PERNEM
Every year on the eve of Independence Day, the government assured it would beautify the Martyrs Memorial at Patradevi. The Goa Infrastructure Development Corporation started
the work, but it is still not completed.
When contacted, Pernem MLA and Tourism Minister Babu Azgaonkar said if assurance of beautification was given by the earlier government, then the government should fulfill it. "If the file comes to me, I will look into it," he assured.
According to Torsem Sarpanch Baban D'Souza, the forest department recently gave permission to cut trees near the memorial and the panchayat has also given NOC for the work.
