Digital Goa, May 24 – Panaji MLA Babush Monserrate today alleged that the ongoing Smart City work is of ‘substandard’ quality. “I feel substandard work is being carried out as far as Smart City is concerned in main Panaji,” he said. “I am not interfering because consultants are there. There is one consultant who has been paid Rs 8 crore for consultancy. I believe consultancy should have been under PWD at least”, Babush said. I will just wait and watch, he added. When crores are paid to the consultant, it is the job of the consultant to deliver his goods, he asserted. When queried over CM Sawant’s assurance that there will be no flooding this monsoons, Babush said CM’s statement is based on what has been told to him by the technical staff on ground.
