PORVORIM: All roads in the state that are in a bad condition will be hotmixed within the next four months, chief minister Pramod Sawant said, setting aside Rs 600 crore for construction, hotmixing and maintenance of roads. While work of hotmixing 142km of national highways will be completed before the onset of monsoon, another Rs 100 core has been earmarked as area development fund for all MLAS to “ensure developmental works are carried out smoothly in their constituencies”.
“Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, new infrastructure works could not be taken up due to financial and workforce constraints. However, with the economy back on track, I now propose to hotmix all roads of the state lying in bad condition,” Sawant said.
Of the new works to be taken up, construction of the long-pending new bus stand for Mapusa is on the cards.
Four projects have been identified by the state government to be completed and commissioned “on a war footing before the monsoon”. While of these, the new high court complex at Porvorim is already set to be inaugurated later this week, the others include construction of headquarters for the commissioner of commercial taxes, Panaji, Ashram School at Moshiphond in Poinguinim, and bus stand and mini depot in the CM’s constituency at Sakhali.
Meanwhile, Goa Infrastructure Development Corporation will get a capital outlay of Rs 450 crore, as per the budget announcement.