This is wishing Goa’s former Chief Secretary Dr. J.C.Almeida a very Happy
Birthday as he turns 87 today.
Dr. J.C.Almeida has been a distinguished administrator and a dear friend to
the student community. It was due to his untiring efforts that during the
1979 student agitation, he managed to prevail upon the then Government that
the students of Goa should be bestowed 50% bus concession.
Having worked under Goa’s first Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar and other
successive Chief Ministers, Dr J.C.Almeida is a living witness to how over
the years our once beautiful State has been sinking from bad to worse.
On 6th November 2016 at a public function in Panaji, Dr Almeida while
expressing deep anguish over the current destruction and devastation of Goa
lamented that Goa was now gone and not salvageable.
Pointing out to the rampant corruption and bad governance that has engulfed
the State, Dr Almeida recollected how bureaucrats during the tenure of
Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar and later under Shashikala Kakodkar
strictly functioned within the parameters of law.
At 87, Dr J.C.Almeida is still going strong, candid and bubbly as ever. May
he be an inspiration to some of those spineless bureaucrats of today who
unfortunately have ended up being slaves of their Political masters.
Aires Rodrigues
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