The Times of India 06.09.2012
MMC plans to build skywalk in Margao
MARGAO: The roads of Margao are too congested to walk through, and to
tide over the situation a new idea is beginning to take shape on the
MMC’s drawing board – skywalk.The South Goa district
administration and the Margao municipal council (MMC) are toying with
the idea of having a state-of-the-art skywalk system with moving
walkways connecting the KTC bus stand to the municipality square, a distance of almost 2km.
The MMC
has sent a proposal to the district collector to obtain his
in-principle nod to have the skywalk constructed through the MPLAD
scheme.South Goa district collector N D Agarwal, when
contacted, confirmed having received the proposal from the MMC and that
the civic body has been asked to prepare estimates for the project so
that the idea can be taken up further.Sources informed that
Agarwal recently held a meeting with the MMC chief officer, Srinet
Kothwale, and discussed the nitty gritties of the proposal.
“The MMC
chief officer has been told to get a resolution passed at a meeting of
the councillors so that the proposal can be placed before the South Goa
MP to be taken up under the MPLAD scheme,” a highly placed official in the district administration said.While Kothwale declined to divulge much details saying the idea was
still in the conceptualization stage, sources informed that the MMC has
also submitted an alternative idea, of constructing a subway connecting
the two points, if the skywalk turns out to be an unworkable concept.
The subway will have provisions for movement of pedestrians and vehicles
as well. A leading Goan architect, sources informed, has offered his
services to the MMC to prepare the drawings of the project.