Panaji: Junking Some reports for Rejuvenation of St Inez Creek, and after wasting central and international funds, the state government has now formed another unit of tasks to intentional and revive the 9 km-length river.
Ignoring “detailed studies” themselves prepared in 2019, imagine Panaji Smart City Development Limited (IPSCDL) has formed a task force to rejuvenate Creek under the Urban Living Lab (Pull) project.
The 11 Member Task Force, led by the Secretary of Urban Development, aims to implement rejuvenation projects through “urban flood management, body management of urban water, urban mobility” and other strategies.
Gurdle City Administration Director P pillarekar told the Inter-Department Committee Constitution or Task Force, which will function as part of the India’s first Urban Lab pilot project.
The attraction is regulated in state capital with funds from the Danish government.
It functions according to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the Danish Embassy in India and IPSCDL, drawing to the previous MoU about sustainable and intelligent urban development signed between Denmark and India in April 2018.
In mid-2019, IPSCDL submitted a report to the state government Which shows that the overload of the Sewerage processing plant (STP) in Tonca and mud disposal on the river is partly responsible for its rotten nature.
The draft IPSCDL report, reviewed by Toi, states that a layer of 10cm thick mud is located at the bottom of the river, which needs to be removed through de-sorting.
The Asian Development Bank, under the development of the development of cities for Asia, has sanctioned funds to rejuvenate the river.
The Urban Development Ministry, meanwhile, has provided sanctions at RS 19.5 Crore to Panaji City (CCP) company in March 2014 to revive the river under the Nehru Jawaharlal National Urban Generator Mission (JNNURM).
The Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) has prepared a detailed project report through LKS consultations, looking for funds to refresh and beautify the river, but all plans and proposals remain on paper.