Hi Cedrico This is my first email on returning from a two-week break in Goa. I have noted the content of this exchange and have to say that Margao is in a truly sorry state. For a successful commercial centre, the infrastructure is truly abysmal. To be brief, here are a few points: . Many buildings are in a pretty dilapidated state in appearance. . The traffic conditions are an absolute disgrace. Pedestrians have very little by way of pavement to use from endless rushing two, three and four 'wheelers' that have absolutely no regard for pedestrians even when they try to cross a zebra-crossing. In the short visits to Margao I witnessed several road accidents and the driving of vehicles was positively dangerous. . The deep and dirty open gutters on the side of the roads are utterly dangerous to pedestrians and vehicles. I saw at least one car end up in a gutter on a bend opposite the main hospital and not far from the Holy Spirit Church. . The garbage remains uncollected in several places. . The public toilet/wc facilities are an absolute disgrace and stink to high heaven. Toilets for women seem non existant. After these few pointers, if someone still has praise for Margao, that is now an absolute shanty town, then they have not see much of the real world outside India. Nor have they known Margao before 1961 and say to the early 1970s, when it was a lovely little town. Of course, it is some time since 1961 and the very commercial prosperity of the place has drawn many thousands of people to the city but this is no reason not to tackle this utterly blighted city. Likewise, Vasco was in a bad way and I have seen something similar in Mapuca before. Only Panjim had not deteriorated in several parts. My critique is merely a wake-up call to the people responsible for the municipal facilities in Margao. For the local people, visitors/tourists etc, Margao definitely deserves a substantial infrastructural face-lift. Cornel DaCosta cedrico dacosta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dr Barad -- Charity begins at home
Margao is not what it used to be, it is in the past 15 years tha the plight of Margao is become so dirty that people are thinking twice to live in margao...the crap that started on monti dongor has infliterated into the main city n we all know who blesses such cases...you might sing hossanas of your patron, but the people know the truth...
