Governors pleasure is others pain: When Governor S C Jamir darts on the court at Indoor Stadium, Campal, retrieving a difficult placement or executing a hard smash, his agility is really amazing. But there is hardly anybody around to watch him in action. For when the Governor turbs up at Campal to enjoy the racquet and shuttle game, it means most others have to be kept out. After he leaves the royal precincts of Raj Bhavan and arrives at Campal, accompanied by an entrourage of cars, police and security, the ordinary citizens and sportsmen availing the infrastructure at Indoor Stadium have to wait. We are not allowed to play when the Governor is playing. This is just not fair, a regular visitor bemoaned. Francis Almeida, a retired banker who plays badminton says, Twice, whilst I was playing badminton with friend in the evening, I was asked to wrap up my game to make way for the Governor due to security reason. Another lady says We are not even allowed to enter the Indoor Stadium, when the Governor playing inside.. GT
JoeSays: I too wanted to write on this: I have seen at least 4 cars/jeeps with atleast 12 people accompanying the governor to and fro Indoor Stadium plus several other policemen every 200 meters or at junctions on the road from Campal to Raj Bhavan. God knows how many security guards are there to protect him at his current official residence surrounded by land and sea. WHAT A WASTE OF PUBLIC MONEY !!!!! A suggestion: Governor/s should be given an alternate official residence say within the new assembly Complex or nearby and he should be made to vacate the Cabo Raj Niwas which should be declared as public/tourist place (heritage building). Perhaps, the lesser known state museum near bus stand be shifted here including the two classic cars which belong to the last Governor General of Goa (Vasselio e Silva ?) which are gathering dust at St.Inez Fire Station. Adil Shahas Palace (old secretariat) is vacated, now it is time to vacate Cabo Raj Niwas. It may be noted, people around Donapaula used to go there (Raj Bhavan) for Sunday Masses which is now stopped due to security reasons. In the mean while, the Dept. of Archives and Archaeology decided to spend Rs.4 crores for restoration work and has invited agencies, architects and conservationists with experience to help in the restoration, beautification and maintenance of historical monument- Cabo de Rama fort at Kola, Canacona. Dabolim Airport: New International Terminal Minister for Civil Aviation, Praful Patel, announced in the Rajya Sabha yesterday that plans were afoot to construct a new international terminal building and additional parking stands at the Dabolim airport in Goa. A total of 15,655 international and domestic flights have operated at Dabolim airport in 2005-2006 and that the Passenger handled per day during peak season (November to February) in Dabolim sector varies from 1153 to 1241 in the international sector and 978 to 2428 in the domestic sector. During the off peak season (May to Sept), passengers handled per day is as low as 41 and 1141 in the international and domestic sectors, respectively. GT Janshatbdi ExpressTrain runs over 62 .. Tragedy Struck a poor Canacona farmer when 62 of his goats were crushed under Janshatbdi Express on Sunday 21st May. The tragic incident happened when the goat-herd was crossing the Talpona bridge along with 200 goats and was proceeding to Muthal late evening and just then the Janshatabdi Express came along. The animals panicked while some jump into the Talpona River and met watery graves, the others were crushed under wheels. A few however survived the disaster. Rate per goat about Rs.2000 and the farmer loss about Rs.1,00,000. (GT) Velsao Panchayat done it again: After only about 4 months in office, Sarpanch Agnelo Alcacoas ousted from office in a no-confidence motion by 4-0. He is the fourth sarpanch to be ousted during the current term. Number of times Sarpach/Dy. Sarpanch Ousted (mormugao cosntituency) Velsao 6 (now 7) Cortalim 5 Sancoale 4 Bogmolo 1 Cansaulim 0 Chicalim 0 Well done 7 team members of Velsao Panchayat, you can now well represent Goa at National level or perhaps, international level (sport/games I mean). In the mean time, discussion on no-trust motion against Mormugao Council Chief is fixed on June 5th Other News (mixed) -De Vinci Code to be released in India on May 26 -Sister complained to Verna police of molestation by her own 3 brothers. It appears to be a part of game viz. property Dispute -Bride raped by grooms foster father on the wedding night-Culcutta -Wife gets life imprisonment for killing her husband out of anger after he refused to let her visit her parents Patna . -Soon to be a Mother at 13, father at 15. when child is born, the child will also have an uncle who is only less than a year old.- UK Tiatr: HEM MOJEA UGDDASAK KORAT by Tony Dias 28th Mapusa, 29th Margao, 10th June Panaji, 18th Ponda [EMAIL PROTECTED] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ Konkani Songs, Goan Photos, Tiatr/Film VCDs, Bank interest rates etc etc (for updates etc click below) http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/files/ ___________________________________________________________ All New Yahoo! Mail Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you. http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/nowyoucan.html _____________________________________________ Do not post admin requests to the list. Goanet mailing list (Goanet@goanet.org)
