Great report from M&M Just to add to the 'shocking news' we have sadly lost yet another large tree in the village - I am wondering if this is from age or from the careless digging of a nullah in the case of the huge mango/banyan at the cemetry and the underground cables in the case of the flame of the forest at the junction?? Lets hope we dont loose any more of our 'green'....
Helene Menezes On 7/2/07, ANNETTE D'SOUZA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi SaligaoNetters, On reading Muriel/Mario's posting about the underground cables, all of us must have been shocked at the shocking news. The news really got us worried. As for the Contractor Larsen & Toubro, this is a company of great repute & has undertaken a lot of projects & completed the same to the satisfaction of all, including the building of a 14 storey Apartment Residence as an addition to our Diplomat Radisson SAS Hotel in Bahrain. The building is superb - we have personally liaised with this company & of course no project is complete without the proper supervision at various levels which is what has been missing in Saligao from what I gather. Guess everybody is now calm, waiting for the new representatives (Panchayat & Government) to take quick action, ......hopefully! Since lives are at stake, this is not an issue that one can procrastinate & then hope for the best in years to come as has been done in previous years with other issues in Saligao despite our follow up. Hopefully Dilip will do the needful immediately. Whilst we were patting ourselves on the back for having the honour of being the first Village to have the underground cables etc., little did we realise that ours would also be the first Village to be electrocuted en masse. When I saw the state of the "road/lane" & work done near my house in Donvaddo, just with regard to tarring of the same, I was a bit sceptical about the bigger project of "underground cables", ... my thoughts were not very far out I guess for one didnt need to be an engineer to see that there was no supervision, no alignment & as I had predicted, all the rain water has been flowing into our compounds & reached the first step of our house. I also recall Albert stating that the underground cable project was an election gimmick & we would probably have everything completed by the next election (2012?). Even if the job was completed before then, & knowing now the facts that have been brought to light, I doubt Saliganvkars would be around at the next elections for as we now know, all would be in another Kingdom....except for Albert & yours truly of course as we are not in Saligao. Lucky us! There is another issue to be addressed although not as important & urgent as the "cables" one but a problem too. This is the transport problems faced by Saliganvkars to get to Mapusa & to return of course. Whilst on the one hand we are the first village to have the privelege of getting hifi ..... underground cables, broadband etc., on the other hand, we are left stranded at our various bus stops & cant get to the city of Mapusa nor return because buses from Calangute no longer use the same route of yester years (passing through Saligao)... Apparently Saliganvkars have to rely on the buses plying from Betim to Mapusa. The buses from Calangute & Mapusa do not pass through Saligao & use other routes which leaves Saliganvkars in the lurch. Complaint made at the RTO office got the relevant buses plying for 2 days, & it is back to square one since then. During the rainy season, it is quite difficult to use other forms of transport I presume. If it is not one problem, it is another & then we are asked why we are moving out of Saligao to the cities.... I'm sure Albert has no trasport problems at all. His choice of travel is unlimited. Muriel/Mario, I take this opportunity to congratulate you on your knowledge, patience, supervision, quick thinking & concern vis-a-vis the laying of the underground cables in your vicinity, and thanks for apprising us all of the situation on Saligaonet else we would still be in the dark. As there is no news on the Navhind Times (which we read here), with regard to Saligao etc., would appreciate receiving snippets of the same on Saligaonet especially with regard to these "cables". Thanks again. Hope all you SaligaoNetters had a good weekend wherever you are. Regards Annette _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail to go? Get your Hotmail, news, sports and much more! http://mobile.msn.com _______________________________________________ Saligao 403511 website http://saligao.goa-india.org Saligaonet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goacom.org/mailman/listinfo/saligaonet
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