MARGAO
Former Margao Municipal Chairperson and Shadow Council for Margao Convener Savio Coutinho slammed the concerned authorities for the highly deplorable state of the road at Ratwado in Margao, which is causing immense hardships to the local residents.
Addressing the media along with local residents, Coutinho likened the hardships faced by the residents to that of those in Panaji. “While the people of Panaji are suffering on account of haphazard works in the Smart City, the situation in Margao MLA’s ‘Model Margao’ is no better,” Coutinho lamented.
He informed that the Ratwado road was acquired and constructed by him through the MMC.
“Today if one visits the place it seems like no road exists here, and it is just a kutcha access,” he said.
“We had warned the sewerage department when they commenced the work during the later half of the month of May, that the works would not be completed, and that the repairs thereafter also would not be possible once the rains set in,” he added.
He added, “We have scooter riders falling off with their children on this road, and all that we get is promises that the road will be repaired soon, the local residents rued. We strongly demand that the repairs of the road be undertaken immediately so as to relieve the residents of their hardships.”
