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Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED, The time is come for the people of Goa to ORGANISE not AGONISE !! ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------
Use it, stop corruption ---------------------------
Will the citizens use it? That is the
essential question to ask considering
that many consumer activists in
Goa are using the Right to Information Act
to fight corruption and bribery. This
is an interesting point to debate upon
because all long the people of Goa have
been screaming from the rooftops
about the levels of corruption in the
state of Goa. They have also been
screaming about how money talks and the
corrupt stay happy and they
have also been lamenting on how there
is no salvation in sight.
Now that there is salvation available
will the people of Goa use it?
Will they use the Right to Information
Act to clean the system, solve the
problems and allay their fears? And
most importantly will they use the Act
and the provisions of the Act to
improve the system in Goa. They should
and they should not be afraid of any
repercussions.
Agreed in Goa there is a lack of accountability in many departments. In fact, trying to get information from any department or from any
minister is as easy as watching the sunrise from the West. And there are
so many instances as to where the public has sought information and has
just been brushed away.
One classic example is why is the government still so determined to go
ahead with the IT Habitat at Dona Paula. Can the Minister for Information
Technology provide us with the information as to which companies have
decided to invest in Goa.
Similarly can the information as to why the state is suffering from such
frequent power failures and why does it take an ordinary person so long
to acquire a duplicate birth / death certificate. Or for that matter why is
the
River Princess still stranded on the Candolim beaches or very importantly
who gave permission people to violated the CRZ.
Yes, there are many questions that need to be answered and many queries
to be solved. But who will do it. Now the means are available, will the
people use this to achieve a satisfying end - corrupt free
Goa. ---------------------------------------------------- Editorial in the HERALD 08/07/06 page 10 ---------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ----------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ----------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------- |
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