Traffic Police Cell to act. Almost everyday we have accidents at the slope of NIO circle due to vehicles coming down at full speed from Bambolim. Just two photos are enclosed to see the crowd near this slope and the vehicular traffic at the time of accident. A huge tourist bus was parked in this slope and the tourists got down from bus and gone to the jetty when a DIO scooter rider came from Bambolim as he did not see the boy crossing the road dashed against him. This road has 6 metres width only left after this Bus is parked. That means another two vehicles can just pass in this slope. The width is reduced due to the illegal footpath done by a local resident without a gutter. I believe there is no approval neither from CCP nor PWD. It appears that nobody follows the laws nowadays. If people start making footpath for their personal purpose than everybody will start copying it. The widening from Bambolim to Dona Paula is almost completed except in this slope which has a bottle neck. Why the tourist are allowed to park vehicles in this slope is not known to me. The boy had a fracture on his leg and was taken to GMC by rickshaw and the scooter rider was injured. Lots of commotion was there at the site of accident and in fact some of the relatives started beating this driver of this scooter and demanded him to pay for the damages . It has aggravated so much that I had to call the Police by dialing 100. Already near the circle there is another big tamasha and work is going on in full swing for the modification of the Dona Paula circle and nobody knows what is going to happen over there. It appears that the circle is modified. Some people say that the statue of Dr Jack Sequeira will be shifted from the existing place and who knows whether an another statue is going to come in this circle? The area of existing circle is cemented for leveling. The residents of Dona Paula are not taken in confidence about this modification and the traffic is completely paralyzed and in bad shape. Heraldo carried this photo of the circle today for people to see. Police outpost is just nearby and I feel pity for them because they have no powers to act.
Stephen Dias Dona Paula