South
Goa Member of Parliament Capt. Viriato Fernandes has assured all the help to
the villagers of Carla who have been struggling to get basic amenities for
years.
Even
as Goa has been projected as an ideal State with highest per capita income and
has won several national awards for best developed State several villages in
remote Goa are still struggling to get the basic amenities like road,
electricity and access to government schemes. Capt Viriato visited the Carla
village after Herald TV and OHeraldo exposed the dark underbelly of Goa wherein
villages such as Carla have remained untouched by development or Swayampurna
Goa. MP Fernandes has emphasized the need for developing roads and medical
facilities for Carla village.
On
Saturday, one day before he left for New Delhi, MP Capt Fernandes visited Carla
to meet Bhagirathi. There is no road leading to the village. He assured to help
Bhagirathi, students and other villagers. Capt Fernandes is the first MP to
visit the village in 63 years.
Herald
TV and OHeraldo had highlighted how Bhagirathi, 85 has not received her pension
of 2000 rupees per month for the last one and half years and how the students
of the village were inconvenienced due to the absence of road and
transportation.
After
the visit MP Fernandes said “Today I visited the Carla village in Sanguem
Constituency, a remote village sitting atop a steep hill with no proper road. I
spoke to Smt. Bhagirathi Gaonkar, aged 85 years to understand her issue about
non receipt of financial assistance and also had discussion with other
villagers about problems faced by them. No medical facility, no logistics
support, but existing with the grace of God. Time seems to have remained still
for this village” he said.
He has
urged the government to take up the issues of the villagers and resolve them as
soon as possible.
