MAPUSA
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday said the delay in kick-starting the operation of the water treatment plant in Porvorim was due to some technical issues and that there was absolutely no politics involved in the matter.
“The breach in Tillari canal which was supposed to supply raw water to the water treatment plant led to the delay in starting the operation of the plant. No question of playing politics on the issue. We expect the plant to kick-start at the earliest,” said Kishore Asnodkar, General Secretary of Porvorim BJP Mandal, while addressing a news conference at the BJP district office in Mapusa.
Interestingly, the Public Works Department (PWD) has missed several deadlines to release 5 MLD of water from the new water treatment plant being constructed near Police Quarters at Porvorim.
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant had assured on the floor of the House that 5 MLD water would be released from the water treatment plant at Povorim by the end of March 2021.
Later during the inauguration of Science and Community Park at Porvorim, PWD Minister Deepak Pawaskar announced that the 5 MLD water would be released by May 10, 2021.
Then the PWD again confirmed that the water would finally be released on August 15, 2021.
However, the PWD has missed all the deadlines and as a result, the residents continue to face water shortage in Porvorim.
Asnodkar alleged that the problems people of Porvorim faced vis-Ã -vis water and roads were due to the failure of the local MLA, Rohan Khaunte.
“For the last 10 years, he is the MLA of the constituency. The pipeline that supplies water to the residents of Porvorim is more than 40 years old. No effort has been made to replace the pipeline,” he said.
“The local MLA has been only blaming the government for his failure. He is only capable of getting morchas,” he added.
According to North Goa ZP Chairman, Kartik Kudnekar, the Porvorim MLA has been making statements in the media only to gain political mileage.
“The MLA has been claiming that he has done work of around Rs 23 crore. He is getting work done through the government money but criticizing the government and the CM,” Kudnekar said.
Former Socorro sarpanch Sandeep Vazarkar and others were also present.
