PERNEM
The issue of blatant hill cutting in Korgao dominated the Korgao gram sabha on Sunday. The villagers at the gram sabha said people from outside Korgao have bought land in the village and are cutting hills and converting into plots.
The villagers sought to know if the panchayat has taken action in the matter. As the panchayat members failed to give any answer, the villagers got furious and demanded action in the matter.
A villager, Sudeep Korgaonkar said the playground constructed by the sports department at Korgao at the cost of Rs 2 crore lacks facilities. Replying to the query, the panchayat members said due to GST the plan of the playground will be made again.
The residents complained about digging of land to lay water pipeline. Former panch Sudeep Korgaonkar said Pernem MLA Manohar (Babu) Azgaonkar should be called at the gram sabha to explain the project and till then the work should be suspended.
Sarpanch Pramila Dessai, Deputy Sarpanch Uday Palyekar, Panchas Ranganath Kalshawkar, Sameer Bhatlekar, Custan Coelho, Vasant Dessai, Uma Salgaonkar, and BDO official Arti Sawant were present.
