| Fashion guru all set to give Goa a facelift |
| From Devika Sequeira DH News Service Panaji: |
Designer Wendell Rodricks mind is swirling with ideas these days, that have little to do with chiffons or haute couture.
Upset with the crumbling infrastructure and civic amenities in his home state where tourism and the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) take precedence over all else, Mr Rodricks is throwing his celeb weight behind the campaign to clean up Goa.
On Monday, the designer and supporters of the Clean Goa Initiative such as writer Margaret Mascarenhas will be leading a demonstration in the capital to highlight the states waste management crisis.
Upset with the crumbling infrastructure and civic amenities in his home state where tourism and the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) take precedence over all else, Mr Rodricks is throwing his celeb weight behind the campaign to clean up Goa.
On Monday, the designer and supporters of the Clean Goa Initiative such as writer Margaret Mascarenhas will be leading a demonstration in the capital to highlight the states waste management crisis.
Mr Rodricks says the government must first focus on the needs of local citizens and the civic infrastructure, rather than waste public funds on entertaining film stars during IFFI.
Our medical facilities are in bad shape and garbage is a huge problem in Goa. Let the government tackle these first, he told Deccan Herald.
Mr Rodricks was a special invitee on the state governments nodal committee overseeing IFFI but resigned his position recently. It can bring in good business for Goa. I object however, to the wasteful spending and the mess it caused in the city last year. We cant have the everyday lives of local residents disrupted.
Chief Minister Pratapsingh Rane has promised the event would be less low-key this November, he said.
A film festival is serious business for the buying, selling and promotion of films. It should be handled professionally like a trade fair.
I am for the film festival in Goa, but please tone down the party image, he said.
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