CANACONA
In an achievement for the world-acclaimed coastal village, Agonda is the only panchayat from Goa shortlisted for the National Panchayat Awards-2023 in the category ‘Clean and Green’.
In another honour, Agonda’s youngest-ever sarpanch Prettal Fernandes represented Goa at the World Environment Day celebrations at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi, on Monday.
The function was addressed by Union Minister Bhupender Yadav while Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the function through video conferencing.
Incidentally, the theme for this year's World Environment Day is ‘Solutions to Plastic Pollutions’.
According to a communiqué by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, New Delhi, Agonda Panchayat is the only panchayat from Goa which was shortlisted for the National Panchayat Awards-2023 for the category ‘Clean and Green’.
Incidentally, 100 panchayats from most states in the country were nominated for the National Panchayat Awards-2023 for the categories of ‘Clean & Green’, ‘Urja Swaraj’ and ‘Carbon Neutral’.
On directions of MoEFCC to the chief secretary, the Director of Panchayats issued an order and Canacona BDO nominated Agonda Sarpanch Prettal Fernandes to attend the World Environment Day celebrations at New Delhi on Monday.
While Agonda Panchayat is the lone panchayat nominated from Goa for one of the three categories, Odisha and Telangana has nine Panchayats nominated while Maharashtra has eight panchayats as the maximum nominations from one State.
The other nominations are Andaman & Nicobar Islands (3), Andhra Pradesh (3),Arunachal Pradesh(3), Assam (3) Bihar(3), Chattisgarh (3),Gujarat (3), J&K (3), Himachal Pradesh (2) Jharkhand (1), Karnataka (3), Kerala (4), Ladakh (3), Madhya Pradesh (2), Ladakh (3), Manipur (3), Mizoram (3) Nagaland (3), Punjab (3), Rajasthan (1), Sikkim (3), Tamil Nadu (1), The Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu (3), Tripura(4), Uttar Pradesh (5), Uttarakhand (2) and West Bengal (3).
