SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2024
Team Herald
CHANDOR: Villagers of twin villages of Chandor-Cavorim and Guirdolim presented a charter of demands called “a wish list” to their MLA Yuri Alemao when he visited his office, at Chandor, recently.
The “wish list” has 12 issues regarding Chandor-Cavorim, 15 pertaining to Guirdolim and seven demands that are common to both the villages.
The charter of demands besides asking for some infrastructure works concentrate on developing agriculture including animal husbandry and pisciculture and tourism given the fact that tourists are already visiting the ancestral houses and first capital of Govapuri.
The “wish list” was presented on behalf of the villagers by office bearers of four NGOs operating in the two villages namely Ganv Bhavancho Ekvott, Chandor Club, Guirdolim Club and Chandor Seamen’s Association.
The common demands to the two villages include a very vehement “No” to transportation of coal through the two villages which they said will make the villages a coal hub and that the movement of heavy vehicles be banned in the twin villages as decreed by the Collector some years back.
The MLA’s help was also sought in setting up the Material Recovery Facility for both the villages, identification of accident prone zones, marking zebra crossings near the schools and painting the speed breakers with fluorescent paint.
While asking for a permanent solution to the menace of people throwing garbage by the roadside, the villagers demanded that the road leading to the erstwhile MSL factory be cleared of the garbage dumped.
The villagers demanded an immediate roll back of the water tariff as the bills issued are too high and asked that the old rate be retained.
The villagers demanded that the police outpost catering to the twin villages be provided with adequate staff so that the beat patrolling can be intensified to keep crime rate low and more particularly consumption of alcohol by the roadside.
They demanded that the joggers trek proposed under the MPLAD Scheme on the ground should be constructed on the periphery and the area encroached upon by some individual without reducing the dimensions of the ground.
They also demanded that the well know “Oilem Tollem” in the village be dredged and developed as a tourist spot to provide leisure facilities to the various people visiting the village.
Besides, the desilting of all water bodies including the mighty “Oll” having the sluice gates in the village, upgrading the sub-center managed by the Health Department and a full-time doctor, besides, stationing a cardiac care ambulance an asked for replacing the age old asbestos pipes for water supply with cement pipes and more.
As for Guirdolim, the villagers demanded road dividers to the railway under pass approach roads while also providing a walking path for pedestrians in the underpass and erecting a mobile tower at the Monte Hill in the village to provide mobile connectivity to the residents and other issues.
