If we create a document on a computer we can easily undo it or re-do it, but such a thing is not possible in case of a public utility project like that of the western bye-pass. The Government if it does not respect the views and voice of it’s people will surely go ahead with this project by using all possible means and machinery at it’s disposal. If people come out to oppose it, people would surely face the brunt, the use of bouncers, special armed police force, etc. etc. would be put into use and the project would be completed. This would not mean lok shai but ukum shai, (dictatorship rather than democrary).
If the government intends to go ahead with this project against the wishes of it’s people then the best possible option would be to construct flyovers at places where rain water flow would not get obstructed, and the width of the road should not be more than 15-20 meters, which would mean a compromised formula since it is only a bye-pass road to allow decongestant of traffic flow from entering Margao city.
The construction of flyovers would surely inflate the cost and so not a feasible idea according to the government but why compromise when the money comes from we the people of India. It would surely prevent flooding during the monsoons.
If the government wants to go ahead with the present plan, a big chunk of our agricultural land would be lost forever. If people lose their agriculture land like this then slowly but surely in the years to come we will have the Minister for Agriculture and Agriculture Department minus agriculture land. Let’s hope and pray that this project meets it’s premature death if it does not go well with the people’s wishes, or else we will have to say R.I.P. Saipem Tollem.
My good old friend, bab Avertano, do all that you can to be with your people who elected you to power, since you are the son of this soil, you know the ground reality very well. Prevention is better than cure. Let us join hands to avoid a man-made disaster like that of Chennai and avoid crying out for help to the disaster management machinery.
Let us not become slaves of the people from outside our state whose only agenda is to destroy our beautiful Goa.
