Meanwhile key elements of the government that do come to thedoorstep, do so on two days a week. The block development officer, the keyfunctionary, supposed every aspect of development work in the taluka operateson Tuesdays and Thursdays, making this a two days a week taluka.
But apart from the office of the mamlatdar and the deputycollector, no other departments have been set up in the taluka.
The Dy Collector and the Mamlatdar functions from temporarypremises while the rest of the administrative services like BDO and Sub-Registrarare held as additional charges.
Similarly there are no full-fledged offices of the PWD, electricity, assistant directorate ofeducation and a police station in the new taluka. The taluka also lacks theservice of nationalized banks, courts, TCP and other crucial departments whichis must for a taluka.
“I am surprised that major government offices are still notoperational in Dharbandara taluka,” said former Revenue Minister, Jose PhilipD’Souza.
Locals naturally, wonder if they do have their taluka
“We were happy that we got a taluka. But what is upsetting is that an importantdepartment like BDO functions only on Tuesdays and Thursdays due to which mostof the panchayat work gets affected,” said Dhanbandora panchayat secretary,Amol Tendulkar.
“Dharbandora has lots of revenue land where government canset up all it’s department under one roof. There is also a need to properlyimplement all government schemes,” said Vishwanath Sangodkar, a local fromSancordem.
Clearly, Goa’s newest administrative baby has been left tofend for itself
