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Town and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vijai Sardesai has threatened to transfer officials if they are found wanting in executing various developmental works running into crores of rupees as he has set deadlines on the completion of many a project in Fatorda constituency on Tuesday.
The TCP Minister also made a fervent plea to the citizens of Fatorda to bear the inconveniences and hardships arising out of the last phase of the ongoing development works in the constituency.
Briefing media after a review meeting with officials of various agencies including district Collector Tariq Thomas at the Matanhy Saldanha Administrative Complex, Sardesai said the Rs 130 crore North main sewage line will be completely replaced by end of May 2019. “We have a slight problem at Mungul, where people have raised objections to the pumping stations. We will take the residents to Vasco to see for themselves the success of the pumping stations,” he said.
He said the Ambaji-Ravindra Bhavan Road will be complete in all respects by January 2019, saying that the road will have an elaborate provision for electric and other cables, which will not require road cutting in the future.
Saying that the traffic junctions in Fatorda, including the old market circle, Arlem circles and Bolshe circle will be reduced to size to ensure smooth movement of traffic, the TCP Minister said that traffic at all these junctions will be manned by traffic signals.
While saying that the Eastern bypass will be widened and illuminated in the coming months, Sardesai issued directions to the Margao Municipal Council to coordinate with the Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) to expedite the parking projectat the old market circle. As far as the Margao multi-storeyed parking proposal is concerned, the TCP Minister has made it categorically clear that the civic body should float a fresh tender to execute the parking project instead of persisting with the bidder.
Stressing on the need for civic sense amongst the citizens, the Minister said the authorities will come down heavily on motorists parking their vehicles on the widened roads. “The very purpose of road widening will be defeated if people park their vehicles on the road,” he said, while giving clear instructions to the DySP, Traffic Prabodh Shirwaikar to tow vehicles from the roads widened in Fatorda.
He unveiled plans to lay parallel pipelines along the roads in Fatorda constituency as part of the ongoing exercise of ushering in a planned development of Fatorda constituency.
“Development works amounting to over Rs 300 crore are either underway or are in the process of getting executed. This review meeting has been held to ensure coordination between various agencies,” he said, while threatening to transfer officials who do not execute the work within the set deadlines.
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