GFP chief interacting with the residents of Borda over the collapse of sajja of a dilapidated building near the ITI complex. BJP State president Damu Naik also inspected the site Wednesday night. Santosh Mirajkar
MARGAO
Goa Forward Party chief Vijai Sardesai and his BJP counterpart Damu Naik reached out to the beleaguered residents of the building near the Government ITI at Borda after another sajja of the dilapidated structure came crashing down on Wednesday.
While the authorities have evacuated the occupants of the building as well as residents of neighbouring houses as a precautionary measure, incumbent Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai and former MLA Damu Naik have promised to work out solutions to their woes.
Sardesai said the residents could be provided apartments if the government approves a 300 FAR redevelopment package for such dilapidated buildings. “In the instant case, a builder executing a project on an adjoining plot can be requested to undertake the redevelopment of the dilapidated building after amalgamating the two plots. However, the builder will take up the project only if he gets a special 300 FAR for the residential zone from the government,” he said, adding that he would pursue the matter with the Chief Town Planner.
The BJP State president, who visited the site on Wednesday night to take stock of the situation, assured the residents that he would take up their issue with Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to work out a package.
“I am not in the government, but I will take up your issue with the Chief Minister to work out a package to address the problem,” Naik assured the residents.
He added: “I am not a technical person to go into the details of the building. But the PWD engineers will be asked to conduct a structural stability test on the building to ascertain its stability, as it is decades old.”
