Expressing shock over the report in Herald, Sanjay Sawaikar, a teacher by profession from Surla, said, “It’s shameful even after so many years of Independence we are struggling for our basic needs such as water, electricity, shelter and food.” “Solar energy can be one option for these people and some organisations should come forward to help them,” Sawaikar added.
Slamming the government for not providing these families the basic needs, Sankhali Municipal Council (SMC) chairman Dharmesh Saglani said, “The government should help them and give them their basic right.”
If the government can spend crores of rupees on IFFI and other such programme why can’t it provide the basic necessities to its own people”.
Coming down heavily on the panch and the panchayat on the issue, Goa Pradesh Mahila Congress president Sunita Sawant said, “The ward panch should have looked into the matter as it is his/her responsibility to satisfy the basic needs of the people. The panch is the right person to follow-up the matter.”
BBSM Mayem president and Karapur Sarvan panch Dheeraj Sawant said, “We claim ourselves to be hi-tech and it is sad that even today we have places where families are forced to live without electricity and water. We had heard about such things happening in Maharashtra but never in Goa.”
It may be recalled that Herald in its report on Monday had highlighted the plight of eight families from Talapwada Padose in Parye constituency for living without electricity and water since over 60 years.
