PANJIM: Frustrated at dust pollution, a Miramar resident has written a letter to High Court of Bombay at Goa to take suo motu cognisance of ongoing Smart City works in the capital city.
In the letter, La Campala Colony resident Piyush Panchal has prayed that the Imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) be directed to deploy adequate number of truck mounted mechanical road sweeping machines or vacuum cleaners to sweep the roads and keep the roads clear of dust all over Panjim and more particularly where the works are being carried out.
Panchal has also urged that the IPSCDL be directed to include a complete chapter/project/proposal on maintain and ensuring good air quality within the Panjim town. A detailed study may be conducted and the proposal be obtained from appropriate authority, he has stated in his letter.
Panchal has also requested the Court to issue directions to the IPSCDL to install real time air monitoring sensors along with display boards to display the readings. The same may be installed at distances not more than one km apart.
Pending completion of the Smart City project, in toto, a system like the odd even system adopted at New Delhi to regulate the transport and number of vehicles within Panjim be devised.
He has also urged the Court to issue directions to only permit electric vehicles to ply within Panjim town, within a reasonable time-frame and to issue directions not to leave any open mud road shoulders beyond the tar roads as to minimise the possibility of generation of dust.
