About Rs 34 crores spent on 72 works by 25 ZP members
The 25 members of the South Zilla Panchayats (ZPs) utilized Rs 33.58 crore to undertake 72 works in their constituencies. Various types of infrastructure like roads, drains, cross drains, etc were undertaken by the ZP members including works for religious institutions and for sports and cultural organizations.
With the exception of two constituencies in other constituencies the works undertaken in the last five years are worth more than Rs 1 crore. However, in the Sancoale constituency only 14 works worth Rs 57.02 lakhs were undertaken.
The amount spent in Guirdolim constituency where 27 works were undertaken just missed the Rs 1 crore mark, as works worth Rs 99.47 lakhs were undertaken; and Nuvem constituency just crossed the Rs 1 crore work mark as the 32 works undertaken there cost Rs 1.01 crore.
Maximum number of projects were undertaken in Curti constituency where 50 works were taken up spending Rs 1,54,43,165; which was followed by Usgao Ganjem, where 34 works were done at the cost of Rs 1,51,48,208.
Colva constituency ranked third in the highest number of works undertaken as the 46 projects done in this coastal area cost the exchequer Rs 1,38,36,567. The least number of projects were undertaken in Sancoale where only 14 projects were taken up and they cost Rs 57,02,848.
The most amount was spent in Cortalim constituency where Rs 1,64,34,726 were used to undertake 37 works; followed by Sanvordem where Rs 1,55,38,010 was spent on 34 projects; and at Curti Rs 1,54,43,165 was spent on the 50 projects.
Benaulim constituency where 44 works were undertaken spending Rs 1.43 crore, as many as five works were done by spending less than Rs 1 lakh on them. However the work done at the least cost was in Poinguinim constituency, where RCC pipes were provided spending only Rs 35,031. The re-roofing of the shed for Murhudev Devasthan at Tankwada was done at the cost of Rs 36,987.
The most amount spent on any single project in the 25 constituencies was Rs 13,44,926 that was spent to fix pavers for Our Lady of Snows Church at Raia; followed by the Rs 12,58,620 spent on constructing the market complex at Rumdamol in Davorlim constituency.
In Guirdolim constituency though 27 works were undertaken spending less than Rs 1 crore, a drain was constructed from Kamat Hospital that cost Rs 12.60 lakhs.
