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MAPUSA
After dilly-dallying for nearly two years, the Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) has finally decided to take up various pending works to the tune of Rs 4 crore in Mapusa.
One of the major pending works is the beautification of a key road in the heart of the town.
GSUDA has drawn up plans to overhaul and give a smart look to the crucial road stretch from Sirsat building to the Mapusa Urban Coop Bank (Nandadeep).
As part of the plan, the overhead wires along the road will be replaced and placed underground while an old bulky transformer along the road will be replaced with a sleek one in keeping with the aesthetics of the surrounding.
The road will have a median with two-arm fancy light poles placed at regular intervals along the stretch.
The agency will also undertake part of underground cabling at KTC bus-stand from Gandhi Chowk to the shops near ‘Aram Soda’ and a dedicated transformer for power connection to new shops on two floors coming up opposite the taxi-stand.
At least three to four fancy lamp posts will also be erected at the taxi-stand and along the ‘Aram Soda’ line.
The contractor who has bagged the work along with the Mapusa Electricity Department Assistant Engineer, Norman Atheide and former vice-chairman of GSUDA, Sandeep Falari inspected the area to be taken up for development on Saturday.
“The work has already commenced a couple of days ago. Marking has been done to erect electricity transformers and the digging of the market road for underground cabling will also be taken up within some days. We were waiting for the festive season to end. With Christmas and New Year celebrations coming to an end the work will gather pace,” Falari said.
As part of the development package, GSUDA has already erected three three-arm electricity poles in each of the 20 wards in Mapusa. The cost of each pole is around Rs 2 lakh. Earlier, each of the wards had already received five such electricity poles.
Besides, three high mast lamps have also been erected at key junctions in the town.
