The Dona Paula stretch – from the circle to the jetty and from the circle to the Raj Bhavan is still a war zone even though the work had started more than a month back. Residents still have to bear with dusty roads, interrupted water and electricity as well as no internet facilities and hordes of tourists walking outside their windows.
And now to add to their woes and surely increase their torture, a majority of the work force has been shifted to the road leading to the Raj Bhavan with sources saying that the Raj Bhavan authorities are allegedly putting pressure to ensure that their road work is finished as fast as possible.
The absolute chaos has left both residents as well as tourists that throng to Dona Paula wondering what has hit them. A majority of the tourists can be seen asking “how far is it”, as they walk along the dug up dusty roads, some in the salwar suits, others in sarees and some in their shorts while others with formal pants and shirts and shoes.
In fact the work has gone on in such a haphazard way, that the access to the State Bank of India, Dona Paula – a bank where a lot of senior citizens bank – is a plank, which has to be crossed at your own peril. There have been incidents of people losing their balance and falling down
The work that is being done by a private contractor for the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation, who has informally complained of a lack of cooperation from other government departments.
For example, the old water pipelines have still not been removed by the PWD even as the new pipeline has already been laid by the GSIDC. This has ensured that the work is delayed as the contractors cannot dig up the road to lay pipes and cables.
