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PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa on Tuesday granted the State government more time to complete the ongoing Smart City works in the State’s capital city.
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The Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) chief general manager Vivek Valke filed an additional affidavit stating that all roads in Panjim will be made operational by March 31, while work of footpaths, beautification and other ancillary works of landscaping, tree plantation, etc, will be completed by June 30 this year
The Division Bench comprising Justice M S Karnik and Justice Nivedita P Mehta accepted the additional affidavit and the time-line and the status of road works submitted by the IPSCDL.
However, during the hearing the counsel for the petitioners told the Court that the road works were undertaken in the most haphazard manner and causing immense inconvenience to the general public.
Adv Abhijit Gosavi, counsel for the petitioners Christus Cecilio Lopes and Sadanand Vaingankar sought time to place additional materials on record indicating that more roads have been dug up in the city, which is causing maximum inconvenience to the residents as well as the road users.
The Court asked him to file rejoinder within a week and also asked the authorities to respond by next date i.e. on February 25.
