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VASCO
Vasco-based NGO Goa First on Friday submitted a memorandum to the Deputy Collector Mahadev Arondekar and Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes demanding restriction and time frames for the movement of heavy vehicles moving in and out of MPT in Vasco, especially at night.
The memorandum submitted by Goa First Convenor Parshuram Sonurlekar along with other members claimed that the MMC had failed to adhere to its own resolution adopted to ban the movement of heavy vehicles carrying hazardous cargo through Vasco. “This resolution was taken way back in May 2016, but the MMC has not implemented this resolution thus playing with the lives of public at large. We have written to MMC and Dy Collector to implement the resolution in reality.
“The traffic police and administration have failed to control overloaded trucks which rush through the port town and also those which exceed the prescribed speed limits. They also cause pollution as hazardous cargo is spilled on the roads and we have recently lost a youth in a fatal accident,” said Sonurlekar.
“If the resolution cannot be implemented, then the administration must strictly enforce speed limits and have restricted timings for heavy vehicles in the city,” said Sonurlekar.
Advocate Peter Andrade said a resolution, which is assumed to be within their powers, was passed by elected councillors of the MMC.
“Citizens were made to believe that the collector and the administration were not implementing the resolution. The Deputy Collector has said he had no authority to implement the resolution. Therefore, citizens must be wondering if the MMC’s resolution is worthless,” Andrade added.
Speaking to media persons, Deputy Collector Mahadev Arondekar said he had received a memorandum demanding implementation of the MMC’s resolution to ban movement of trucks carrying hazardous cargo.
“Since the matter is pertaining to an MMC resolution, the civic body must act on it. Since it has also been given to me, I will write to departments concerned like RTO and transport so that trucks don’t overspeed in the city,” said Arondekar.
