BICHOLIM: The renovated Mayem Lake will be inaugurated by January 15, the Chairman of Goa Tourism Development Corporation (GTDC), Dayanand Sopte assured the Mayem villagers, on Wednesday.
Sopte made the assurance on a visit to inspect the overall work of the renovated Mayem Lake. When villagers came to know about this they gathered near the lake and apprised him about the difficulties faced by them due to delay in inaugurating the lake.
After listening to grievances of villagers, Sopte told them that the work of constructing 32 kiosks, which would be later allotted to the locals, would be completed by January 10 and the opening of lake will be held soon. He also said that he would look into overall beautification to attract more people.
Mayem MLA Pravin Zantye said that there are plans to construct a theme park on par with the idea of other international tourist destinations. He also added that efforts would be made to draft different schemes that would generate revenue for the locals.
