Goemakarponm desk
Agassaim: St Andre MLA Francis Silveira on Thursday demanded that the widening of MDR road from Pilar to Old Goa be denotified immediately.
Silveira made this demand before PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar, who assured him to to look the matter positively.
Speaking to Goemkarponn, Silveira said that the villagers of Dongri and Neura are living in fear and anxiety due to widening of road proposed in RP 2021.
“Due to road widening many people will lose their houses, temples, chapels,” he said.
Silveira aaid that the villages hof Dongri and Neura have already resolved to oppose the move.
“There is already a option for anoyher road in RP parrelel to railway line. They can opt for that road,” he said.
Silveira said since that option is already there the government must denotified the MDR from Pilar to Old Goa.
Meanwhile, PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar, PWD Officials, officials of National Highway and Local authorities today carried a site inspection of the National Highway Road passing through St Andre Constituency.
The local MLA brought to the notice of the officials various issues that needs to be sorted out of road crossing like service road and other issues.