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VASCO
NCP party president and Ex MLA Vasco, Jose Philip D’Souza on Sunday slammed the MMC and the Govt over delay of completing the chief officer bunglow for more then 8 years.
Addressing media persons in Vasco, D’Souza said that the delay by MMC had incurred additional cost for the project and hence despite so many tenders the project could not see the light of the day.
D’Souza further informed that as a revenue minister in 2010, he “had deposited an amount of 3 crore rupees in the Mormugao Municipal Council for the Chief Officer Bunglow but till date nothing had been done .”
This Municipal Council and the Government are useless and there is nothing moving in their rule nor is any project happening in Vasco. The Chief officer’s bunglow is still not built for the past 8 years despite having appropriate funds, he claimed.
In the year 2010, when I was a revenue minister, I had taken an initiative got 3 crores rupees as funds for the chief officer’s bungalow and deposited it with MMC and we had also planned Golden jubilee celebration. Till date nothing has been done and nothing has moved forward.
“Several tenders have happened but the chief officer bunglow is still pending for the last 8 years. MMC has failed in it’s duties,” Said D’Souza.
“The Government and MMC is responsible for this. When some public money in the form of funds are kept in the MMC they should have immediately used it. Today the same project that was costing 3 crores in 2010 may cost 7 crores. Who is going to pay the extra 4 crores? Why should public money be wasted ? This additional cost is being incurred because of the delay by MMC to carry and finalise this project. Francis D’Souza as an urban minister had laid a foundation and had assured to immidiately begin work. Today the area is cleared, old building is demolished but nothing has happened. Further delay will incur further cost and this escalated prices is a burden on MMC,” said D’Souza.
