MARGAO
A delegation comprising of Margao Municipal councillor Mahesh Amonkar with the president of Salcete Muslim Forum Riyaz Sheik on Thursday called on Deputy Chief Minister, Chandrakant Kavlekar, who also holds the TCP portfolio, and demanded no change in zone at the Sonsodo land acquired by the Margao Municipality for the proposed kabrastan.
The duo along with S N Samir Sheikh and Sattar handed over a memorandum to the TCP Minister with a plea to restore the zone for the kabrastan on the MMC acquired land at Sonsodo.
They drew the attention of the Minister to the fact that the SGPDA had changed the zone of the Sonsodo land to low cost housing when it was specifically acquired by the Margao Municipal Council in 2011 for the burial grounds.
Amonkar said he as well as organisations of the Muslim community from Margao have filed their objections to the change in zone of the Sonsodo land. He further told the Minister that the residents of Sirvodem are opposed to the setting up of the kabrastan in their locality when the MMC has acquired the land at Sonsodo.
