In addition to what you say a Question i would pose is “Is the voice of the panchayat heard, or better does the Panchayat voice an opinion at all in the large scale destruction of Goa?”. Comunidade land and fields are grabbed. Roads are created anywhere and everywhere and strong arm tactics used against villagers who protest. Behind their masks the panchayat mouths are sealed with of course exchange of goodies. Panchayats are hardly the voice or warriors of the village people anymore. Overnight these guys have become filthy rich and where is the money coming from. The role of the Zilla parishad and panchayat should be properly laid down before this farcical election is held.
Bernice Pereira Sent from my iPhone > On 10-Dec-2020, at 1:52 PM, Aires Rodrigues <airesrodrigu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On December 12th Goa will hold the needless and inconsequential Zilla > Panchayat elections. In the midst of this worrisome pandemic with an > average of 150 COVD -19 cases being detected daily, the government is > endangering the lives of the polling staff and public in general. The over > stretched police force which is bracing for next week’s visit by the > President of India will be also overburdened with these farcical elections > which are ironically being held while Section 144 is invoked in the State. > > > The Government infact ought to have in public interest scrapped this > unnecessary idling extra layer of governance and instead vested more powers > to the Panchayats. A very small State like Goa does not need these > powerless Zilla Panchayats which since its inception having been thirsting > for powers. > > The cash strapped Goa Government which is borrowing galore to tide up its > expenditure, needs to ensure that every paisa from the State exchequer is > very judiciously spent. It is particularly appalling when expenses are > recklessly incurred on non-priority areas. It is an irony that the State > cries over lack of funds while at the same time we see very glaring > unjustified expenditure. Fiscal accountability and responsibility has to be > an ongoing sustained process. It is the bounden duty and responsibility of > the authorities to work towards restoring Goa back on the road to economic > recovery. > > For rationalization in government spending, strong and > honest austerity measures need to be taken at all levels with criminal > waste of public funds on superfluous expenditure strictly prohibited. > Scrapping of the Zilla Panchayats would have been a step in the right > direction. > > > > Aires Rodrigues > > Advocate High Court > > C/G-2, Shopping Complex > > Ribandar Retreat, > > Ribandar – Goa – 403006 > > Mobile No: 9822684372 > > Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 > > Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com > > Or > > airesrodrig...@yahoo.com > > You can also reach me on > > Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues > > Twitter@rodrigues_aires > > > www.airesrodrigues.com
