TEAM HERALD
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MARGAO: Exactly a week after transportation of mud from the Sonsodo waste dumping site came to an abrupt halt, hopes were raised over the resumption of the work of transportation as well as on the sanitary landfill site following a joint meeting convened by the Director of Municipal Administration Elvis Gomes.
After marathon discussions at a meeting brokered by the DMA, it was decided that the MMC Chief Officer will forward request of Fomento Green for police protection to the District Magistrate, South with a request to consider Fomento’s request for protection to enable resumption of work at the site. In this connection, Chief Officer Deepali Naik told Herald that she has written a letter to the District Magistrate, N D Agrawal to provide police protection to Fomento Green.
Both the Council and Fomento Green agreed that in terms of the decision taken by the High Powered Committee headed by the Chief Minister, mud excavated from the Sonsodo site can be used for the Nuvem bypass. However, in the event a new site is shown in the future with the necessary permission by the Council, the excavated mud from the Sonsodo site will be used at the new site with the help of transport provided by the Civic body. In this respect, the MMC through its Chief Officer will approach the Department of Mines to amend the permission granted by the department.
On Amendment to the Concession Agreement dated February 1, 2011, both sides agreed that certain amendments are required to be made to the agreement. It has emerged during discussions, that the final draft is presently with the Municipal lawyer and it was finally decided that the Chief Officer should make a copy of the draft to Ms Fomento after obtaining the same from the legal Advisor, Adv Sandesh Padiyar.
As far as Fomento Green’s grievances are concerned over delay in the payments, it was decided that the matter will be addressed by the Council.
During discussions, it emerged that the Committee constituted under Clause 5.1 of the Concession Agreement is required to meet once in 30 days in terms of Clause 5.4 and it was decided that the Chief Officer will ensure that the Committee holds regular meetings as mandated by the Agreement.
When contacted, Fomento Green CEO Shridhar Kamat expressed his satisfaction over the outcome of the discussions and thanked DMA Elvis Gomes for his intervention and decision.
Deepali Naik informed that the Council has dashed off letters to the District Magistrate as well as the Department of Mines as per the decision of the joint meeting, which was attended by MMC Chairperson Dayanand Deulkar, Chief Officer, Deepali Naik, Fomento Green CEO Shridhar Kamat, besides DMA Elvis Gomes.
