PANAJI
As announced by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant in the House earlier this week, the movement of night soil tankers (tankers carrying sewage pumped out from soak pits to be transported to treatment plants) is shortly expected to be centrally tracked and monitored.
The Sewerage and Infrastructural Development Corporation of Goa Ltd (SIDCGL) has floated a tender inviting bids from agencies in the field to design, develop, install and commission the monitoring system -- Smart Sewage Tanker Tracking System.
It will have a Centralised Command Centre and the project is worth Rs 7.65 crore. It will help the State administration as well as local bodies to rid the menace of these tankers unloading sewage in water bodies and nullahs instead of treatment plants.
According to the tender details, the party that wins the work will also be responsible to operate the system for one-and-half year.
Meanwhile another tender floated by SIDCGL worth Rs 6.68 crore proposes a GIS mapping and data collection system for sewer lines and manholes in Ponda town.
Sawant during his lengthy reply to the discussion on the budget in the Goa legislative assembly had announced the move for monitoring the movement of night soil tankers by SIDCGL.
He had said that all these tankers operating in the State will have to register with SIDCGL which will fit GIS-tracking systems on them.
The chief minister had argued that this will help prevent the illegal offloading of sewage into open areas and water-bodies often flagged by citizens on social media.
