Team Herald
MARGAO: Considering the possibility that sewage from a chamber nearby could be seeping into the underpass at Comba-Margao, the authorities have decided to bypass the sewage tank and demolish the faulty chamber.
Local MLA Digambar Kamat, along with Uttam Parsekar, Principal Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, Prakash Pai, Assistant Engineer, Sewerage Department, and other officials carried out a site inspection of the water-logged subway on Wednesday.
The portion from where the leak was noticed seemed to have been repaired recently. While officials of the Sewerage Department denied that sewage is stagnating in the underpass, PWD AE Prasad Pandandikar said that it was likely that the stagnant liquid was sewage, as there is another sewerage chamber on the other side of the underpass.
“There are possibilities that sewage from the nearby sewage tank is seeping into the underpass and hence, instructions have been given to bypass the tank and demolish it. Later, ramps will be constructed at the site where the tank was located,” MLA Digambar Kamat told reporters. He also said that there are possibilities that the water logging is due to the rise in the water table here, as a pond exists in the vicinity.
“Yes, many citizens including representatives of the educational institutes in the locality had complained about the stagnant water and stench in the underpass,” said Kamat. The MLA added that the desilting of the nearby lake will be done in the next couple of days.
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‘Railway bridge approved, will ease traffic chaos at Comba’
MARGAO: The traffic chaos at the railway crossing at Comba may soon be resolved as the modified plans of the Railway Over bridge (ROB) have been approved, and the project is expected to be completed in the next two years.
The proposed ROB will be T-shaped, with a landing on three sides, said MLA Digambar Kamat. It may be recalled that Union Minister for Railways Suresh Prabhu had sanctioned Rs 13 lakh for the ROB at Comba, as over 4,000 vehicles drive through the railway crossing here each day, spending an average of ten minutes waiting here when the gates are closed.
