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Mumbai's frequent fliers
Ramkrishna Dhavlikar's flying so frequently to Mumbai is intriguing. He flew to Mumbai almost on a monthly basis, never outside that period and often for short stays of 36 hours which given the time it takes to drive in metros like Mumbai and Chennai, makes it even more interesting. Driving from and to airports within these metros takes a minimium of four hours. Factor in the night and office opening and closing timings and commuting within these metros, would leave him with not much time to perform his duties. Factor in his flying to two faraway metros in 2-3 days and you will need an aspirin to figure that one out. That's why I said his Mumbai trips are intriguing.

A long time ago I wrote in this column that the Speaker Pratapsingh Rane hired three lawyers Surendra Desai, TR Andhyarujina and A. Subhashini to fight the disqualification petition against the two MGP MLAs Ramkrishna and Deepak Dhavlikar in the Supreme Court. Desai was paid Rs9 lakh, Andhyarujina Rs5 lakh and Subhashini Rs1.21 lakh. That's a total of Rs15,21,000. I've said it before, I say it again. The Dhavlikar duo are turning out to be a luxury Goa cannot afford.

Pandurang Madkaikar
20 September 3 October 2002 Hongkong Rs59,330, 10-11 November 2004 Mumbai Rs7,435, 22-25 November 2002 Bangalore Rs8,702, 20 December-3 January 2003 Delhi Rs7,262, 15-19 January 2003 Delhi/Mumbai Rs19,456, 1-7 March 2003 Mumbai Rs7,955, 6-9 May 2003 Mumbai, 15-23 January 2003 Delhi/Mumbai Rs20,550, 2-5 June 2003 Mumbai Rs8,062, 27-28 June 2003 Mumbai Rs15,760, 30 June-3 July 2003 Mumbai, 6-10 October 2003 Mumbai Rs8,062, 19-21 June 2003 Mumbai Rs15,760, 25-30 July 2003 Mumbai, 3-5 November 2003 Mumbai Rs7,765, 21-25 November 2003 Mumbai/Delhi Rs22,894, 11-13 December 2003 Mumbai Rs11,204, 2-3 March 2004 Mumbai Rs9,664, 6-8 January 2004 Delhi Rs42,252, 13-16 January 2004 Mumbai/Delhi, 22-25 March 2004 Mumbai Rs10,106, 13 May 2004 Paris Rs29,700, 19-20 June 2004, Mumbai Rs9,627, 13-14 June 2004 Mumbai Rs9,508, 3-5 July 2004 Mumbai Rs11,032, 17-19 August 2004 Mumbai Rs10,330, 31 October-11 November 2004 Mumbai Rs14,055, 29-31 December 2004 Mumbai Rs12,172, 8-9 January 2005 Mumbai Rs40,805, 27-29 January 2005 Mumbai/Delhi Rs36,497, 20-22 January 2005 Mumbai/Delhi, 2-3 March 2005 Mumbai Rs11,747, 23-26 February 2005 Mumbai Rs8,464, 28 June-1 July 2005 Mumbai/Delhi Rs40,885, 31 July-3 August 2005 Delhi Rs14,917, 2-4 September 2005 Mumbai Rs6,055, 24-28 September 2005 Mumbai/Hyderabad/Tirupathi/
Vellore/Bangalore Rs18,844, 22-23 November 2005 Mumbai Rs10,162, 13-15 November 2005 Delhi Rs20,675, 21-22 November Mumbai/Cochin Rs37,015, 14-16 February 2007 Mumbai , 14-29 November 2007 Mumbai Rs15,149, 29-31 March 2007 Bangalore Rs18,085, 5-8 February, 2007, 2-6 April 2007 Mumbai Rs32,278, 10-12 July 2007 Mumbai Rs16,655.
Total Rs6,65,608

Ramkrishna Dhavalikar
2-4 July 2002 Delhi Rs17,359, 7-8 October 2002 Mumbai Rs3,324, 19-21 November 2002 Mumbai Rs7,764, 19-21 December 2002 Delhi Rs24,757, 3-5 January 2003 Bangalore/Chennai Rs14,230, 2-4 February 2003 Delhi Rs17,717, 22-24 January 2003 Chennai Rs30,562, 26-28 January 2003 Delhi, 16-19 February 2003 Delhi, 19-21 March 2003 Mumbai Rs18,978, 8-9 March 2003, 14-23 May 2003, 25-28 June 2003 Mumbai Rs25,170, 16-18 August 2003, 9-12 September 2003 Mumbai/Delhi/Pune, 18-22 September 2003 Hyderabad, Vishakhapatnam/Chennai Rs50,194, 16-18 October 2003 Mumbai Rs15,942, 18-21 November 2003, 16-18 December 2003 Delhi Rs27,153, 27-28 December 2003 Mumbai Rs6,870, 18-28 March 2004 Mumbai Rs7,002, 4-6 February 2004 Mumbai, 3-4 March 2004 Mumbai Rs6,750, 31 March-3 April 2004 Mumbai/Kolkotta Rs21,875, 1-4 May 2004 Chennai/Mumbai Rs12,433, 23-27 May 2004 Bangalore/Trivandrum Rs8,672, 15-27 June 2004 Rs9,120, 20-22 June 2004 Mumbai Rs6,928, 8-11 August 2004 Mumbai/Delhi Rs20,092, 7-10 October 2004 Delhi/Mumbai Rs20,057, 20-23 November 2004 Mumbai/Surat Rs7,319, 31 December-2 January 2005 Delhi Rs8,117, 19-22 January 2005 Delhi Rs21,480, 27-29 June 2005 Delhi Rs34,457, 18-20 July 2005 Delhi/Mumbai Rs10,997, 6-11 November 2005 Vadodara Rs19,074, 2-4 January 2006 Mumbai Rs9,770, 30 January-1 February 2006 Delhi Rs20,722, 6-8 February 2006 Mumbai Rs7,537, 27-28 March 2006 Mumbai Rs4,395, 23-25 February 2006 Mumbai/Delhi Mumbai Rs25,190, 28 February-3 March 2006 Mumbai Rs8,647, 13-16 June 2006 Mumbai Rs6,374, 8-9 September 2006 Mumbai Rs8,884, 6-8 November 2006 Mumbai Rs16,065, 15-16 November 2006 Mumbai Rs9,185, 7-10 December 2006 Delhi/Mumbai Rs14,143, 3-4 January 2007 Mumbai Rs12,950, 22-23 April 2007 Mumbai Rs8,314, 11-13June 2007 Delhi/Mumbai Rs1,778, 25-28 June 2007, 3-5 July 2007 Delhi Rs42,107.

Total Rs6,62,246

Cost of flying the Circus around so far
Wilfred D'Souza Rs22,89,428 Feb 2005-Aug 2007
Dayanand Narvekar Rs14,94,884 Feb 2000-Mar 2007
Pratapsing Rane Rs14,57,354 Feb 2005-Apr 2006
Digambar Kamat Rs11,40,395 Jan 2000-Jan 2005
Manohar Parrikar Rs 8,26,596 Dec 2000-Dec 2004
Pandurang Madkaikar Rs 6,65,608 Sept 2002-July 2007
Ramkrishna Dhavlikar Rs 6,62,246 July 2002-July 2007
Francisco Sardinha Rs 4,10,661 Jan 2000-Oct 2000
Ravi Naik Rs 2,80,422 Nov 2000-Sept 2007
Francisco D'Souza Rs 83,144
Somnath Zuwarkar Rs 65,377
Arecio D'Souza Rs 63,238
Subash Shirodkar Rs 43,814
Francisco Silveira Rs 39,117
Mauvin Godinho Rs 27,216
Venkatesh Desai Rs 9,550
Total Rs 95,59,050

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