57th Liberation Day of Goa, Daman & Diu

Today is 57^th Liberation Day of Goa, Daman & Diu and best wishes for the day.

Today is time to retrospect about what Daman & Diu has achieved in these last 56 years.

Talking about time when Daman & Diu were with Portugal or Goa thereafter. There was Swachchh Daman & Diu. It was sparkling clean. There was no corruption, it was easy to carry out work by common men. Roads were among the best in India, there was ease of doing business, ease of meeting bureaucrats, there was one Collector for handling Daman & Diu, etc.

Situation after 30 years of delinking from Goa.

1)      Cleanliness:  There is no Swachchh Daman & Diu, only Swachchh Bharat.

2)     Road:              Roads are among the worst in India.

3)     Water:            Administration is unable to provide taped drinking water even after spending more than 100 crores, one scheme is launched after completion of each schemes, present scheme was launched in year 2011 and was to be completed in two years with budget of 45 crores but in year 2017 it is still incomplete and who knows how many crores already spent.

4)     Sewage:          There are no sewage lines or treatment plants. We still have to build septic tanks.

5)     Bureaucracy:  There are host of high ranking officers like IAS, IPS, IFS, DANICS, DANIPS, etc. These officers eats up maximum of funds allotted for development of Daman & Diu as salary and upkeepment.

6)     Red Tapism:  Even after getting fat cheques as salary these high ranking officers are not ready to take any decision in favour of common men to give relief from hardships and corruption. If you meet any officer with problem that need to solve they will direct you to officer higher in rank and that officer will enlighten you with knowledge that it will benefit more toapproch Court to solve your problem.

7)     Democracy:   There is no democracy in Daman & Diu but autocracy. One cannot speak against oppressing and undemocratic policies of administration.

We have to think about what we have got in last 57 years except corruption, maladministration, red tapism, bad roads, no tap water in whole territories, no sewage lines and treatment plants, no tourist friendly policies, etc.

Happy Liberation Day. Best wishes….