Panjim, Feb. 25 -- Team Herald

Schools, banks, commercial establishments, co-working spaces, media offices - large parts of the Capital were crippled without internet all through Tuesday as the Electricity Department's axe fell on the cables that had left a tangled mess on power poles, creating an eyesore in the 'Smart City'.

However, the cutting of cables - the electricity department says only 43 of them were snipped - left an equally big mess on the roads and the internet highway, as commercial establishments and home connections went kaput. The chaos this created finally forced the government to appoint North and South Goa Electricity Department Nodal Officers to oversee the cable-laying process, relieving Executive Engineer Kashinat...