The Goa authorities on Monday slammed the Karnataka administration over the situation of roads in Belagavi district.
“The roads resulting in Karnataka border are usually not in a superb situation,” Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant mentioned onMonday whereas replying to a question over beginning of electrical shuttle buses between Goa and Belagavi. Sawant was speaking to information individuals after a operate in Panaji, Goa.
Chief minister Pramod Sawant whereas speaking to the media over commencing the electrical buses mentioned: “The portion in Karnataka, on Goa-Raichur State Freeway No. 4A, until Belagavi isn’t motorable”.
Sawant termed the situation of the roads in Karnataka as “worst”.
“I’ve introduced the difficulty to the information of my Karnataka counterpart Basavaraj Bommai not too long ago. He assured of getting the highway restore works began as soon as the monsoon is over. Sawant mentioned that Bommai appreciated the initiative of utilizing the electrical bus as an alternative of gas autos.
Karnataka districts, Belagavi and Uttara Kannada, adjoining Goa have relied on latter for its livelihood as many meals objects, together with vegetable, flower, milk, meat, consumed in Goa are produced, and manufactured in Karnataka.
In the meantime, Goa’s Kadamba Transport Company ( KTC) chairman and BJP MLA Ulhas Tuenkar mentioned: “The query of plying the electrical buses on the Goa-Belagavi highway can be thought-about solely after the company receives one other lot of 150 electrical buses by December”.
Half might be used for the general public transport internally in Goa and relaxation might be deployed to Karnataka and nearing elements of Maharashtra, Tuenkar mentioned.
As the electrical buses must be recharged after finishing a 100km distance Tuenkar mentioned Goa authorities will arrange charging models in Belagavi.
“Since a whole lot of individuals from Karnataka, particularly from drought-hit areas like Bagalkote, Vijayapur, Gadag, Haveri, Raichur districts have settled in Goa. The rechargeable models will even be established in these districts,” Tuenkar.
Khanapur Congress MLA Anjali Nimbalkar whose constituency covers about 90% of the whole size of the Raichur-Panaji state freeway mentioned: “Regardless of concrete roads, a number of stretches had been broken as a result of heavy rains that lashed the said for days”.