The existing bus stop at Navelim on church side was demolished for renovation. The garden built at enormous cost to the exchequer was dismantled and in its place a parking lot was constructed. Was it a short sight or political expediency to overlook the parking requirement of parishioners and to please vested interests to use prime space for forest department?
Number of school and college children from two schools, higher secondary, vocational stream are left high and dry both during rainy season and summer heat without much needed shelter. Request have poured in from individuals, NGOs, in public readers’ column and even personally to the MLA/Minister. All efforts have fallen on deaf ears with standard response of looking into the matter.
Whether the bus stop has to be shifted or constructed elsewhere, it has taken unusual number of years. How long will it take for the bus shelter to take shape again and give relief to waiting commuters, especially vulnerable students? Beautification as luxury should not have take precedence over dire necessity.
