MARGAO
The injustice meted out to Betalbatim villagers in the recently held panchayat election echoed at the first gram sabha of the village panchayat with agitated members demanding that the delimitation and ward reservation is carried out months ahead of the election.
At the Sunday gram sabha chaired by Sarpanch Constancio Miranda, agitated gram sabha questioned the panchayat secretary how the delimitation and ward reservation was carried out by the government in the just concluded panchayat election. They pointed out that grave injustice was done to the people by reserving wards without taking the ground realities into consideration, even as they demanded that the same should be placed before the people by the government at least six months before the election.
The gram sabha also deliberated on the construction of the first floor of the panchayat ghar and also the construction of a fish-cum-vegetable market in the village. Sarpanch Constancio said the panchayat body would follow up the project to construct the first floor of the panchayat ghar, adding that the gram sabha has also passed a resolution to build a fish market-cum-vegetable market.
The meeting deliberated at length on the burning issue of garbage collection. Sarpanch informed that the panchayat has already outsourced door-to-door dry waste collection to environmentalist Clinton Vaz, who, he said, has been collecting dry waste twice a month. The Sarpanch said further that the residents of the village as well as the landlords, who have leased out their premises to the tenants, should take care of wet waste.
A resolution was also adopted to erect speed breakers at accident-prone spots in the village. The sarpanch informed that the panchayat would write to the district collector to notify the places after an inspection. The meeting has resolved to hold a special gram sabha next month to constitute the village development committee.
The injustice meted out to Betalbatim villagers in the recently held panchayat election echoed at the first gram sabha of the village panchayat with agitated members demanding that the delimitation and ward reservation is carried out months ahead of the election.
At the Sunday gram sabha chaired by Sarpanch Constancio Miranda, agitated gram sabha questioned the panchayat secretary how the delimitation and ward reservation was carried out by the government in the just concluded panchayat election. They pointed out that grave injustice was done to the people by reserving wards without taking the ground realities into consideration, even as they demanded that the same should be placed before the people by the government at least six months before the election.
The gram sabha also deliberated on the construction of the first floor of the panchayat ghar and also the construction of a fish-cum-vegetable market in the village. Sarpanch Constancio said the panchayat body would follow up the project to construct the first floor of the panchayat ghar, adding that the gram sabha has also passed a resolution to build a fish market-cum-vegetable market.
The meeting deliberated at length on the burning issue of garbage collection. Sarpanch informed that the panchayat has already outsourced door-to-door dry waste collection to environmentalist Clinton Vaz, who, he said, has been collecting dry waste twice a month. The Sarpanch said further that the residents of the village as well as the landlords, who have leased out their premises to the tenants, should take care of wet waste.
A resolution was also adopted to erect speed breakers at accident-prone spots in the village. The sarpanch informed that the panchayat would write to the district collector to notify the places after an inspection. The meeting has resolved to hold a special gram sabha next month to constitute the village development committee.
