INFRASTRUCTURE IS THE NEED OF THE HOUR.

It is indeed good to know, that the Prime Minister and the Planning Commission are showing, the desire to revamp the infrastructure in the country, as per the R & T Minister Mr. Kamal Nath, starting 2012, it will be the decade of infrastructure. No doubt late, but anytime, better than never, is what comes to mind.

Under the 12th five year plan, the centre proposes, to double the infrastructure spending, to one trillion dollars. It is a very beefy amount indeed, but deemed fit to meet the needs of growing and glowing India. The authorities will have to make sure, that utmost efforts are made to translate this beefy talk into colossal action. Infrastructure development is the need of the hour.
It is most certainly a welcome action in the right direction.

The bug from Delhi must have flown to Goa, as few days ago, our very own CM said, that greater stress would be given to infrastructure development in the state. In case of Goa it is much easier said, than done. The track record of Goa, as far as performance is concerned, is abysmal and the Planning department’s forays leave much to be desired, and should be rightly named as the non planning department.

In Goa we are still surviving on more than two decades old infrastructure, planning departments are suppose to plan for adequacies, a couple of decades ahead, taking into consideration the fast growing needs, of the fast growing people, but unfortunately in Goa our politicians and bureaucrats alike, certainly lack the required foresight, as their sights are locked and hooked only on accumulation of wealth and power for themselves. The cruel paradox is that, insatiability and self indulgence, which many of us find repulsive, seem to be, an inherently 'natural' phenomena in most of our politicians.

As a result of the prevailing high level of corruption and greed in Goan politics, the developmental progress has taken a heavy beating and has suffered sever setbacks, as the policies of our Government are neither seminal nor enlightening, but seem to be scattershot combination of inept and derogatory measures rather than cohesive, constructive and viable strategies for development.

For infrastructural development, land is the most essential or pivotal commodity, in Goa because of the destructive development and the fraudulent large scale sale of communidade land and encroachment on the remaining, land has become a very scarce commodity, and to add to the woes, Government has acquired disproportionate amount of land in the name of SEZ, the coastal areas have been taken up by the CRZ and the forest area and mountains have been hijacked by miners and the common man is left with very little to squat on, this has set extremely dangerous precedent, and if not tackled now could be disasterours for the future.

Tolerance and forbearance of the Goan people, should not be mistaken for lack of interest or timidity or even cowardice by our politicians, just thinking that we are on the right track, will not help us because, even if we are on the right track, if we don’t move along with the flow, there is a distinct possibility that we could get run over.

Goa badly needs to upgrade and outgrow it’s infrastructural inadequacies, so as to help growth, because infrastructure development does help to fuel economic growth in more ways than one. I sincerely hope that our politicians will work for the growth and prosperity of Goa and Goans rather then their own.

Freddy Agnelo Fernandes,
Dubai - UAE

One More Response On "Should Pope & Bishop Resign?

From: Edwin Rodrigues (edwinrod17@gmail.com)
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:40:12 AM
To: averonicaf806@hotmail.com

Good Day My Friend,
Well a lot of things you write makes sense, Please think twice as you write on our religion and Priests, Firstly there are still ignrent people who will read what you wrote and Blame religion instead of the Concerned persons, These issues are very highly delicate.

Being with priest in Goa, I know how things go, Finally we all know that Priests are human and Praise God they are super natural human beings, But we lay people are the Satans in thier life, We are the ones who tempt them and sometimes they fall a prey. So why just Blame them, Advise the Locals as how to behave with a priest specailly our Women.

My friend, I would strongly suggest you to stay in any of the Churches and see how the Lay people behave and let me know.

I would have written a lot of things, some times later...

Edwin Rodrigues
Ajman
UAE.


G O A
--No plans in this revolution are written for retreat--
March 26, 2010
SHOULD POPE & BISHOP RESIGN??
As a Christian Catholic and with my head down in shame, I pen down these lines to express my disgust over the events unfolding now in the West with regards to the Sex abuse systematically conducted by the priests. One Bishop has already resigned in Ireland for mishandling the Child Sex abuses done by his priests there for a long period of time. Switzerland has been rocked by similar incidents where young Swiss boys were continuously molested and sexually abused by the priests there. Worst part of it was that these abused kids were physically handicapped. Now, the news appeared that the current Pope is also involved in not taking appropriate action against an American priest who molested and sexually abused small children some years back when this matter was under the supervision of the current Pope who then was the head of this particular area and department. Because of his leniency then, the current Pope is accused for siding with these Sex abuser priests. There is heavy pressure all around the Pope to submit his resignation because of His inefficiency in handling difficult issues. But as a matter of fact, Pope resigning on this count is very highly unlikely and secondly to whom He will submit his resignation? It is a very complicated proposal........

ON POPE & BISHOP RESIGNATION. By JoeGoaUK.

To The Priests:
Please please, at least for the sake of our religion, do not do what you are not supposed to do. If you think you are doing it, it’s never too late to give up or to choose one of the two i.e. God or other life. This is the age of reasoning or seeking answers. Sometime we have no answers to the questions our children put us. Eeverybody knows everything through electronic medium etc. So many things doing rounds which really look bad. Think about our next generation and our dwindling religion.

To the Church:
Please do not take lightly if any comments or any complaints received. Punish if found guilty as per the laws or the rules which will also act as deterrent to others. Let’s not make our successors to apologies on our behalves. As Pope does now. A stitch in time saves nine.