PANJIM, March 16 -- The creek in the capital Panjim, popularly known as St Inez Creek has been encroached upon near the sewage treatment plant (STP) at Tonca with an alleged illegal retaining wall under construction.
A wall of boulders is being constructed by unknown persons along the creek behind the Government Quarters adjacent to the STP. When the Herald reporter visited the site, no board mentioning the work was seen and neither the machine operator carrying out the work was at the site. The visit further revealed that the excavator machine at the site is being used to excavate the existing silt along the banks of the creek and then replace it with the boulders which are first crushed into smaller pieces and placed in a wall shape with...