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International Cuisine Conference on Traditional Asian Diet Panaji, Goa, September 2-5, 2007 - http://www.indologygoa.in Online Media Partner: http://www.goanet.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Utt Goenkara has vowed to pursue complaints of corruption and abuse of authority in government departments received from any nook or corner of Goa. Utt Goenkara has demanded an immediate probe into the appointment letters issued last week by the Public Works department to 103 new Lower Division Clerks (LDCs) at the behest of Mr. Vishwajeet Rane and Mr. Sudin Dhavlikar. Congress President Sonia Gandhis directive to Goa Chief Minister Mr. Digambar Kamat to provide a corrupt free administration has to be taken in right earnest. As a step in this direction MLAs Dayanand Narvekar and Mauvin Godinho with cases of serious criminal offences pending against them should not be inducted into the cabinet until they are cleared of the charges by the Courts. To protect the interests of Goas educated unemployed the Government should revert the retirement age of government employees to 58, revoke the blatant extensions in service and contract appointments being given to retired government officers and have a very transparent system for recruitment of government staff by entrusting all government recruitment to the Goa Public Service Commission. Demanding that the Goas new regional plan be prepared in consultation with all concerned, Utt Goenkara has stated that the Goa Regional Plan 2011 was not a mere mistake or mishap but a planned fraud on the people of Goa by some politicians to line their pockets by selling Goa. Only a judicial probe into the roots of RP 2011 would reveal the extent of the financial benefits that were sought to be amassed through the anti-Goa, anti-people and anti-environment Goa Regional Plan 2011 by some Ministers and many MLAs of the last legislative assembly along with their cronies. There is need of a consensus within all political parties of appointing only technical experts on the Town and Country Planning Board and other planning authorities to ensure Goas planned development with an environmental vision by first improving Goa's crumbling basic infrastructure while tackling serious issues like garbage and vehicle parking in cities on a top priority. A fractured mandate is a recipe for administrative chaos and in such a situation it warrants the need of NGOs to be all the more vigilant against any injustice to the common man. A delegation of Utt Goenkara would meet Chief Minister Mr. Digambar Kamat next week and seek his intervention in resolving Goas pressing problems. ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Answers - Got a question? Someone out there knows the answer. Try it now. http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/