Chief Minister Pramod Sawant whilst chairing a meeting of the State Disaster Management Authority (SDMA) recently has confidently said that Panaji will not be experiencing any flooding during the upcoming monsoons despite of seeing the ongoing digging of roads and incomplete work of different projects of the smart City Project.
Unfortunately, after seeing the actual horrible condition of some of the areas on the ground, especially from the Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP) at Tonca to Caculo Mall, from Expert Pharmacy to Madhuban circle, stretch from National Theatre to Govinda building and other road stretches (most of which resemble bombarded areas of Ukraine), most city residents are rightly raising their own apprehensions and expecting these areas to be huge swimming pools after getting fully flooded this time. In fact, they feel that they might even have to use small boats or canoes this time to travel. I therefore think that the government of the day should either shut down or seriously decide to distribute free life jackets for people residing in these areas (including those coming to Panaji).
