On 19th December last year amidst much pomp and fanfare the foundation stone was laid at Porvorim for a state of the art complex to house the Bombay High Court at Goa. Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had assured that the project would be ready in 18 months. It is now already eight long months and the construction work is yet to commence.
Likewise on 2nd November 2009 a similar foundation stone was laid for the North Goa District and Sessions Court Complex at Merces which was supposed to house all the Panaji Courts. We were then promised that the premises would be ready within a year. It will soon be five long years to the laying of that foundation stone and not a brick has been cast with that foundation stone itself having long gone missing with those building design plans by now perhaps feasted on by the white ants. So why burden the tax payer by spending lavishly and very injudiciously on such pretentious functions which seem to be ending up as a mere gathering of stones. 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