Create Masterplan To Improve Public Transport In Goa, Says Gadkari

Panaji: Goa government must prepare a masterplan to improve transport facilities in state, which will get works worth Rs 25000-30000 crore sanctioned in next five years, Union Minister Nitin Gkari said on Thursday. He was speaking after dedicating a six-lane access controlled elevated stretch from Manohar International Airport in Mopa to Dhargal in north Goa.

" US government has decided to give licence for drone taxi re. Four to six persons can fly from one place to anor. This will be a revolution. When I was Union minister for shipping, I h mooted a plan for water taxi in Goa but it never materialised. Under plan, tourists arriving at airport would get to water taxi point by ropeway and n reach hotels," he said.

"Hotels are located on seashore and y can construct individual jetties to receive tourists. A state like Goa should improve public transport. Special attention must be given to draw a masterplan for public transport. This will reduce vehicular pollution in state," Union minister for ro transport and highways said. Gkari said works estimated at Rs 22,000 crore that have been sanctioned for Goa will be completed during this year, while works worth Rs 25000-30000 crore will be sanctioned in next five years.

Such a situation will come up when no Goa minister needs to come to Delhi seeking speedy completion of works, he asserted. minister also said a bypass running through Margao and going till Karnataka border worth Rs 3,500 crore will be sanctioned. Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Union minister of state for power Shrip Naik were present at event. 

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