CM sets deadline to streamline traffic at Nuvem junction

MARGAO, SEPT 9
Chief Minister Digambar Kamat on Thursday set September end as the deadline for government agencies to streamline traffic at the Nuvem junction at the Eastern bypass.
The Chief Minister along with officials of various government agencies inspected the accident prone Nuvem traffic junction and suggested a slew of measures to rid the junction of the traffic bottlenecks.
Kamat accepted the suggestion mooted by DySP, Traffic Ganajan Prabhudessai to utilize the land acquired by the Water Resources department to build a bypass road from the Eastern bypass junction to Nuvem near the new market complex.
In this respect, the Chief Minister also issued instructions to the PWD to immediately undertake land filling of the WRD acquired land so that the bypass road is put in place before September end. The PWD officials were further instructed to build bus bays at three place along the highway.
District collector  G P Naik said all the officials were called at the Nuvem junction to work out a permanent solution to the acute traffic congestion. “The authorities have accepted the suggestion to construct a bypass road from the junction, connecting the highway to the Nuvem market complex”, he said.
DySP Traffic Gajanan Prabhudessai told Herald that the authorities has taken up five roads and has issued notifications to streamline traffic in the city.
Explaining his proposal for a bypass connecting the highway for the eastern bypass to Nuvem market, DySP Prabhudessai said the WRD had acquired land for a water canal some years ago, and is now proposed to be utilized for a bypass road at Nuvem.
 “If the land is developed as a bypass road, people of Nuvem and Majorda can taken the road instead of taking the Church road to come to Margao”, he said.