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Hillock digging upset Aquem locals BY HERALD REPORTER MARGAO, MARCH 16 - Excavation of a hillock at Aquem here has literally forced local residents to run from pillar to post, as they apprehended danger to existing structures due to shift in the sub-soil. The residents, Molly Fernandes and M V Hede, has written to almost all the concerned authorities, ranging from the deputy Collector, Margao, PDA Member Secretary, Margao Police, Margao Municipal Chief Officer, Town and Country Planning department. They contended that the ongoing excavation has posed a risk to the public road and the electric wire pole snapping under pressure of the excavation. "There is no support of soil now on the eastern side of the electric pole posing danger to the public", the residents maintained. "There's no safety barricade set up outside the road to prevent an accident. The place if visited will reveal the peril that the road users are exposed to consequent to the excavation", the residents told the deputy Collector. The residents has now pleaded to the authorities to direct the builder to take measures at the site to prevent danger and loss of lives. Herald understands that the deputy Collector, Suresh Pilarnekar had on February 24 asked Salcete Mamlatdar, Jhonson Fernandes for a report within 8 days. Sources said the Mamlatdar is alleged to have described the activity as illegal, but the authorities - which are always quick in issuing notices to any illegality in the coastal belt - are going slow on the matter. -- TUMCHER AXIRVAD ASSUM; DEV BOREM KORUM. Gabe Menezes. London, England
