The Times of India 08.09.2009
Bambolim school complex to get garbage, sewerage plants
PANAJI: Education minister Babush Monserrate has said that the integrated school complex planned at Cujira in Bambolim will get its independent garbage and sewerage treatment plants.
Monserrate had announced recently that two major organisations Dempo charitable trust and Alcon constructions have volunteered to develop the integrated school complex at their own cost of approximately Rs five crore and that the work was already in progress. The garbage and sewerage treatment plants will also be built by these organisations for the complex.
The integrated school complex is being planned to shift Panaji schools to ease congestion in the capital city during school hours. Also, the complex will provide students will facilities such as playground etc which are not available to them as schools are located in city area where there is a lack of space.
A total of 1.13 lakh sq m has already been acquired by the state government and marked for the purpose at Cujira in Bambolim. As the education minister has decided to increase the allocation of land to each school to 10,000 sq m from the previous 5,000 sq m, the Directorate of Education (DoE) is in the process of acquiring more land for the complex.
Efforts to acquire the neighbouring land owned by the Goa Medical College and hospital at the moment has already begun, sources informed. Two large playgrounds, a gymnasium, a common hall, a hi-tech laboratory and parking facility will also be built at the complex. All these facilities along with the internal roads will be provided by the Dempo and Alcon groups at the cost of Rs five crore.
With five to six schools placed in close proximity, a substantial amount of garbage and sewage will be generated at the complex. Therefore, a garbage treatment plant will also be set up to treat the waste and an independent sewerage treatment plant is also in the offing for the complex.
The financial support offered by the two organisations has been accepted to avoid the work on the complex from being delayed pending approval of government grants, the education minister clarified recently. The two organisations have discussed the proposal and the developmental works involved with the education minister and have submitted a letter to the government expressing their willingness to bear a cost of Rs five crore to develop facilities for the complex, sources said.
Five schools have been shortlisted to be allotted land in the complex. Each school will be provided 10,000 sq m of land each and the school managing committee will have to themselves construct buildings for the school. The education department will also offer loans for the purpose. Dempo college of arts and science will also be provided land in the complex as it is also located in a congested area in the capital city.
Monserrate had announced recently that two major organisations Dempo charitable trust and Alcon constructions have volunteered to develop the integrated school complex at their own cost of approximately Rs five crore and that the work was already in progress. The garbage and sewerage treatment plants will also be built by these organisations for the complex.
The integrated school complex is being planned to shift Panaji schools to ease congestion in the capital city during school hours. Also, the complex will provide students will facilities such as playground etc which are not available to them as schools are located in city area where there is a lack of space.
A total of 1.13 lakh sq m has already been acquired by the state government and marked for the purpose at Cujira in Bambolim. As the education minister has decided to increase the allocation of land to each school to 10,000 sq m from the previous 5,000 sq m, the Directorate of Education (DoE) is in the process of acquiring more land for the complex.
Efforts to acquire the neighbouring land owned by the Goa Medical College and hospital at the moment has already begun, sources informed. Two large playgrounds, a gymnasium, a common hall, a hi-tech laboratory and parking facility will also be built at the complex. All these facilities along with the internal roads will be provided by the Dempo and Alcon groups at the cost of Rs five crore.
With five to six schools placed in close proximity, a substantial amount of garbage and sewage will be generated at the complex. Therefore, a garbage treatment plant will also be set up to treat the waste and an independent sewerage treatment plant is also in the offing for the complex.
The financial support offered by the two organisations has been accepted to avoid the work on the complex from being delayed pending approval of government grants, the education minister clarified recently. The two organisations have discussed the proposal and the developmental works involved with the education minister and have submitted a letter to the government expressing their willingness to bear a cost of Rs five crore to develop facilities for the complex, sources said.
Five schools have been shortlisted to be allotted land in the complex. Each school will be provided 10,000 sq m of land each and the school managing committee will have to themselves construct buildings for the school. The education department will also offer loans for the purpose. Dempo college of arts and science will also be provided land in the complex as it is also located in a congested area in the capital city.
