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MARGAO
The government on Friday has set in motion the process to amalgamate the land owned by the Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) with the Transport department, ahead of the construction of the Fatorda Margao Bus Terminal, with Transport Minister Sudin Dhavalikar agreeing to send a request to GSUDA to hand over the land.
This became evident at a meeting between the Transport Minister and the TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai wherein it was decided that the proposal of handing over the GSUDA land to the Transport department will be placed before the Cabinet for approval by circulation.
Speaking to the media after laying the foundation stone for the construction of a major storm water nullah on the wholesale fish market road, the TCP Minister said the proposed Fatorda Margao Bus Terminal project is a major challenge before him to complete before the end of the current five-year tenure. “The bus terminal project will take off only after GSUDA hands over the land acquired for the exhibition ground to the Transport department. The two properties need to be first amalgamated before the project can take shape,” he said.
The TCP Minister, who had a meeting with the Transport Minister, said that Dhavalikar will set in motion the process for the amalgamation of the two properties via a Cabinet decision by circulation. “It is a process and the same will take some time,” he said, adding that the ambitious project of the exhibition ground mooted by GSUDA on the acquired land will also be factored in the bus terminal complex.
Replying to a question, the TCP Minister said the major project, which he has initiated in Fatorda, should see the light of day before the expiry of the five-year term.
“I have taken up many projects to bring about a transformation in Fatorda, including the long-delayed Fatorda Margao Bus Terminal. I expect to complete most of the projects before the five-year term,” he said, while asserting that he has the capability to take the projects to their logical conclusion by being in the opposition.
