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Convenor of Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) Dr Oscar Rebello has been nominated for CNN-IBN's Indian of the Year Award 2007 in public service category Vote for him at: http://www.cnnibnindianoftheyear.com/publicservice_voting_new.php --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Joe and Rajan, I wanted to request from you the very same thing that Alfredo requests. Therefore, I strongly second it and thank you in advance. Roland. On Jan 14, 2008 6:05 PM, Alfred de Tavares <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear Joe, Rajan, > > Could you not extend your magnificient, tres mechant photo-exposures > of the Goan filth to include the toilets-conditions obtaining in the > premises > such as highlighted below? > > Would indeed be a great service, ie if public & private officials of such > eminence possess any vestige of shame... > > We could also list & publish the public offices, places of work that have > no facilities at all.. > > Alfred > > > > > Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:02:01 -0500 > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > > Subject: [Goanet] The Mapusa Lawyer's Office > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > **** http://www.GOANET.org **** > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > Convenor of Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) Dr Oscar Rebello has been nominated > > for CNN-IBN's Indian of the Year Award 2007 in public service category > > > > Vote for him at: > > > > http://www.cnnibnindianoftheyear.com/publicservice_voting_new.php > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > I am shocked at this disclosure. Reminds me of a disgusting experience > > not 3 months ago. > > > > > I had to visit the office of a senior advocate located a block away > > from the Mapusa courts. > > > > The office was shabby, cluttered and dirty. Musty files were piled in > > a most disorganized manner. The furniture was stained, needed repair > > and was of a quality more suitable for a municipal school rather than > > a leading legal luminary. > > > > To enter his office from the antechamber (if one were to grace it with > > that name), I nearly tripped over a ground level partition railing > > which should not have been located where it was. > > After some legal consultation I asked where the restroom was. It was a > > hot afternoon, I had some beer since I was on holiday and even though > > I saw some reluctance in the eyes of the secretarial assistant, I > > insisted on the need to go. She parted with the keys and told me that > > it was a common but locked facility, down the floor passage. > > > > It might as well have been a washroom out of hell. I gagged and choked > > and tried to hold my breath for the duration, but I was not > > successful. The walls were filthy, the Indian style hole in the floor > > was caked with a sediment that not even the coarsest acid would have > > cleaned and of course there was no functional flush or even at least > > water coming out of the tap into a discolored plastic bucket that was > > kept below it. > > > > If this is a washroom that a leading Mapusa lawyer uses when at his > > office, I can understand why there is public defecating on Panjim > > sands. > > > > Roland > > 416-453-3371 > > > > > > On Jan 13, 2008 8:31 PM, marie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Do you know that many offices in Goa - where Goans spend 8 to 10 hours > every > > > day - do not have toilets ? None in the whole building ! > > > r keeps blaming the ghantis - > > > joeGoaUk shows us what office goers have to do to relieve themselves > > > > > > I, a senior citizen, have - on occasion - needed to relieve myself, and > > > asked the office staff for directions to a toilet, only to be told that > > > there is none in the whole building all of three stories ! > > > The most recent incident was the Sub-Registrar's Office in Mapusa where > i > > > had to spend a couple of hours. The clerk mentioned that there existed a > > > toilet - but it was kept locked because there was no water available ! > > > In the building where the lawyer had his office there was no toilet at > all ! > > > > > > If you have an office goer in Panjim, the capital city, having to go to > a > > > pavement you can imagine the situation in the rest of Goa. > > > > > > -- > > > marie > > > > ________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger > -- Roland Francis 416-453-3371