THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2024
Team Herald
PANJIM: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Cortalim candidate Alina Saldanha claimed on Saturday that she would focus on providing basic amenities to the people of Cortalim, if AAP voted to power. Saldanha said her main priority is to address the water needs of the people as well as improving internal roads and underground cabling.
While addressing the media Saldanha said, "Water problems still exist in many areas; either people don't have access to water or the pressure isn't enough for the water to rise up into their tanks. We can't survive without water. Therefore, water needs to be given top priority".
Adding she said, “Despite installing a new water pipeline a month ago, there are many areas in Zuari Nagar where pressure is low. At Lamani colony, the pressure is so low that the water does not reach the overhead tank. Since the pressure is low, the water is released at 2 or 3 in the morning. This is not fair for the residents of the area, and it will be picked up immediately.”
"In order to ensure that there is water for every citizen of the Cortalim constituency, all the areas have been noted down, and we will lay a new water pipeline if the need arises,” she said.
She further said, “Many new houses have been built in the Cortalim constituency; these houses don't have access to the main road because internal roads have not been constructed. Lack of internal roads hinders access to the main road; therefore, this issue will also be taken up by our government.”
