FOUNDATION STONES IN PANAJI STEPHEN DIAS DONA PAULA 9422443110 6th October 2022
It has become a trend for politicians to install foundation stones for several reasons especially for a brigde, building construction, garden, religious structure installation etc are planned to come up. During the tenure of Parrikar there still exist foundation stones which are still lying idle with no output whatsoever. For example there is one foundation laid down at Campal stadium and other near Patto at Ourem side opposite Ninho Infantil at the petrol pump and both are not been put of any use. In fact the one near Campal stadium there are a dozen of damaged vehicles near this foundation stone in dilapidated condition where crows and other animals seen loitering around this particular stone. The other one near Petrol pump close to Ninho Infantil is almost the stone itself disappeared from this locality. Now, I have seen a plaque has come up for a walking bridge opposite Archives and other plaque other side of bridge for inauguration for pedestrians to walk from Patto to Ourem road. Both these plaques reads as Foundation stones and Inaugural stone with number of VIP names embossed in it. I was told the one which has Parrikar name plaque allegedly never existed in that point but was named after Parrikar foundation stone possibly of the one which existed near Petrol pump about 50 metres distance near the Water resources building. This bridge has been recently inaugurated with pomp. Now, my question is how many such walking bridges needs to be construction for people to walk from Ourem road to Patto? One is already existed during Portuguese regime which was named as Ponte de Linhares, other one is a bridge for people who comes from Corde de Oiteiro and this new one which is just inaugurated is of another 50 metres distance of high technology costing several crores near the Archives also for people to walk from Patto. Why such expenditure is needed when we Panjimites have number of problems and GSIDC are not been able to repair till now the roads which are in dilapidated condition having pot holes and they claim that Panjim is a Smart City. We see whole Panjim city are dugged up with several trenches and drains clogged with no outlet of rain water to go to Mandovi river with water stagnation everywhere. First preference should have taken for such emergency situation rather than constructing such bridges within 50 metres distance for pedestrians coming from Patto to Ourem road. Stephen Dias
