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http://twitter.com/goanet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can unequivocally attest to Gurunath Kelekar's near-ascetic frugality and very principled ways of life. Not only from the little that I have known him but from friends who have known him in depth, viz Shanker Bandhari, Alvaro Pereira, the late Anastasio Almeida and a few others. I do not have the least doubt that any funds entrusted him for a purpose will only punctuliously be disimbursed towards that purpose to the best of his considerable discernity. And, I find it to use (slander?) him to get at Samir. It is very callous. Alfred de Tavares Stockholm 0046 8759 6214; 70 295 4091 > Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:51:08 -0800 > From: samir_kele...@yahoo.com > To: goanet@lists.goanet.org > Subject: [Goanet] Traffic issues... > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > *** Follow Goanet on Twitter *** > > http://twitter.com/goanet > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Lot of hot air, Rajesh. First tell what you are doing; we are > trying to do whatever we can, and sorry we dont want pontification. > Lead the way. And btw, Digu is not my pal, so please be careful > with your words. > > Please note that I am an ordinary citizen so is the MARG convenor > Gurunath Kelekar. We can only suggest things; there is the > Transport Minister and there is the Chief Minister who finally > take decisions on behalf of the government. > > Secondly you are talking about corruption. What have you done > to stop corruption ? There was a time when I was shouting from the > top of my voice about naling corrupt people using pen cams, > where were you that time ? > At least we have record of doing something. I have exposed > corruption whereever I have found it. What have you done? > > So, practice before you preach. > > As I have said, there is enough hot air on this forum already. > > Here is your chance. Contact MARG and give your suggestions > and work with MARG. I am sure MARG will be willing to work > with you. > Are you ready to take up the challenge ? > Or only complain ? > > > regards, > Samir > > > >I have been reading with interest, postings by young Samir about > traffic issues, and what he thinks is a great job done by MARG in > educating people - he says 'tens of thousands of people, students, bus > conductors, bus drivers...." So who is left behind??!!! > > What a load of rubbish. The rot is at the top, and not at the bottom > where the poor people are. The plain truth is that the governments of > Goa over the years, and continuing with Samir's pal Digu today have > not made any long term plans for growth of traffic and population. > Goa has no infrastructure in place and things have gone out of hand. > So instead of wasting time and money, I think MARG would be most > effective if they educated the powers that be to start with. There is > no Road Authority as such in Goa. The very system is flawed. A Road > Authority is a body that is responsible to: > > 1. Plan future roads > 2. Build and Maintain roads > 3. Set and enforce traffic rules. > 4. Issue Driver's Licenses. > 5. Maintain registration of vehicles. > 4. Monitor the general traffic scene. > > Instead, we have a system where roads are planned by one body, built > by another and usurped by anybody! Parking is no priority, so where > do you expect people to park their cars? Imagine the national waste > having hundreds of cars circling round the city looking for a car > park. What a waste of precious fuel! Every residential building must > have its own space to park cars of the residents so they dont use the > public roads to park their cars. Every commercial building must have > space for customer parking. The city has to grow outwards and not > towards its roads. Traffic signs are another sore point. While the > roads are not capable of handling traffic adequately, we see funny > signs limiting the speed by the type of vehicles on the road. How > silly is that? If the lowest speed limit is granted to trucks, then > all the traffic will flow at that speed limit. It is a known fact > that while high speed accidents usually prove fatal, majority of road > accidents as such take place at slow speed and there are literally > thousands of maimed citizens all over Goa to prove this fact. Go to > the GMC and see how many are there today/ > > Wake up Samir, wake up Digu, wake up Kelekar Sr. Set the system right > and the rest will follow. And most importantly, do away with the > hafta system prevailing at the RTO offices. Sack the scoundrels who > work there, and appoint honest Directors and Inspectors. Even the > staff right down to the office peons must be sacked - they are all > corrupt. I know it will hurt your pockets: we know you too get a cut. > But for the betterment of Goa, it must be done. Then only we will > have drivers who know the rules on the roads, and then only will our > roads get a little safer. Recently I had a friend of mine come from > Portugal and as we drove around Panjim, poor chap had his heart in his > mouth. I cannot say that no one follows the rules. There are just no > rules to follow. So people just do what they want on the roads, > putting everyone at risk. It is indeed a surprise that there are only > around 300 road casualties each year. But what about victims of road > accidents who dont die. Victims who are injured thus loosing income. > Or victims who dont recover at all. I suppose these dont get reported > at all. > > I challenge Samir to stop the rut of corruption at the top first. And > if Samir cannot take up that challenge, I throw the challenge open to > others on this forum. Others like Rajan Parrikar, Anil Dessai etc!! > It does not matter where you guys are, or what citizenships you hold. > I love the saying: "You can take a Goan out of Goa, but cannot take > Goa out of the Goan" > > Let us make our Goa a better place. A better place for us, and an even > better place for our grandchildren in the years to come. > > > Raj > > >Rajesh Dessai > > > _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection. https://signup.live.com/signup.aspx?id=60969