MARGAO
Following the call given by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to all the NGOs requesting them to come for discussion instead of filing cases against government projects, Shadow Council for Margao has requested the Chief Minister for an appointment to discuss the misuse and misappropriation of public funds under the tendered work for "Construction of a Nallah behind ESI Hospital Margao", by the Water Resources Department, Div III.
In a letter to the Chief Minister, SCM convener Savio Coutinho has requested the Chief Minister for an appointment at the earliest.
“We have been consistently raising the gross misuse and misappropriation of public funds by the WRD."
"We have filed complaints before every possible forum connected with the construction of this nullah behind ESI hospital Margao, however, none of the concerned authorities seems to have taken cognizance of the complaints, and the work continues,” Coutinho lamented.
He said the WRD seems to be "conveniently" unaware of the requirement for the improvement in the hydraulics of the nullah from the old railway station to the ESI hospital, which is the actual cause of flooding along the old station road.
The roadside drains along the old station road empty into a nullah which passes below the railway tracks and flows downstream behind ESI Hospital, he added.
“The same amount of Rs 81 lakh could well be used to construct/improve the nullah from the ESI hospital road to the old railway station, but the people connected with this work will not do so because vested interests are far more important than public interests,” Coutinho stated and hoped that the Chief Minister will grant an appointment to explain to him the facts of the case.
