Dear Mr. Editor, Somewhere a year ago, workers on contract with the Electricity Dept., trespassed into my compound and dug a deep hole, presumably to erect an electric pole. I had to go the Electricity Dept. and file a written complaint to The Jr. Engineer and the Exec. Engineer and also discuss personally in respect of the criminal trespass. I had to employ a labourer to fill up the hole. A few months back the PWD contractor dug two meters into my property at the corner, to make a concrete roadside gutter. I had to spend a day and a half to show them the plans, measure the site and confirm that it was trespass into my property. Although admitted, the concerned engineer instead of apologising had the audacity to tell me that the Government could acquire it and that I would get peanuts for it. Recently the PWD is constructing a footpath right below the balcony of our more than 3 decades old building, to which I have filed objections. Once completed, it will seem that I have illegally put up a balcony above the road. Can the government Departments trespass into private property and do illegal work? And when objected to, harass owners by summoning them to the Department to produce valid documents, thereby wasting time and money of the 'aam admi'? Is it not the prerequisite of the Department / person undertaking a construction of a permanent structure to have his/their documents validated, have NOCs from the owners concerned, before being permitted to start a job? Is this Governance? Or is it Kleptocracy or Incompetency? Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão.
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