A few issues for your attention Eknath, on International Anti-Corruption Day.
1. Why have so many kiosks (gados) been allowed to mushroom along the CHOGM road. First there was just Sandesh's Chinese kiosk in the field which was a seasonal enterprise. After he was elected to the panchayat, came Anil Parulekar's structure (and mobile extension) all along the Govt. primary school wall with concrete flooring touching the tar road edge. Since you took office, the CHOGM roadside from the church junction to Eden Garden nursery and from our panchayat building to a little after the Govt. primary school main junction along the road to Arrarim has become an almost continuous string of eateries, tender coconut, & sugarcane juice stalls etc. One has concreted part of the field for a foundation. Many even got electricity! The legendary serene beauty of these coconut tree lined roads and market area of Saligao is seriously compromised by these ugly ramshackle structures just to fill a few pockets. The haphazard parking of their customers vehicles obstructs flow of traffic & is a serious hazard taking into account the phenomenal increase in volume of bikes, cars & huge tourist buses using this road. 2. Two bank ATMs (SBI & HDFC) have come up opposite each other in Tabravaddo. Both buildings don't allow parking inside their premises hence their customers - many forgetting that they are on a public road & not at the beach - park in a carefree manner along both sides of the single lane road causing a severe constriction for through traffic. These businesses must provide sensible parking facility or be removed to a location where they can provide their services without causing a public nuisance/hazard. 3. Cars & even buses park on both sides of the CHOGM road outside Samrat hotel & the stalls around St. Anne's chapel causing severe traffic problems while the drivers refresh themselves. A tyre repair service is being run from a residence along CHOGM road in Tabravaddo about 50 meters from the SBI / HDFC banks. The owner has also parked scooters on the opposite side of the road. Vehicles stop in what is a single lane road to top up air or replace a wheel with the worker sitting almost on the painted road divider! A disaster waiting to happen! I urge you to use your *dare-2-b-different* approach to remove these obvious death traps from Saligao roads remembering your election promise of a zero-corruption panchayat. -- Saligao-Net is at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe email [email protected]
