Goemkarponn Desk
VASCO: Vasco MLA Krishna Salkar on Friday morning said that the new Vasco fish market would be inaugurated by November end
Salkar was speaking to media after launching the works on Pavers at Belabai in the presence of Mormugao Municipal Council MMC Chairperson and Ward councillor Girish Borker.
” The Vasco fish market is almost ready and final touch to the project will be completed before October. We have had a joint and final meeting with the Fish Market vendors to know their small needs like the placement of cold storage , their seating arrangement, place for fish cutters etc . We have plans to inaugurate the new fish market by November end ” said Salkar
Salkar said the entire Swatantra Path will also have a total revamp
” We will spend around Rs 12 crores and make the entire Swatantra Path into a total new street. The street will have a total makeover with new footpaths, new barricades and even new trees. The gutters along the road will also be deepened for smooth flow of drainage . We have already taken the works on underground cabling and we have now begun the works on a dedicated pipeline so that the road need not be damaged for new water supply connection in the future. These works will start by October end and be completed by March next year ,ahead of the Monsoons. This project will give a total new look to Vasco city as well ” said Salkar
Speaking on the launching of Pavers , Salkar said that the project was taken at the cost of Rs 12.5 lakhs
” We had proposed the works in different wards through the PWD and maximum of the works have been sanctioned. We are launching this works on laying pavers for around 300 meters in this entire area and this works will be completed before Ganesh Chaturthi. We are also launched the works on elevating the road at Orulem and also building a new Culvert there. Due to heavy monsoons , other works like hot mixing will start in October and all the roads in this entire ward will be taken up to develop a good infrastructure in the area. We are also planning to set up two sewerage pumping stations in this area which never had a sewage network and the projects are in the tendering stage presently. Most of the issues of the area will be resolved immediately as works will start step by step in phase wise manner ” said Salkar