Re: [Goanet] India's Tallest Statue

2018-11-03 Thread Mervyn Maciel
Further to my earlier post, I'd like to apologise for omitting to delete comments I'd borrowed from another Forum(to which I belong) - and pasted on this message. Mervyn Maciel On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 7:12 AM Mervyn Maciel < mervynels.watuwasha...@gmail.com> wrote: > One is tempted to ask:: > >

[Goanet] India's Tallest Statue

2018-11-03 Thread Mervyn Maciel
One is tempted to ask:: Will this structure truly benefit and uplift the poor or was it just a godsend for the well-connected contractors? Furthermore, most tourist attractions in India lack clean and adequate toilet facilities, and if the site is going to attract millions of tourists, then one

Re: [Goanet] India's Tallest Statue

2018-11-02 Thread E DeSousa
Mr. Maciel writes:   "What a monstrosity when thereare far more urgent problems crying out for Government assistance, e.g.provision of adequate toilets and clean water in some of the slum areas"   While it is difficult to justifyspending resources on the tallest statue in the world, one mu

[Goanet] India's Tallest Statue

2018-11-02 Thread Mervyn Maciel
What a monstrosity when there are far more urgent problems crying out for government assistance, e.g. provision of adequate toilets and clean water in some of the slum areas. I can only describe this as a *vanity project * which, I think, even Sardar Vallabhai Patel would have been ashamed to be