PANAJI:
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has assured that the government will renovate the Lohia Chowk at Assolna and also add to it the name of Dr Juliao Menezes.
Sawant gave the assurance while replying to the discussion on a private member's resolution moved by AAP's Velim MLA, Cruz Silva in the Goa legislative assembly on Friday.
Sawant however stayed short of promising an annual grant to the Assolna panchayat for the memorial's upkeep saying it will be considered in the future and adding that maintenance was the responsibility of the local bodies.
Silva later withdrew the resolution following the chief minister's assurance.
