24 Apr 2023| 05:53am ISTGovt ‘junk vehicles’ and eye sore behind Udyog Bhavan in PanjimChoke parking space; serve as shelter for rodents, vermin; fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes tooTeam HeraldPANJIM: The State-owned ‘junk vehicles’ are lying in the parking space behind Udyog Bhavan in Panjim. directorate of industries, trade and commerce, department of information and publicity and electricity department are serving as shelter for rodents, vermin, and other pests. The vehicles occupy parking space and are a fertile breeding ground for mosquitoes, which causes vector-borne diseases. When contacted, Director of Industries, Trade and Commerce Swetika Sachan, said, “We have already started the process of condemnation and shortly we will remove them. This process takes time but I am hopeful that before the onset of monsoon these junk vehicles will be cleared.”Three of the total six vehicles belong to the Directorate of Industries, Trade and Commerce.

Source: The Herald April 23, 2023 19:41 UTC