Churchill Continues To Suffer From Foot In The Mouth Syndrome A few years ago, when Canacona saw its worst flooding due to a cloud burst, our enlightened and intelligent PWD, Science and Technology Minister blamed a mini tsunami in the Indian ocean for the downpour at that time, for which he should have been awarded a Phd. If that was not enough, now with his wide vision spectrum, he has come to the conclusion that mangroves are the cause of the deterioration of the life line of south Goa, the River Sal.
It's no doubt Churchill has often contributed some conciliating one liners over the years, be it "on the Fatorda ground" or "the mini tsunami" he keeps Goans laughing and amused and that's as far as it goes, but the abject fact that we are left with only remorse and guilt to drown ourselves in, that we Goans who call ourselves literate and educated have only clowns and buffoons to show for our intelligence and literacy, isn't that a pity ? Over the years I have been constantly reading about the deterioration of River Sal in the Goan media, one of the main river of South Goa, I too had contributed to the print media on a couple of occasions, but unfortunately it has had no effect on our intelligent and enlightened politicians, as sewerage and garbage in all forms, plastic, construction debris, food and from dead wood to dead animals, has led to the heavy silting of our beloved River Sal, which has further given rise to mangroves. Fortunately or unfortunately our enlightened and intelligent PWD, Science and Technology Minister flies by in his red light cars day in and day out but so far failed miserably to take care of this river which flows around and through his own backyard and now after 20 years in Goan politics when this river is turned into a marsh land with mangroves evolving around it's periphery, he has suddenly come to the conclusion that the reason for the rapid deterioration of this great river are the mangroves, isn't that another bolt of thunder and lightening coming out of the mouth of our Minister ? Some time back I had the misfortune of visiting the site of one abandoned bridge in Navelim along the river Sal, which was in a pathetic state, with construction debris blocking half of the river on either side and iron rods were visible all along the banks with heaps of garbage, now I wonder which mangroves were responsible for that ? Building and abandoning bridges is not enough, the river beds and the river banks should be protected and maintained so that the river itself and the water life is not affected or destroyed. This is the responsibility of our Authorities but we all know that our politicians are experts in the equation of convenience of passing the buck around and it is indeed become an incompetent and unimaginative political habit to blame everything and everyone else and even the mangroves for their own lack of commitment and competence, that is why I am forced to say, that when we sell our votes for peanuts we invite monkeys to govern us ! Freddy Agnelo Fernandes ##################################################################################### The content of this electronic communication is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed and any others who are specifically authorized to receive it. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or otherwise placing reliance on the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful in certain legal jurisdictions. If you have received this communication in error please notify the sender immediately by responding to this email and then delete it from your system. #####################################################################################
