failed Municipal building in Panjim. Lets see if anyone knows the story - my own recollection is my father's version which was told to me when I was in my mid-teens. In that rectangular space next to the Panjim garden (Garcia de Horta aka Municipal Garden), which has now been converted to some sort of a children's park, stood a building of a style similar to Margao's town hall (or Municipality). As the space was getting cramped, the idea was to build a modern cement-concrete structure in the late 1950s, when the technology was fairly new to the builders of the time in Goa. It collapsed whilst being built. The resultant enquiry found the chief civil engineer (a Goan catholic, whose name I won't mention in case I am incorrect) guilty, with the resultant razing to the ground of the building and the imprisonment of the chief civil engineer. I don't know if any deaths were involved. That is why, 'till today, the Panjim municipality is housed in non-descript buildings, which were meant to be temporary accomodation. Anyway, coming back to Rajaram, I wonder whether any payment has been made to recompense the family of the dead engineer. On the other hand, what are the safety measures in place if the sky-train comes to a halt in between two stations? In monsoons? Will the sky-train survive blasts of 75 kmph winds or more? These are some of the questions that I had put to the Konkan Railway web-site a couple of years ago, as yet unanswered. Cheers, Gabriel de Figueiredo. Melbourne - Australia. ____________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Movies: Check out the Latest Trailers, Premiere Photos and full Actor Database. http://au.movies.yahoo.com