OLD GOA: Even as the Basilica of Bom Jesus Rector Fr Patricio Fernandes has also submitted a list of suggestions to be implemented for protecting the Basilica.
It includes restoration of the two side roofs to be completed before further pre-monsoon showers, damage assessment by architects and experts and a report of which has to be submitted to competent church and civic authorities.
He has also suggested immediate measures to prevent termite menace in the Basilica, assessment of safety of walls of the Basilica and Quadrangle and implementation of the work.
Fr Fernandes said any future restoration or protection work has to be strictly maintained in a report to competent church and civic authorities with time duration clearly specified for planning and execution of the work, while restoration work must be done not by any convenient bidder/tender but only by those who can truly and professionally restore the work.
