Herald looks at a few infrastructure projects and checked out their condition viz a viz the spends on those projects
‘PWD GSR does not have many modern articles, like interiors, etc so these have be taken from outside.’
“There is also a difference in work quality between GSIDC and PWD,” he says.
Cumbarjua-Gaundalim Bridge
The Cumbarjua-Gaundalim bridge which was inaugurated in April 2016 and barely nine months later the bridge had developed a crack and the arch has begun to tilt, posing serious danger to the commuters.
3 washrooms for Rs 5.89 cr
GSIDC spent Rs 6 crore on the construction of just three washrooms.
The toilets – two at Old Goa and one at Mala – have cost the taxpayer Rs 5.89 crore.
Information obtained under the Right To Information Act (RTI) by Herald reveals, that the construction of washrooms at Old Goa for the 2014 Exposition in two packages cost Rs 3,32,98,087 (Package I was Rs 1,67,54,331 and Package II was Rs 1,65,43,756). The RTI reply also reveals that the construction of washrooms at Mala (Package I) will cost Rs 2,56,43,457.
Compare this huge cost for washrooms with the construction a primary school in Cambrabhat, which is approximately around 200 sq metres with modern facilities and a compound wall. GSIDC took this up at just Rs 70,15,874.
Similarly, the reconstruction of Government Primary School at Falwada, Cudnem Bicholim has been taken up at Rs 71,77,814 and construction of a Primary School at Tamsodo Dharbandora at Rs 99,77,392.
Publication date- February 18, 2017
