PANJIM: Santana Sports Club, Santana-Talaulim laid the foundation stone for the construction of their club house at the club premises, Talaulim, on Saturday.
Member of Parliament, Raja Sabha, Vinay Tendulkar laid the foundation stone in the presence of St Andre Constituency MLA Francis Silveira, St Cruz Zilla Parishad Member Savanna Araujo, Sarpanch Curca-Bambolim-Talaulim Roshan Vernekar, former sarpanch and panch Maria Leena Da Cunha and Parish Priest St Ana Church, Talaulim Fr Johnsie Pereira.
Speaking on the occasion, Tendulkar promised all support for the development and beautification of the club from the MPLAD funds. He also assured that he will sanction the second phase amount for the compound wall and gymnasium equipments. This is the second project in North Goa under Tendulkar.
He called upon the sarpanch, panchas, club members and MLA Francis to work together for this project leaving out any party differences and also praised Fr Lourdino Pereira and Jerry De Melo.
Silveira in his address praised Maria Leena, Jerry and members for working tirelessly for the last three years to make this dream project a reality and urged the contactor to provide a quality work while constructing the club.
He also thanked the villagers for their cooperation for this project.
The club house will have a community hall, gymnasium and office under build up area consisting of 129 sqmts and total area of 304 sqmts and most probably will be completed in one’s year time.
