By Aires Rodrigues
Every paisa of the tax payer has to be judiciously and thoughtfully spent, more so when the State is currently going through difficult financial times. It is therefore outrageous and despicable that despite the coffers of the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) being empty, Mayor Surendra Furtado has had the audacity to seek for himself a new Toyota Innova at a whopping cost of Rs 14, 20,643. The reason cited for opting for a plush new car is that on health grounds the Mayor has been medically advised not to travel in his current official car, a Volkswagon Vento Sedan which is just two years old.
What a cruel joke on the people of Panaji. If the Mayor is not well, then what he needs is walking around for exercise and talking less for rest. As the Mayor has to move around only in Panaji, a Nano would suffice in troubled economic times being faced by the CCP. Worse come to worst buy an ambulance. The CCP has a hearse already.
Surendra Furtado had promised a Parivartan in Panaji. He is three months in office and has been unable to even clean up the filth at the Panaji market..
And let us hope that the four garbage trucks donated this week to the CCP by some of the city builders is not laying of the stage to facilitate the further concretization of Panaji..
Every paisa of the tax payer has to be judiciously and thoughtfully spent, more so when the State is currently going through difficult financial times. It is therefore outrageous and despicable that despite the coffers of the Corporation of City of Panaji (CCP) being empty, Mayor Surendra Furtado has had the audacity to seek for himself a new Toyota Innova at a whopping cost of Rs 14, 20,643. The reason cited for opting for a plush new car is that on health grounds the Mayor has been medically advised not to travel in his current official car, a Volkswagon Vento Sedan which is just two years old.
What a cruel joke on the people of Panaji. If the Mayor is not well, then what he needs is walking around for exercise and talking less for rest. As the Mayor has to move around only in Panaji, a Nano would suffice in troubled economic times being faced by the CCP. Worse come to worst buy an ambulance. The CCP has a hearse already.
Surendra Furtado had promised a Parivartan in Panaji. He is three months in office and has been unable to even clean up the filth at the Panaji market..
And let us hope that the four garbage trucks donated this week to the CCP by some of the city builders is not laying of the stage to facilitate the further concretization of Panaji..