I had an opportunity to
deliberate regarding prevailing situation of Daman & Diu on various
occasions in last few months.
On one hand, situation in
Daman & Diu is deteriorating day by day. Whole administration has become
more corrupt, insensitive to the aspirations of people; decisions are taken
without taking political leadership into confidence.
Works are not completed in
timely manner; work started in 2012 for water supply Scheme for Daman district
for approximately 50 crore rupees is not completed even today and cost is
overrun many times. Roads, tourist spots are not maintained in proper
condition.
Almost half of budget
allocated for development of Daman & Diu is used on maintenance and paying
salaries of bureaucrats (IAS, IPS, IFS, DANICS, DANIPS).
On the other hand, within same
30 years Goa has marched ahead in development in every sphere. In tourism, Goa
is an internationally recognised name.
The best part of merging with
Goa is that Goa, Daman & Diu have common history; We are together from
last 500 years since Portuguese rule except last 30 years after delinking. We were
liberated on same day, we have common laws even today like Portuguese Civil Law,
Land Revenue Code, buildings laws, recruitment rules, municipality laws, etc.
By merging with Goa; Daman
& Diu will have benefit of State Legislative Assembly, will get rid of
constant fear of merging with Gujarat, insensitive central bureaucracy and will
get benefit of expertise of Goa in the development of tourism, benefit of
responsive Government and much more.
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