Quality control for every project is paramount
With public money being spent on development works, every Panchayat and Municipality is duty bound to ensure that very rigorous Quality Control Standards are not bypassed in their attempt to hastily get it completed.
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Every project has to be a very lasting one. A successful project is one which can achieve a balance between cost, time, quality and meets the agreed goals of the project. This can only be achieved with transparency, accountability and zero tolerance to corruption.
To ensure that every project is properly and meticulously executed, we need to ensure Quality Control by persons well equipped to technically and administratively monitor and ascertain strict compliance of established standards.
Quality is never an accident, it is always the result of forward planning and research, sincere effort, intelligent direction, and skillful execution. It represents the wise choice of many alternatives. Great projects require the highest quality output at every stage. Quality is a journey which has to be ensured from the foundation stone till the very completion of any project.
Aires Rodrigues, Ribandar
Leopard attacks on the rise
Leopards are believed to have struck terror at Neturlim in Sanguem as three cows were killed and four more were injured on Monday. The cows were taken for grazing in the nearby pasture by the villagers who returned home for lunch. A couple of days back, a leopard attacked a dog at Tuem and killed it. Recently with frequent sightings of leopards on interior roads of Loliem, Sheli and Polem in Canacona, locals have expressed fear that the animals might also attack humans. Panic was rife at Kavlem in Ponda after a family claimed that their two pet dogs were killed by a leopard here. This incident took place in a residential area and spread fear not only among the family but also among the neighbours and villagers too. With leopards entering the villages, it is possible for the wild cats to (God forbid) attack even human beings. Obviously leopards venture into human habitat looking for prey because the hills have been cut and trees chopped to make way for real estate development. The small animals on which the leopards have been preying on have now disappeared. The forest department needs to be proactive in preventing any such attacks by the wild cats. More forest guards need to be posted to carry out patrolling in areas where a leopard has been sighted. These leopards need to be trapped and left out in the forest.
Adelmo Fernandes, Vasco
Where are the Goans?
Goa is a land of enchanting natural beauty, sun- kissed beaches and hospitable people. It is also a place where events all round the year are held and these attract tourists, particularly the deshi, to flock to our land and participate in the revelry.
But more than these, Goa has now become a business hub to those who are business minded and they have put their respective businesses in place and have fully established themselves permanently in the land of our ancestors.
Rightly so, today we see more of outside settlers but a few Goenkars in places where we were welcomed with salutations like: Dev boro dis dium, he gho bai, vhor re baba, taji torkari, nustem and the like. This Konkani sound is now missing in the market places, if one should visit, instead we notice outsiders speak over their phones making business deals and they talk in their own languages which we, Goans don’t understand while some others speak in Hindi or English in business deals. All this is good because Goa is looking up to attract business community leading to sustainable development. The question that now comes up is, where have all the Goans gone?
While in a discussion, some elders remarked saying in good times and bad, we worked hard to sustain our families and gave our best to our children that they too will do likewise but today the situation has changed and the present younger generation prefer to go elsewhere in search of greener pastures and decent living.
Very true, if our children can bloom and do well in their activities elsewhere then why not in the land of their ancestors. Quite obvious, if migrants and settlers are comfortable here in their business dealings and other activities then why the Goan exodus to European countries?
Ayres Sequeira, Salvador do Mundo
Chandigarh mayoral polls, a messy brawl
In the vibrant mosaic of Indian politics, the queasy incident that took place in the Chandigarh mayoral elections has morphed into a national shame, rippling outward and reaching the hallowed halls of the Supreme Court. It is shocking to see that a new video that surfaced online and went viral, has captured the Presiding Officer, who is said to be an active member of the BJP, purportedly signing ballot papers, while being monitored by a CCTV camera.
Thanks to the SC, it has made a timely intervention, with the CJI D.Y. Chandrachud condemned the incident as a “mockery” of our democracy, and summoned the Presiding Officer for further inquiry. What should have been a simple and smooth electoral exercise, sadly turned into a messy brawl, raising potent questions about the health of our democracy – courtesy BJP.
Ranganathan Sivakumar, Chennai
Why silence on dual citizenship issue?
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and his party colleagues should be congratulated for bringing in thousands of their own supporters to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s recent public rally at the KTC bus stand, Margao in jam-packed buses for free and also for successfully wooing them by sending some personalised text messages in advance to inform them about the availability of the free lunch facility for attending the meeting at the above venue.
Well, Modi keeping an eye on the fast approaching polls for the two Lok Sabha seats was heard starting his speech by saying a few lines in Konkani and then telling big success stories about the central government and the State government for the attendees of the rally.
He was then suddenly heard talking highly about Goa’s religious harmony this time and even calling St Francis Xavier as ‘Goencho Saib’ by referring him as a symbol of peace and cohesiveness to woo the voters, especially the minorities from South Goa.
Surprisingly, Modi was not heard uttering a single word over the current burning crucial issues affecting Goans i.e. Dual citizenship and the circular on the revocation of Indian citizenship issue, the vexed issue of Mhadei water diversion where Goa is fighting a court battle against Karnataka, besides contesting the DPR approval approval by the Centre. Neither, Modi was heard saying anything over the Dabolim airport survival issue on which the people of South Goa have been fighting for ever since the Manohar airport has taken off at Mopa.
I think that if PM instead of talking about some upcoming central government-funded projects in the name of bringing development generating employment in the state, he should have raised and given some assurances over the above crucial issues on top priority basis at his public rally at Margao then would have dreamt of winning the hearts of all the ‘Niz-Goenkaars’ in Goa.
Jerry Fernandes, Saligao
