VASCO: Power Minister Nilesh Cabral on Monday informed that the street lamps from Dabolim Airport till Verna stretch will be fixed and maintained properly by mid-February.
Speaking at the opening of new Electricity Department office at Verna, he said, “The proposal to undertake and maintenance of all street lamps under Electricity Department has been sent to Chief Minister for his approval.”
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After inaugurating the office of the Sub Divisional Engineer (O&M and COM) S/D III, Div XIV, Verna Electricity Department in the new panchayat building, Cabral said he is aware of the street lamps issue and revealed that in Goa not all streetlights are maintained by the Electricity Department as some are installed and maintained by some other agencies.
Cabral said considering the issue, he has sent a proposal to the Chief Minister requesting him to only allow the Electricity Department to install and maintain the street lamps.
The minister assured that he will follow up this proposal with Chief minister and added that if a domestic consumer is charged 3 paise and a commercial consumer 5 paise then the Electricity Department will carry out the maintenance of the street lamps. There are some streets where street lamps are needed, so in such cases, the panchayat and the municipality can write to Executive Engineer and get them installed.
Chief Electricity Engineer Rajiv Samant informed that the new electricity office, which is spacious, has two assistant engineers and several junior engineers along with other staff. Services such as billing, grievances, etc, will be provided to the residents of Verna, Nuvem, Cansaulim and Nagoa”.
