Goa Legislative Assembly

“This House unanimously resolves to urge the Government that the Inspectorate of Survey and Land Records carries out a comprehensive survey of the State and brings on record the changes if any, in terms of its boundaries and/or any structures constructed therein. The last time such an exercise was done was in 1976 and thereafter no such comprehensive attempts were made and the common man has to still rely on old cadastral survey maps.”

Attention of the House is drawn as regards the students, parents and staff of Sharada Mandir School Kadamba due to pathetic condition of road stretch beginning from Healthway Hospital to Sharada Mandir School, Kadamba, Goulim Moula.

The road has become hazard to the life of students, parents and staff as well as damage to vehicles plying on the road. There are big pot holes on the road which leads to daily accident to two-wheeler riders.

Recently two staff members of Sharada Mandir School Kadamba have been injured due to the terrible condition of the road.

Steps Govt. intend to take in this regard.

The Gaundalim Railway crossing is one of the major roads located at old Goa panchayat under the Cumbharjua constituency.  There are often traffic congestion noticed due to railway crossing at Dauji.  The services of emergency vehicles are also hampered.  Hence, it is requested to immediately look into the work of the flyover bridge.

There are several islands in Cumbharjua constituency which needs a proper ferry boat service. Nearly a thousand number of people travel across the ferry on daily basis.  The present strength of the ferry boats are not up to the mark.  Hence, it is requested to provide more ferry boats.

I would like to move the following Zero Hour Mention to the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa.

“Fear and Anxiety in the minds of the people of all people commuting by the road at Dhauji in Cumbharjua Constituency over the traffic chaos and delays. It has been a regular scene at the Old Goa-Dhauji manned railway crossing. The lane-discipline is never obeyed. Normally cars queue up on the left side of the road. Though the right side is meant to be kept vacant for on coming vehicular traffic, it is always the two-wheelers who rush in from every direction and block the entire road. The situation escalates to chaos when an Ambulance carrying a critical patient waits to cross once the gates are lifted. Moreover, the long wait at the manned railway crossing poses risk to critical patients carried by Ambulances who need to reach GMC from the villages of Gaundalim, St. Estevam and Cumbharjua.

Fear and anxiety has risen in the hearts and minds of the residents of divar island with the rising tides in the river Mandovi that forced the shut down of ferry services to Old Goa from Divar ferry wharf due to flooding of Mandovi river.

It is needed to raise the approach road to the ferry wharf leading to Old Goa by over eight feet and need to raise the height of the bundhs surrounding the island of Divar so as to prevent flooding of the fields and the island due to high tides, especially during monsoon season.