Ribandar is five kilometers away from the capital city but it has been part of the Panjim Municipal Council and now the Corporation of the City of Panaji CCP). Ribandar comprised of Ward No 29 and 30.
In view of the now densely populated Ribandar they should have added another ward at Ribandar. But what has crookedly been done in a very stupendous decision, is to add some hundreds of Ribandar voters to Ward No 28 which is in Panaji. All this is politically manipulated and done with vested interest. Ribandar may be part of CCP but as far as overall development and civic amenities is concerned, we remain utterly neglected and in a decaying state despite the very high municipal taxes we pay. There are some villages in Goa that are much better off. We would have been better off as part of a Panchayat. Ribandar has for decades been demanding a football ground, a community hall and a proper market but it is very anguishing that these long standing demands of Ribandarites are yet to be fulfilled. We do not have a Children’s park or a garden nor a public library and there is lack of proper sanitation with garbage strewn all over. Erratic power and water supply is the order of the day with no sewage line in place. And in the Fonduvem Ward of Ribandar even the dead are denied a proper crematorium to Rest in Peace. There is no clarity yet on the promised Health Center too. Aires Rodrigues Advocate High Court C/G-2, Shopping Complex Ribandar Retreat, Ribandar – Goa – 403006 Mobile No: 9822684372 Office Tel No: (0832) 2444012 Email: airesrodrigu...@gmail.com Or airesrodrig...@yahoo.com You can also reach me on Facebook.com/ AiresRodrigues Twitter@rodrigues_aires www.airesrodrigues.com