Infrastructure abysmal
S Kamat, Alto Betim
The services in Goa relating to water and power are going from bad to worse
in recent times. The authorities need to understand that before any festival
the aam admi would prefer to have both water and power so that the
festivities run smoothly. This year whether it was the Ganesh festival or the
Navratri/Dusserah festival or the Diwali festival, either there was difficulty
in getting proper water or power or both. Water issues related to no pumping or
turbidity or breakdown were announced by the authorities days before the above
major festivals.
As regards power intermittency, it is chronic in places like Porvorim which
citizens have complained time and again to the Electricity Dept. and its impact
on expensive electrical appliances. However, one thing that you have to concede
to the Electricity Dept is that with the kind of thunderstorm one saw on
7th(Wed), Narkasur day, there is nothing that they could do if lightning
strikes put out the electrical facilities. But then over 8th (Thurs) in the
evening particularly in Porvorim the power kept on and coming and going in
15-20 minute intervals until it went off around 8.30PM to come back mercifully
by about 10.30PM. This obviously should not happen and the Electricity Dept.
should know what they are doing and not indulge wilfully in damaging equipment
like refrigerators, deep freezers and the like.
Thus the approach by the PWD and Electricity Dept. should be that they should
put their best foot forward before any festival that the aam admi celebrates
so that at least during the days of the festivities things go smoothly and even
if for emergent reasons things fail, they are put back on a most urgent basis
so that the inconvenience is minimized.
(Letter to the Editor in Heraldo http://www.oheraldo.in/innerlist.asp?cid=13)
- Forwarded by www.goa-world.com
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