PANJIM, April 14 -- Of late there are a number of agitations initiated by locals against government projects. Most of the projects are launched by the State or Central Government without taking the stakeholders into consideration. In this context, Herald Media asked people, "Is the govt constantly ignoring local communities in development, as seen in Kapreshwar Devasthan Highway issue, Malim private jetty and Bhoma highway issues?"

Yes, I would be straight forward that the answer should not be long. In a situation like this when you have a sledgehammer majority in the Assembly and Parliament, this is what happens. So now no one cares for anyone and this is going to be the trend unless someone like the Congress or someone else does someth...