Cuncolim Market

PANJIM: An expert appointed to examine whether the project of Market Complex cum Community hall in Cuncolim is feasible or not has submitted a report in favour of the project to the Court.

Jose F.F. de Albuquerque, Retired Chief Engineer, PWD was asked to look into the said area vis-a-vis flow and discharge of water and whether work planned and executed by the Goa State Urban Development Agency (GSUDA) is effective in the matter of discharge and flow of water by the High Court.

The expert inspected the site during this monsoon and submitted a report in favour of the project. However, the petitioner Jose Cruz Gomes and five others opposed the report stating that the expert didn't visit the site on the day it was raining. However, the Court rejected the argument, even as the petitioners were asked to make recommendations, if any.

In the past also, Advocate General Subodh Kantak had stated that they have a study, which shows that the construction of the market place will not cause inundation in the area. Then Amicus Curiae submitted that the study does not suit the purpose since it was not done in the monsoon.

According Amicus Curiae, the study is incomplete since it does not take into account the flow of water in the monsoon in the entire area namely Cuncolim market area and had demanded that the study must be done during the monsoon.