Chaos, scorching sun welcome guests at Defence Expo 2016


Panaji, Mar 28 (IANS): Mismanagement and chaos marked the start on Monday of Defence Expo 2016 which got underway in Goa in soaring end-of-March heat.

Delays and traffic snarls left the formally-dressed defence ministers, military generals and business people baking in the scorching sun on roads and at open air inaugural venue of the ninth edition of India's biennial land, naval and internal security systems exposition.

Defence Minsiter Manohar Parrikarin his inaugural address admitted the bad start to the show and apologised for the discomfort caused to the guests.

"Let me first express my apologies for the delay in the start of the programme and for cooking you in a cooker with temperature already soaring," Parrikar said.

"This month I know is quite a hot month and we could not for lack of time provide a closed opening ceremony venue. So I won't be long in my speech."

All narrow roads leading to the venue -- at remote Naqueri plateau in South Goa district, 45 km from here -- were clogged by traffic, which led to a delay in starting the event.

"I am aware there were some difficulties like traffic jams in travelling to this place. I assure you that in future whenever we hold this, all these problems will be taken care of," Parrikar, a former chief minister of Goa, said.

In a lighter vein, he added: "Even chief minister of Goa (Laxmikant Parsekar who was present at the event) will now ensure that roads are made wider. A lot of people in Goa love winding narrow roads. So, we have kept them like that."

There are 1,035 companies participating in the four-day Defence Expo 2016.

  

Top Stories


Leave a Comment

Title: Chaos, scorching sun welcome guests at Defence Expo 2016



You have 2000 characters left.

Disclaimer:

Please write your correct name and email address. Kindly do not post any personal, abusive, defamatory, infringing, obscene, indecent, discriminatory or unlawful or similar comments. Daijiworld.com will not be responsible for any defamatory message posted under this article.

Please note that sending false messages to insult, defame, intimidate, mislead or deceive people or to intentionally cause public disorder is punishable under law. It is obligatory on Daijiworld to provide the IP address and other details of senders of such comments, to the authority concerned upon request.

Hence, sending offensive comments using daijiworld will be purely at your own risk, and in no way will Daijiworld.com be held responsible.