PWD Minister Digambar Kamat inspecting the ill-fated building at Borda near the ITI complex and interacted with officials and local residents. Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
Even as Margao Sub-Divisional Magistrate Ganesh Barve has written to the Goa Engineering College (GEC) to conduct a structural stability test on the dilapidated building near ITI Borda, PWD Minister Digambar Kamat has said that the beleaguered occupants should approach the Town and Country Planning (TCP) department for redevelopment of the building as a long-term solution.
After inspecting the building along with SDM Barve, Margao Municipal Chief Officer Madhu Narvekar, former MMC councillor Camilo Barretto and others, the PWD Minister said the authorities should also approach the PWD to conduct a structural stability test on the building.
“Let the report on the structural stability first come from the GEC or the PWD. If the test report says that the building is unsafe, it will have to be razed without wasting time, as it might collapse on the adjoining residential houses,” he said.
Suggesting a long-term solution, the PWD Minister said the occupants should approach the TCP department with a plea seeking redevelopment of the building. “The government may grant them permission to undertake redevelopment after razing the dilapidated building. That should provide permanent relief to the occupants and neighbouring residents,” he added.
