MARGAO
Shadow Council for Margao on Thursday said the primary reason behind the overflowing sewage chambers is that even when the sewerage network lines were found defective, the engineers of the department were forced by politicians to complete the process of takeover of the defective project.
The Shadow Council for Margao has called upon the Sewerage department to inspect the overflowing sewage chambers at Colmorod. Local residents along with SCM convener and ex-councillor of Ward No. 20 Savio Coutinho explained to the Assistant Engineer of Sewerage Department Rosy Borges, the immense hardships they face on account of the overflowing sewage.
Coutinho demanded that the department should, on top priority, find a permanent solution to this problem. He informed that sewage fountains are seen at three locations in the ward viz. on the four-lane main road, near Gomati Building and behind ESI Hospital.
“There were several locations where manholes were not water tight, and groundwater was found seeping into the manholes even as late as the month of May, when the groundwater table was at the lowest level. At some locations, the lines were found to be having a reverse slope, and inspite of these defects the handover was completed without rectification,” he said.
