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Godinho refutes allegations, calls Quelossim sarpanch non-performer

VASCO
Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho has refuted the allegations made by the Quelossim Sarpanch Maria Souza and called her a non-performing leader who had no reply to the questions raised by villagers.

“Entire Goa knows how the panchayats across the state have seen

development after I took over. We have taken so many initiatives for

development including the formation of a technical cell to ensure clearances for projects. We are now moving towards ‘gramin’ part two after the completion of the first phase to reach out to the most remote panchayat areas,” he said.

“We have been carrying out massive development works and there are some non-performing panchayats which are now facing the

heat from the villagers for their failures. These have done nothing and cannot face the people and will not be able to win the upcoming panchayat election. They are attempting to blame me for their failures,” Godinho said.


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Sarpanch blames Godinho for scuttling devp in Quelossim

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Nov 8, 2021, 12:28 AM IST
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Sarpanch blames Godinho for scuttling devp in Quelossim

VASCOThe gram sabha at Quelossim on Sunday saw heated discussions over no development in the panchayat jurisdiction despite its bifurcation into an independent panchayat.Another issue that rocked the gram sabha was that of the Mini India Park of mutation of land where the Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) had laid pipelines.Quelossim sarpanch Maria Souza openly said the village has seen no development and accused Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho of blocking it for…

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