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Candidates may change in some wards: Mauvin

VASCO
Admitting that the petition over reservations of wards is likely to be decided in court, Panchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho said there were chances that candidates could change in some wards.

"I have never interfered in civic polls and while we were told that we would be taken into confidence during reservations, all of a sudden we realised that many of our wards were reserved.”

“While the petition is likely to be decided, there are chances that the reservation may change the candidates in many wards. I only want to say that anybody who wins or anyone who loses will both be my persons and we will continue to take up development works, no matter what happens about reservations and who wins municipal elections," said Godinho.


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500 housing board tenements to be legalised: Panchayats Minister

Mauvin says no opposition to double-tracking in Dabolim

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Feb 20, 2021, 12:07 AM IST
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500 housing board tenements to be legalised: Panchayats Minister

VASCOPanchayats Minister Mauvin Godinho said around 500 tenements of Goa Housing Board, which had already paid fees but had no valid status for several years, would now be legalised for the first time in the State.Speaking to reporters alongside a function to launch a road work, Godinho said many illegal houses would also be regularised through the revenue department."There are around 543 tenements of Goa Housing board and people have not yet got the houses on their names…

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