Thanks Floriano. That was no 'dog in the manger' stance. I do understand exactly where Soter is coming from. And I do know how mighty little is being done by the PWD and concerned departments to alleviate the woes of Porvorim and other areas in Goa where water is indeed scarce. All I am saying is that we must be considerate of others, and not think of their problems as 'good news'.
It is indeed a shame to know that Goa which enjoys a good monsoon every year still depends on drawing water directly off the rivers. I would assume that the 'Town and Country Planning' department should make long term plans not just for plots, houses, roads and a fast buck. They should also make practical and workable plans for necessities and utilities like power, gas, telecommunications, water etc. Trends have to be used to work out and thus forecast the needs 20 or more years from today, and start working on meeting those needs today. In my humble opinion, the Government of Goa can actually seek help and advice from the many Goans who are successfully doing such jobs overseas. I am sure such overseas Goans will be only too happy to help the bid to make Goa a better place. In 2010, the International Global Goans Conference will be held in Melbourne Australia. Goans from all over the globe will converge for this conference. This would be a good forum to make contacts. Maybe Eduardo Faleiro can liaise with concerned Government departments to depute their officers to attend the conference to learn new ideas which could be implemented after due study and adaptation in Goa. This would be far better than having Goan Montrys go on foreign jaunts and then come back with silly ideas like changing the uniform of Goa Police! The professionals can be held accountable and this will bring results. Message: 4 Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2009 13:32:49 +0530 From: "floriano" <[email protected]> To: "Goa's premiere mailing list, estb. 1994!" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Goanet] Mumbai's water woes Message-ID: <a60e945f53384749bab18e83ce614...@home> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Salus Correia should not take Soter's post as the 'dog in the manger' stance. Soter is predicting the same, if not worst, for Goa with the current laisez-faire attitude of the elected government her in Goa. We, however, sympathize with the people of Mumbai who are hit with the basic water scarcity. Hopefully, will improve in a jiffy. In solidarity with Salus Correia as well as with Soter Cheers floriano goasuraj 9890470896 www.goasu-raj.org PS: Goa's water scarcity situation has started with Porvorim/Goa where Soter lives. PPS: Goa's Need of the Hour.............. What's Zat???
