Narvekar assures Socorro villagers of playground NT News Desk Panaji Jan 21: The Law Minister, Mr Dayanand Narvekar has assured the villagers of Socorro that the playground in the village would be developed with added facilities of a multipurpose hall at an estimated cost of Rs 65 lakh under the scheme of SAG.Mr Narvekar was speaking at the meeting organised to listen to public grievances and review the developmental works at village panchayats, Socorro and Salvador-do-Mundo in Bardez, recently. Mr Narvekar said, the works of various minor roads in these areas will be taken up shortly besides, he said, water tank is proposed to be constructed at 20-point programme colony in Socorro.
At Salvador-do-Mundo, the Law Minister stated that the work of hotmixing of road costing Rs 2 crore from Aldona-Salvador-do-Mundo to Malim will be commenced soon. The widening of internal roads will be taken up at an estimated cost of Rs 65 lakh, he added. Mr Narvekar also instructed the PWD officials to prepare estimates for construction of road in Salvador-do-Mundo village. He said, an amount of Rs 1 crore has been earmarked for construction of 650 cubic mts capacity water tank at Torda. He said the desilting of nullah would be taken up in the area. He also assured to provide adequate basic amenities and growth requirements of the villagers. The Minister was accompanied by Mr Gupesh Naik, ZP member, Ms Ditosa Lobo, sarpanch of Socorro and senior government officials.
