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**** Annual Goanetters Meet ****
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Annual Goanetters Meet - January 3, 2012 - 12:30 - 2pm
Tourist Hostel, near the Old Secretariat, Panaji (Panjim)
Planning to attend? Send an email to eve...@goanet.org with contact details
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Some may have felt that the issue of former DGP Aditya Arya’s picnic to
Gokarna, using his official vehicle, was too trivial a matter to be raised.
We need to see this in the context of the bigger picture of gross misuse of
official vehicles. The misuse of these vehicles imposes a very heavy
financial burden on the State exchequer.
Government vehicles should be strictly used for only official work. Many
government vehicles can be spotted at Belgaum, Karwar, Amboli and
Sawantwadi, particularly over the week-ends. Government vehicles also
cannot be used to ferry children to school, for shopping by spouses and
others, and for attending private functions. Ministers and Officials should
realize that they are committing a sin when illegally using the official
vehicle to even visit churches, mosques and temples.
It has to be noted also that Government vehicles are not insured. In case
of an accident the entire liability has to be borne by the tax payer. We
had the case of that former IGP Mr. K.D.Singh’s son who crashed his
father’s official vehicle, for which the government incurred an expenditure
of Rs 4, 33, 200. The government very arbitrarily misused its discretion by
not recovering that amount from the former IGP. That money would have
brought a lot of solace to Senior Citizens who have been waiting in the
queue for their Dayanand Social Security Old age pension.
Aires Rodrigues
T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat
Ribandar - Goa - 403006
Mobile: 9822684372
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