PANJIM, March 10 -- Team Herald

Challenges encountered in implementing projects including inter alia, delay in obtaining clearances from different departments, land acquisition, groundwater issues, seasonal rains and others were some of the reasons for the delay in completing the Smart City works in Panjim.

This was informed by Union Minister of State for Housing and Urban Affairs Tokhan Sahu to a question tabled by MP Sadanand Shet Tanavade in the Rajya Sabha on Mon-day.

The minister said that besides the above reasons, challenges in vendor and resource avail-ability in the city and the procurement of construction material were the other reasons for the delay.

Panjim has taken various steps to expedite works like deployment of additi...