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MARGAO
With the 500-bedded South Goa district hospital scheduled for commissioning seven months from now in December on Goa Liberation Day, the government has mooted a dedicated entry and exit to the hospital to ensure free flow of traffic on the Nuvem-Margao road, besides traffic movement on the Presentation school road.
The authorities are also expediting the laying of the Rs 93 crore sewage line ahead of the commissioning of the district hospital in December so that the hospital is connected to the underground sewerage project.
TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai said the dedicated entry and exit to the district Hospital will become a dire necessity to ensure free flow of traffic on the main road. “Otherwise, we may witness a situation where traffic movement will just come to a halt to facilitate vehicles from entering the hospital,” Sardesai said.
In this respect, he said a proposal to erect a steel structure is being given a serious look and the matter will be discussed with the GSIDC officials on June 4. “I am sure that traffic will be affected on the main road once the hospital is commissioned in December. A dedicated entry and exit to the hospital via a fabricated steel structure is being given a serious look though the project may appear a costly proposition,” he said.
The TCP Minister said work on the sewerage project is going on smoothly saying the hospital will be connected to the underground sewerage project on time.
He pointed out that the storm water nullah in front of the district court building will be covered appropriately and the space utilised for parking purpose. He said all these works will become a reality along with the entry gate to be constructed at the entrance to Fatorda on the main road at a cost of Rs 2 crore.
