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Dear Rui,
Thank you for ur civil response It is rare that
someone engages in a dialogue with me without bringing
the RSS into it :-)
You are correct when u say that as far as certain
indicators go like crime rate, cleanliness,
population,pollution etc Goa was far better say 50
years back
But economic progress must come at a price The way
industries can flourish in Goa is only if there are
migrant labors Along with them the ills like zopadpati
crimes etc will also come.
personally i think that we need to create more
opportunities in the rural areas by investing hevaily
into scientific agriculture and educating the people
that agriculture need not necessarily be a loss making
proposition
Retail giants like Reliance are entering the produce
market and the opporunities for progressive farmers
and animal husbandary initiatives are tremendous
I hope the govt invests heavily into check dams
Otherwise in 50 years we will have massive water
shortages it is a waste to see all the rainfall go
into the sea
The next thing on agenda should be e-governance Of
course this will never happen because it runs counter
to the very existence of a bloated babudom.
How difficult it is for a small state like Goa to
have say a mahiti ghar in each taluka from where all
paperwork can be cleared using single window
clearnace?
As far as tourism goes we have heard a lot of ideas. I
believe in sustainable eco tourism along with the kind
we already have. The Sahakari spice farm is a good
example. Majority of foreign tourists come to Goa
because of its image as a exotic destination and free
availability of narcotics
The last thing is we need to woo IT companies First it
was Bangalore and Chennai and Gurgaon and later Pune
then cochin trivandrum and even nasik , then why not
Goa? Also the infrastructure for IT isnt much compared
to manufacturing
But we can rest assured that none of the above will
happen because people in Goa have chosen the wrong
people to lead them After all if "public
represantatives" spend 5 crores and up to get a chance
to "serve" when and how will this seed investment be
recovered?
Regards
Bhandare
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