Panaji, Aug 21 (PTI) Goa Forward Party (GFP) MLA Vijai Sardesai on Friday urged Assembly Speaker Ganesh Gaonkar to allot dedicated time during the upcoming monsoon session to discuss three critical concerns: dilapidated road infrastructure, unemployment, and unplanned development.
The monsoon session of the Goa legislative assembly is scheduled from August 31 to September 2.
Sardesai, in a letter to the Speaker, said the issues were of urgent public importance and required meaningful discussion in the House.
He highlighted that previous proceedings in the House held in March had been curtailed due to the Model Code of Conduct imposed for the Ponda assembly by-election.
The Fatorda MLA noted that all demands for grants and the state budget were passed without discussion in the House, depriving elected representatives of their responsibility to debate, question and seek accountability from the government.
He pointed out that the deteriorating condition of roads, recurring potholes, inadequate maintenance and poor planning had become a serious public safety concern, and the government had to give an explanation for this.
Sardesai also called for a discussion on unemployment, saying Goa’s youth were increasingly concerned about the lack of adequate and sustainable employment opportunities in the state.
The House should deliberate on the government’s employment policies, recruitment mechanisms, job creation and measures to ensure that Goan youth received fair opportunities in the state, he wrote.
He further stated that the pace of development had put unprecedented pressure on the state’s land, water, roads, waste-management systems, and other infrastructure, and the absence of a comprehensive carrying capacity framework threatened Goa’s environment, resources, identity and quality of life.
Sardesai said the three issues transcended political and constituency boundaries and required discussion in the assembly. PTI RPS ARU
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