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MAPUSA
While the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) is trying its best to put a lid on irregularities taking place in Mapusa, illegal constructions are happening with impunity in
the city.
A former employee of the Mapusa Municipal Council has come under the lens for erecting a controversial structure at Gateshwar Nagar in Khorlim-Mapusa.
In total disregard to the law of the land, the former MMC employee, Salim Sainha has been accused of constructing a structure without obtaining necessary licences.
The complainant, L J Deva, in a letter to the MMC Chief Officer Clen Madeira has said Salim Sainha has failed to obtain licences from the Town and Country Planning Department and other planning authorities.
More importantly, he has also failed to obtain a construction licence from the civic body, the complaint read.
The complainant further said that Sainha has failed to maintain proper setback with the construction touching the road, which is a narrow and only access to many other house-holds in the locality.
The engineering department of the civic body, on Wednesday, conducted a site inspection of the structure at Gateshwar Nagar.
“We have taken action on the complaint. Our JE has carried out site inspection and a report has been prepared for necessary action,” said Hussain Shah Muzawar, Municipal Engineer, MMC.
Sources said Sainha, who worked for some time as a driver in MMC, has now been employed in the government.
The land at Gateshwar Nagar belongs to the local comunidade, a source informed.
“Most houses in the area are illegal. But this case is different because a former MMC staffer and now a government employee is involved in the illegality,” a local activist said.
