PANJIM, April 23 -- It has been nearly eight years when Panjim was selected to be developed as 'Smart City' by the Union Ministry for Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA). But the State government and specially the IPSCDL, which was created specially the complete the projects, could not complete the works. Initially, the work was very slow and only a small stretch of Smart Road near Fire and Emergency Services was completed.

But as the pressure mounted, the works got expedited and almost all stretches of the city roads got dug up.

Advocate General Devidas Pangam submitted that the measures would be taken in the context of dust pollution, traffic situation and safety precautions and strict directives have been issued to all concerned to com...