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MARGAO
Villagers from Chandor and Guirdolim along with Goa Forward Party leader Yuri Alemao met Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai and PWD Minister Deepak Pauskar to follow up on their long-pending demand of de-notification of the SH-8 highway passing through the village.
The villagers have been demanding to de-notify the State Highway 8 passing through the heritage village of Chandor and Guirdolim. The villagers led by Alemao have been raising this issue before the government.
Sardesai had taken up their demand before then PWD Minister Sudin Dhavalikar and has now revived it before incumbent Minister Deepak Pauskar. Sardesai and Pauskar met the locals in presence of Principal Chief Engineer Arsekar, Executive Engineer, Assistant Engineer and other officials.
Sardesai and Pauskar, who gave a patient hearing to the locals, assured to resolve the long-pending issue by June 10.
The issue of pending bar licences was also discussed with Excise Commissioner Amit Sateja. He has assured the issue would be resolved within a fortnight.
Sarpanch VP Chandor Edward D’Silva thanked the Deputy CM, PWD Minister, ex-minister Joaquim Alemao and Yuri Alemao for pursuing the matter.
