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Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida on Monday said a playground for students was being planned at the landfilled site opposite Tanya hotel in Vasco.
Almeida was speaking to reporters alongside a function organised to launch work on the improved drainage system from Railway bridge to Orulem road junction.
Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) Chairperson Nandadeep Raut, Vasco BJP Mandal President Rajendra Dicholkar and other councillors were present on the occasion.
Almeida said the work has been taken up at a cost of about Rs 61 lakh and would be completed in 6 months.
“We are planning to build a playground at this location. We have kept the ground as part of the second phase of development at this location. We will first complete the drainage improvement works. If works are taken up after a playground is built, it will spoil the ground and hence, we chose to first take up work on drainage.”
“This drainage is like a missing link because we have already taken up works on major drainages in the area and once this drainage system is done, it will benefit residents of the area. Though there is no flooding in the area despite incessant rains, this drainage system will help us even better during monsoons,” said Almeida.
BJP Vasco Mandal President Rajendra Dicholkar said that it was a good sign to inaugurate development works during the holy period of Navratri.
“This drainage will join Orulem and Belabai area and we have now launched the work. Earlier, there used to be flooding in this area but after Vasco MLA Carlos Almeida took up work on the drainage, there has been no flooding here for many years now. This drainage works launched today will make it even more beneficial for residents in the area,” said Dicholkar.
Former MMC Chairperson Deepak Naik claimed that Vasco was only place which had not witnessed severe flooding unlike other cities during the recent incessant rains, and credited this to Almeida, who had taken up drainage works in most parts of Vasco.
“With these works, the Nullah will finally be connected to the sea thereby eliminating flooding incidents in the future,” said Naik.
