In an interesting development in the delay in commissioning of the 6.75 MLD sewage treatment plant at Margao, JICA officials have virtually disowned the undertaking given by the PWD office to the High Court that the plant will be commissioned by May-end. In fact, Executive Engineer, JICA loan project, has written a letter to the PWD,
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Executive Engineer, asserting that no information was sought from the office on the status of the STP during the court proceedings. The correspondence assumes significance and comes against the backdrop of the affidavit filed by the PWD officials in the High Court giving an undertaking to the court that the 6.75 MLD STP plant will be commissioned by May-end. Incidentally, the JICA officials told the PWD officials that the STP will be commissioned once the trial runs are completed, adding that the officials are in touch with the electricity department to release the power connection.
Riding to power on an anti-Congress wave in the 2012 Assembly election, the three Salcete legislators “ Fisheries Minister and Navelim MLA Avertano Furtado, Benaulim MLA Caitu Silva and Velim MLA Benjamin D Silva “ are all bracing up to throw their hat in the ring as Independents to face the Congress challenge once again.
GUILHERME ALMEIDA
Published Jun 18, 2016, 2:28 PM IST
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MARGAOThe trio had checkmated the Congress in Salcete, winning the three crucial seats of Navelim, Benaulim and Velim “ once considered the bastions of the Congress party.While the Fisheries Minister and his Velim counterpart Benjamin had stormed the Congress fort by contesting as Independents, Caitu, contested on the Goa Vikas Party banner, scuttling Churchill Alemao s bid to return to Benaulim.Come 2017 Assembly election and the trio “ all partners of the ruling…
