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PWD to hotmix Anjuna roads at `3.24 cr

The State government has initiated the process to repair some of the roads which were battered during the monsoon in Bardez and Pernem.


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The Public Works Division (roads) Works Div XVIII has invited tenders to repair and hotmix few roads in Bardez, Pernem and Bicholim constituencies.
At Rs 3.24 crore, the largest chunk of the PWD funds was awarded for hotmixing of Anjuna roads in
Siolim constituency followed by Rs 34.77 lakh in Pernem and Rs 8.30 lakh in Bicholim constituency.
Most roads in Anjuna were in a sorry state after the village was ignored for development work during the last five years.
Various roads in Zorwaddo and Chivar in Anjuna-Caisua will be taken up for improvement and hot mixing at an estimated cost of Rs 3.24 crore.
Similarly, tenders have been invited for urgent improvement of road in Ibrampur-Hankani, improvement and repair of road in Virnoda and urgent improvement of road in Dhargal in Pernem constituency.
The road from Harijanwada to Dewbha at Ibrampur will be taken up for urgent improvement at an estimated cost of Rs 12.57 lakh,
while the estimated cost for improvement and repair of existing branch road at Bhutwadi in Virnoda will be Rs 8.89 lakh.
The road at Khalbhat-Dadachiwada in Dhargal will be taken up for urgent improvement at an estimated cost or Rs 13.31 lakh.
The WD XVIII has also floated a tender for urgent repairs and hot mixing of damaged road at the ITI premises in Bicholim taluka at the estimated cost of Rs 8.30 lakh.
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Passengers stranded for 2 hrs after ferry gets stuck at Durbhat

Commuters were left stranded for over two hours after the Durbhat-Rassaim ferry boat was stuck in the water near the ramp at Durbhat on Sunday evening.

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Published Oct 9, 2017, 5:37 PM IST
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