St Cruz constituency, though just on the outskirts of Panaji, has remained one of the most neglected constituency. Even villages in Canacona and Pernem have progressed. A drive through Chimbel, Merces and St Cruz and the sight and scent of garbage everywhere is inescapable. The infrastructure is in the doldrums, yet new tall buildings are sprouting all over. The roads cannot cope with the increasing traffic.
MLA Victoria Fernandes has to own up the responsibility for the mess in the constituency. Except for the occasional supervising the hot mixing of roads and plastering of gutters, which anyway is not the job of an MLA she has done little. The constituency did not even benefit when she was a Minister and even the Deputy Speaker in the past. Her fasting and fainting after the last elections carried little weight with Sonia Gandhi who was not moved to make her a Minister, despite her being the lone lady MLA. May be for reasons best known to the Congress high command she was not selected as the candidate for the ensuing Assembly elections. On her part Victoria Fernandes should have look beyond her family by having groomed and supported someone capable to steer the constituency out of the woods. Aires Rodrigues T1 - B30, Ribandar Retreat Ribandar - Goa - 403006 Mobile: 9822684372 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Protect Goa's natural beauty Support Goa's first Tiger Reserve Sign the petition at: http://www.goanet.org/petition/petition.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------