<Goanet News Bytes * July 6, 2005 * Official plans on the ... In this e-zine: Talk about finalising the Pernem-Canacona four-lane highway ...
o Union minister for surface transport T R Baalu to visit Goa in a week, to decide on the alignment for the proposednew four-lane highway from Pernem to Canacona. (H)> This report cites the Chief Minister, Pratapsing Rane. It concludes sensationally in my opinion thus: "To another question on whether the state government would want the navy base to be shifted from Dabolim, Rane answered in the negative." Thus one is led to believe that the State Government would not lift a little finger to normalise conditions at Dabolim airport at the earliest. This implies a total blindspot on the part of the state leadership to Goa's flagship problem. Alternatively, HERALD may have been remiss in not giving the CM's full views on this sensitive subject instead of just leaving things hanging with a bald statement in the middle of the page.
