PANJIM: The State government has asked the Directorate of Municipal Administration and Directorate of Panchayats to consider applications for building toilets even though it does not have consent of the owner of the premise.
“The Director of Panchayats and DMA as the case may be shall consider all such applications which are received without NOC/consent of the owner/landlord and sanction benefits under the said scheme if the applicant is otherwise eligible,” the order states as the State notified “Supply and Installation of Individual Household Bio-Digester Toilets in the State of Goa” on Thursday.
The order comes after the Director (Panchayat) informed the government that a number of applications received under the scheme are without NOC/consent of the owner/landlord and sought the intervention of the Government under the Goa Public Health Act, 1985.
The Goa Waste Management Corporation (GWMC), the implementing agency of the scheme has also been asked to supply and install toilets in all such households with the notification further stating that providing bio-digester toilets to the applicants without NOC/consent of the owner/landlord under the scheme, shall not in any way be taken to have regularised, validated or legalised any such structure, premises, house, hut, area or occupation of or by any such person. “In the event of any dispute as regards land, building, apportionment, encroachment, including legality or illegality of structure or occupation of any structure by any person or any question related or incidental thereto, such dispute, lis, proceedings, right, privilege shall remain unaffected and shall not prejudice any person in any way whatsoever,” the notification states.
