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MARGAO
The long-delayed work of renovation and improvement of the existing LT distribution network in the Cuncolim Municipal area will finally kick-start with the Goa Forward leadership on Friday claiming that Party chief and TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai’s intervention made the government to clear the file and shortlist the contractor.
Yuri Alemao told the media in the presence of Goa Forward vice-president Durgadas Kamat, former MLA Joaquim Alemao, Cuncolim Municipal councillors and citizens, that the erratic power supply and the power outages in the Cuncolim Municipal area will soon be a thing of the past.
“We had called on our party supremo Vijai Sardesai in August last and submitted a memorandum to get the government clear the file for the renovation and improvement in the LT distribution work, which was stuck up in the Finance department. We are happy to announce the file has been finally cleared with the government shortlisting the contractor to execute the work,” Yuri said while thanking the TCP Minister, besides Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and Power Minister Nilesh Cabral for the same.
Saying that the Goa Forward stands by the promises it makes to the people, Yuri exuded confidence that the works amounting to Rs 8.08 crore, once implemented will bring about a turn around
in the power situation in
Cuncolim.
In his address, GF vice-president Durgadas Kamat said that Power Minister Nilesh Cabral has resolved the issue regarding Cuncolim power infrastructure in coordination with the Chief Minister and the TCP Minister.
When the media pointed out that the power scenario in Cuncolim will improve if the government sets up a new feeder, Yuri said the work of installing a new feeder worth around Rs 3 crore will be taken up separately.
When questioned why the power infrastructure issue was not resolved during his 10-year tenure as Cuncolim MLA, Joaquim Alemao said he had proposed underground cabling in Cuncolim, but before could not take to the logical conclusion after his defeat in the 2012 election. “The situation was not bad during my tenure. Even then I had set in motion the process to take up underground cabling in
Cuncolim,” he added.
Who is Yuri to announce power project in Cuncolim, reacts Clafacio
MARGAO: “Who is Yuri Alemao? Is he an MLA to announce the power project in the Cuncolim Municipal area,” was how Cuncolim MLA Clafacio Dias reacted when the media contacted him for his comments on the Goa Forward’s media briefing on the project.
Saying that Yuri and the Goa Forward cannot claim credit for the project, Clafacio recalled that he had raised the issue of strengthening power infrastructure both within the Assembly and outside for months, forcing the government to tender the Rs 8.08 crore project. “I had even joined the people of Cuncolim on the streets when they had called for a protest over the power outages. Former MP late Shantaram Naik and other leaders had also joined the agitation,” he said.
While saying that he failed to understand how Yuri or the Goa Forward can claim credit for the project, the MLA said former MLA Joaquim Alemao should explain to Cuncolkars why he did not take up the work during his 10-year stint as Cuncolim MLA.
