PERNEM: Due to heavy showers, unplanned and poor quality of work, there were two landslides at Naibag and Dhargal yet again. This is the second time that landslides have occurred at Naibag and Dhargal. On Monday, the National Highway was blocked at Naibag after the protection collapsed both and boulders and mud rolled onto the National Highway 66. There was another collapse of the protection wall at Mahakhajan, Dhargal, forcing police to divert the traffic through the old highway.
Both incidents occurred on Monday morning. A few weeks back there were two landslides, one at Naibag where four occupants of a moving car from Maharashtra narrowly missed death and another landslide at Dhargal where a huge boulder was lodged precariously against the protection wall.
Goa Congress President Amit Patkar said that action should be taken against the government engineer who supervised the work and the contractor MVR should be blacklisted. “There is a complaint in the High Court against this contractor who has built the High Court building. The solicitor general has filed a complaint in the High Court against him due to the leakage,” Patkar told media.
Yuri Alemao, Leader of Opposition questioned, “How is this happening even after three months of completing the highway. Our local Congress leaders had warned the Assistant Engineer PWD that this landslide will occur. They are all hand in glove. There should be an inquiry against them and they should be suspended. Who has tested the quality of the work? CM has to act and suspend them in the interest of Goa.”
Aldona MLA, Carlos Alvares Ferreira said, “We will take up this issue strongly along with our alliance partners and make sure that we have quality and no compromise on the works being executed.”
When asked if Congress will file an FIR against the contractor, Ferreira said, “We will get the details. What were the specification given and what work was done. After studying we can file a case.”