** Mapusa is a failed city. Sad that the taluka town of Bardez which once had the best organized market in Goa has been allowed to become a shambles by the powers that be. More so when the present Chief Minister and his Deputy are both from Mapusa.
The bus stand is in a terrible state. There is garbage all around, people urinate freely and the stench is awful. Sewage oozes out and forms a lake in the parking lot of the bus stand. That is where the RTO conducts its inspections. Two years back I wrote to Reginald Laurenco who was the chairman of KTC - he promised an inspection which never materialized. The market is today badly organized with no order or system. Garbage abounds. The state of the gutters is unbeiievable. After seeing the state of the drainage system in Mapusa, could one believe that we live in a nation that is capable of a nuke and putting vehicles in orbit? Even Mohenjodaro and Harappa had better drainage systems. Parking space is not sufficient and no arrangements are made for restricting the entry of vehichles or controlling their flow. The traffic cops who patrol in Mapusa do not believe in preventive methods but rather punitive methods on hapless victims like motorbike riders. This is written in the hope that some one will hear the cry of agonized Bardezkars and do something about Mapusa. -- ** "Tony de Sa" < tonydesa at gmail dot com > **
