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Bardez administration gets cracking

In an effort to be battle-ready for any eventuality during the monsoons, Deputy Collector Chandrakant Shetkar constituted an inspection team to examine trees posing a danger and to take precautionary measures to avoid any untoward incident during the rains in Bardez.



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In a pre-monsoon preparedness meet, the deputy collector urged senior officers from different departments in Bardez to pull up their socks and get ready for the approaching monsoons.   
A control room will come up in the mamlatdar office which will be the buzz of disaster management activity during the rains and officials from different departments will monitor the control room round the clock. Once the control room receives a complaint, the information will be relayed to nodal officers of every department.   
Mapusa Municipal Council was asked to carry out de-silting work in its area, while the BDO was asked to oversee similar activity in village areas.   
The North Goa District Hospital was asked to stock up on key drugs and medicines.   
Headed by Mamlatdar of Bardez, Dashrath Gawas, the inspection team consists of K S Pangam, BDO, Amitesh Shirvoikar, BDO, Marlene Pais, JE, water dept, VN Sawant, ME, MMC, Norman Athaide, AE, electricity, KS Salgaonkar, JE water division, Babi Naik, RFO, Bardez, Mapusa Fire Station in-charge, circle inspector, field surveyor and the talathi.   
 The team will carry out the inspection and identify dangerous trees in Bardez taluka and submit a detailed report. 
The next review meeting will be held on April 20.  
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Published Apr 4, 2017, 6:49 PM IST
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