VASCO
Election to the post of deputy sarpanch at Chicolna Bogmalo Panchayat scheduled on Wednesday is likely to be postponed after a panch member tested positive for Covid.
Besides, the Panchayat will be closed for three days.“A panch member had developed symptoms and got himself tested on Friday. The results have arrived and he has tested positive for Covid. While the Panchayat was initially not sanitised, of the Panch testing positive spread like wildfire in the village and the Panchayat was sanitised on Monday,” said a source.
“A notice has also been put up in the panchayat that the office will be closed for three days. The notice stating that one panchayat member has tested positive creating further confusion in the village as people began calling all panch members to enquire if they had tested positive," said the source.
"We had a notice that election to elect the deputy sarpanch of the Panchayat was to be held on Wednesday. However now with the absence of a panch member, we feel that elections to the deputy sarpanch’s post may not be possible and will have to be postponed.”
“As of now, nothing has been decided in this matter,” the source added.
