Dear Sanjeet Rodrigues Commissioner of CCP PANJIM COPY TO MAYOR AND CHIEF SECRETARY
COPY TO GOVERNOR AND MLA OF PANJIM COPY TO TRAFFIC CELL AND DGP PLEASE READ HERALD OF TODAY 30th DECEMBER 2019. MY LETTER IS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR COLUMN. I SAID YOU NEED TO CHARGE FEES FROM THE BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS FOR USING HEAVY TRANSPORT VEHICLES ON CITY ROADS AND THAT IS THE REASON ALL THE ROADS ARE DAMAGED. HEAVY TRANSPORT TRUCKS SHOULD BE BANNED PLYING IN THE CITY LIMITS. TAKE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL IF NECESSARY. STEPHEN DIAS ============================== THIS LETTER IS ALREADY BEEN PUBLISHED IN HERALD TODAY. Dear Alexandre Barbosa Editor Heraldo Ref: Your Editorial " No Smartness on display on Goan roads" dated 28th Dec 2019 I appreciate the Herald Editorial of today dated 28th Dec 2019 titled " No Smartness on display on Goan roads". It is true that all over Goa roads have gone bad especially Panjim is worst. The main reason in my opinion is due to plying of heavy and very heavy vehicles carrying sewage, cement, stones, construction materials and concrete, water tankers, JCB's etc at any and all odd hours. But today's Herald editorial mentioned another cause of bad roads -- the haphazard digging during this Christmas festive season week when people flood the streets with Christmas shopping etc -- and questioned why this could not be done earlier. This is also a time with maximum tourist flow further increasing traffic congestion. Why does such road work take so much time and have to be done again and again? Poor quality of work? Poor materials? No supervision? Is the government low on funds? I have a suggestion to the authorities, why not charge high rise builders within the city some nominal fees at the time of giving approval licence for construction, perhaps a certain percentage depending upon the type of construction. These fees collected could be used either for patch up work at high standard level or tendered for a new asphalt or cement road. Stephen Dias Panjimite 9422443110 28th Dec 2019 Sent from my Samsung device
