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Three non-panchayat members were elected chairpersons on BMCs at Loliem-Polem, Poinguinim and Shristhal, while three sarpanchas of Khola,
Agonda and Gaondongrim will be chairpersons of their village BMCs.
Details of the Biodiversity Management Committees at Cotigao Panchayat were not available till going to the press.
The government in a circular had asked the panchayats to hold special gram sabhas on October 2 with one-point agenda of constituting BMC consisting of environment lovers/experts and biodiversity friends.
Each village nominated or re-constituted BMC having seven members, representing each of these villages with two women members, one SC/ST or OBC, three general and one secretary - panchayat secretary.
The BMC committee will be asked to give their time and expertise to conserve the biodiversity of village and ultimately that of Goa state.
The BMC at Loliem-Polem panchayat consists of Santan Xavier Da Costa (chairperson), Jessica Corte, Pamela Rodrigues, Deepak Pagui, Remy Dias, Dattaprasad Prabhugaonkar and Panchayat Secretary Manjunath Gaunkar (secretary).
The BMC at Khola panchayat consists of Sarpanch Purna Nayak (chairperson), Pradhnya Kamat, Kamisha Fernandes, Narayan Velip, Jay Prakash Velip, Prashant Kholkar and Panchayat Secretary Rajeev Naikgaunkar (secretary).
The BMC at Gaondongrim panchayat consists of Sarpanch Suman Gaonkar (chairperson), Anuja Velip, Rembina Gaonkar, Yeshwant Velip,
Devu Gaonkar Dayanand Phaldessai and Panchayat Secretary Damodar Kankonkar (secretary).
The re-constituted BMC at Agonda panchayat consists of Sarpanch Barsat Naik Gaunkar (chairperson), Olinda Fernandes, Shilpa Pagi, Zulpo Velip, Godwin Fernandes, Marcos Fernandes and Panchayat Secretary Sushant Naik Gaonkar (secretary).
The BMC at Shristhal panchayat consists of Vinay Tubki (chairperson), Shirish Pai, Damodar Chari, Govind Velip, Chanda Desai, Anjali Gaonkar and Panchayat Secretary Sandeep Dessai (secretary).
The BMC at Poinguinim panchayat consists of Amey Puranik (chairperson), Salia Cardoz,
Pradip Mokhardkar, Venkatray Naik, Samicksha Painguinkar and Panchayat Secretary Sushant Lolienkar (secretary).
Almost all Canacona panchayats constitute BMCs
Almost all seven panchayats in Canacona elected their mandatory village Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) on Monday.
