ALDONA BUS TRAGEDY AT CALVIM FERRY POINT -- MAGISTERIAL INQUIRY 18th February 2012: Passenger Bus goes into the River Mandovi at Carona-Calvim Ferry Point
18th February 2012: Government orders Magisterial Enquiry 22nd February 2012: Public Notice Issued – published in Newspapers on 23rd Feb. 2012 - to submit evidence orally or in writing to the District Magistrate between the 24th and 27th February 2012. 24th February 2012: Aldona Civic and Consumer Forum sent written suggestions to the District Magistrate one of which was to erect a speed breaker at an appropriate place so that no vehicle skids down towards the ramp. 9th March 2012: Notification was issued ordering the construction of 'Speed Breaker' at Carona/Calvim ferry point... and report compliance within fifteen days time. 11th April 2012: Aldona Civic and Consumer Forum complained to the District Magistrate informing him no action had been taken on the Notification and also requested a copy of the Magisterial Enquiry Report. No reply received 21st Feb. 2013: Aldona Civic and Consumer Forum again requested a copy of the Magisterial Report 11th March 2013: Aldona Civic and Consumer Forum received a reply from the Collector (North) that the Magisterial Report was confidential and could not be submitted to a third party. 1st August 2013: Marie DSouza, a Senior Citizen and Member of the Gram Sabha of the Aldona Village Panchayat makes an RTI Application to PIO, Office of the Collector requesting a copy of the Magisterial Enquiry Report 6th August 2013: Application transferred to the Under Secretary (Home), Porvorim 14th August 2013: Under Secretary informs that the information contains 65 pages and Amount to be paid is Rs.130 The Index is as follows: 1. Report pgs. 1-10 2. Site Sketch pg 11 3. Public Notice pg 12 4. Representations recd from groups of villagers from Aldona pgs.13-22 5. Representation from Aldona Civic & Consumers Forum pgs 23-24 6. Depositions pgs 25-63 28th September 2013: The Magisterial Enquiry report is discussed at the Monthly Meeting of the Aldona Civic and Consumer Forum Marie D'Souza Secretary * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Aires Rodrigues 10:57 (4 hours ago) to goanet After the initial assurance that it would be completed in eight months and the various further extended deadlines, the Calvim bridge will finally be inaugurated today on the auspicious occasion of Dussehra. With the state coffers empty was there a need for this debt ridden government to release half page advertisements in today’s newspapers announcing this function? While we need to congratulate Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on being able to complete a first project initiated by his government we need to remind Manohar Parrikar that the mere inauguration of the bridge will not bring solace to the parents of those four young kids who continue to be distraught over a very tainted police investigation into the accident that led to the death of their little children. On 18th February 2012 in that horrific Calvim tragedy, six persons including four small school going children lost their lives, when a local bus plunged into the river overshooting the ferry ramp. Eye witnesses recall that Samarth Shirodkar the son of then President of Aldona BJP block Committee Mr. Shivanand Shirodkar was at the wheels of the 17 year old rickety bus. Locals say that Samarth who had been rusticated from the local school for misbehavior used to frequently steer the bus on a short joy ride till the ferry point while the driver alighted at the main junction. In a clear case of a cover up to save the real accused after a sloppy politically driven investigation, the police charge sheeted the bus owner Chandrakant Naik and his son Yogesh Naik who was wrongly named as the bus driver at the time of the accident. The police investigation has intentionally failed to fix responsibility on Samarth Shirodkar, the person really responsible for recklessly steering the bus into the river causing this avoidable tragedy. Everyone in the locality knows who the real culprit is except this government which has conveniently shielded him. The parents of those four young children are flustered that the real culprit after having driven their children to a watery grave is still at large. Will the Chief Minister who is also the Home Minister explain why the real culprit of this fatal accident has not been brought to book? Is this Government shielding the real culprit despite its vow of Zero tolerance, good governance and transparency. This government will have to face the wrath of those four angels now in heavenly abode and their grieving families who feel terribly let down. While the Calvim bridge today becomes a reality let us remember the victims of that tragedy. The four young girls Priyal Salgaonkar, Nagle Gracias and Elvina Dias along with her sister Diana Dias who lost their lives, not forgetting Dayanand Hoble and Josephine Dias who were also traveling in that fatal bus. The very bubbly 10 year old Priyal was the only hope for her widowed mother. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Calvim Bridge - Preparations for inauguration in full swing - painting, hot mixing etc JoeGoaUk joego...@yahoo.co.uk Preparations for inauguration in full swing - painting, hot mixing etc Why wait till tomorrow?? This is today at 6.30pm, inauguration same time tomorrow video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CsPcI_vVMA Pics http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227922596/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227924735/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10228009833/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227807344/in/photostream/ approach http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227909715/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227895676/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227796015/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227909856/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227895845/in/photostream/ on the bridge http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227982303/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227879945/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227872125/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227870376/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227766054/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227949843/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227944263/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227841805/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227833695/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227833116/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227730074/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227914223/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227813585/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227716134/in/photostream/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk71/10227803565/in/photostream/ The bridge is the outcome of the tragic deaths of February 2012 http://joegoauk-pointofview.blogspot.in/2012/02/carona-calvim-aldona-bus-tragedy.html joego...@yahoo.co.uk for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc