When I go for my daily walks using the inner roads,I have to sidestep garbage
strewn all along the roads and now spread along vast areas due the heavy winds
and rain.Hold my nose and close my eyes at the stench at open dumps along the
way and stray animals and migrant children scrounging/defecating there. The
junction en route Torda, near the Water Tank/income Tax officials bungalow is
one way(see arrow signboard), but observe cyclist like most vehicles speed the
wrong way . I have to constantly be careful when I cross that they do not hit
me from behind! No respect for Law and order, no discipline, no one to enforce
or effectively complain to.One side of the road is under Penha de Franca, the
other under Salvador do Mundo Panchayats.People cannot organise themselves for
garbage control /disposal, and have no place to dispose of it.So they throw it
on the public roads or rivers or mangroves or dump it in open spaces. The
local MLA, Panchayats,Director of Panchayats,
BDO, government authorities live comfortably, have no belief in PREVENTION IS
BETTER THAN CURE, do nothing positive and can get away with anything, since all
concerned blame each other , can pass the buck, and have no fear of any
punishment. They have a hefty salary increase coming their way whether they
work or not.In the meantime Goa is rapidly turning into a huge Garbage Dump,
pollution of ground water due infected puddles and breeding grounds for
mosquitoes and diseases created everywhere. One picture is worth a thousand
words.( I'm sending two ).This is the scene in most parts of Goa.Is this how a
government of the Aam Admi is supposed to work?
