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PANAJI
Isidore Fernandes and Jennifer Monserrate, on Friday, asked the government to sanction street lights in certain areas
at the earliest, while highlighting the problems faced by the people of their constituencies due to malfunctioning or non-existent street lights in some areas.
Taleigao MLA Jennifer Monserrate said that in her constituency, there was an urgent need for street lights at a parking lot, for which estimates had already been prepared by the Department, but the same had not been sanctioned.
She also asked the Chief Minister, who was handling the Power Portfolio, to see that old and deteriorated street lights that were in a bad state, were changed.
She asked that the same be done before the festive season of Ganesh Chathurthi.
Canancona MLA Isidore
Fernandes also asked the government to sanction streetlights for certain areas in his constituency.
“Street lights are not put up in many areas,” stated Fernandes while explaining that this was a big inconvenience for women who got home late from work.
“Street lighting needs to be available for these women at bus stops, and the routes leading up to their homes, as working women arrive late at home,” he said.
Fernandes also mentioned that the Palolem area, which was a popular tourist destination had very poor lighting, and that it had to be well lit.
Curtorim MLA Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco, in his turn, asked that the Arlem“Nuvem road that had no streetlights, be well lit up, as well as the third phase of the Arlem“Borim road.
Lourenco stressed that he had written many times asking for sanctions for the same, but no action had been taken.
Nilesh Cabral, legislator from Curchorem, proposed that the wire for the streetlight be drawn when other works were being done, so that the task for putting up a street light would be made easier.
While stating that he had
received tons of calls from people of his constituency
regarding the matter, Cabral expressed displeasure about the time being taken to replace streetlights.
“Over one lakh street lights have been replaced in the state already, but the process is too slow,” opined Cabral, referring to the process where prior sodium vapour street lights were being replaced by LED lights.
