Camurlim gram sabha turns stormy over educational project
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JULY 18
The Camurlim gram sabha turned stormy on Sunday over the construction of an educational institution in the village.
Opposing the project in the village, gram sabha members rejected the proposal outright and asked the panchayat to go on appeal against the order of the deputy Director of Panchayats.
Gram sabha members raised various queries on the project, demanding to know how the project could be approved without the proper conversion sanad. The members pointed out that half the property in question shows it is non-settlement and sought to know how the authorities could grant conversion for the entire land.
After much discussion, the gram sabha members directed the panchayat not to grant construction licence and decided against forwarding the file for approval.
The garbage issue also figured at the meeting, with gram sabha members demanding to know from the chair the identification of any garbage disposal site.
Sarpanch Basil Dias said the panchayat has not yet identified a garbage disposal site after the Goa State Pollution Control Board rejected the site proposed by the panchayat body.
In this respect, the gram sabha meeting decided to study the garbage disposal system put in place in Taleigao Panchayat and implement the same in the village.
On the question of State highway passing through the village, agitated members threatened to come onto the streets if the PWD does not take urgent steps to complete the road and construct a retaining wall at Dolawaddo.
Sarpanch Basil later told Herald that the gram sabha members complained that construction of the road has reached a dead end, resulting in water logging. “The gram sabha members demanded that the road should continue. The people also complained of dumping of mud, destroying the paddy fields”, he said.
The gram sabha has requested the sarpanch to immediately write to the PWD authorities to take immediate action or face the wrath of the villagers.
Camurlim gram sabha turns stormy over educational project
MARGAO, JULY 18 The Camurlim gram sabha turned stormy on Sunday over the construction of an educational institution in the village. Opposing the project in the village, gram sabha members rejected the proposal outright and asked the panchayat to go on appeal against the order of the deputy Director of Panchayats.
