Team Herald
MAPUSA: The Porvorim Block Congress hails Revenue Minister Jennifer Monserrate for providing a full time Administrator of Comunidades for North Zone. The Porvorim Block Congress will be submitting a memorandum to the Revenue Minister to address the problems faced in revenue matters.
President of Porvorim Block Congress Adv Shankar Phadte expresses hope that full time government staff will be recruited in Comunidade Administration Office which will help detect illegalities and protect Goa’s lands.
“This move of appointing a full time Administrator of Comunidades for North Zone is the only good thing that has happened in support of Goenkarponn. We are satisfied that the administration of Comunidades in North Zone has revived after the exit of the Manohar Parrikar Government but a lot still needs to be done,” said Phadte.
“The Congress party has earlier taken a press conference and exposed the sluice gate scam. We express gratitude that the Revenue Department acted and conducted legal auctions of all the sluice gates in Porvorim Constituency providing relief to the farmers,” he added.
The President of Porvorim Block Congress went on to explain that the administration under erstwhile Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte has destroyed Comunidades and encouraged illegalities in Serula.
“Lot of unauthorised and illegal construction and encroachments in Comunidade lands in not only Serula Comunidade but also Mapusa is rampant. The current revenue minister should direct executive magistrates to act swiftly in cases of encroachments in Comunidade lands. Any person noticing any illegality in Comunidade or government land can complain to the mamlatdar,” he said.
