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Days after Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo along with Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza floated the idea of building a Bardez Bhavan by demolishing the present complex in Mapusa, the Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) on Tuesday floated a tender to construct a government complex opposite the old Asilo renovated building.
The complex has provision for four floors with ground floor converted into stilt parking and has been proposed at an estimated cost of Rs 23.42 crore.
As per the plan, ground floor will be reserved for parking and services, while the first floor has a provision for chambers for five mamaltdars.
The first floor will also have an administration room for mamlatdars and a conference hall with a sitting capacity of 200. It will also have provision of rooms to store records and a pantry. The second floor will have five courts for mamlatdars, a mutation section and a room each for the court clerk and advocate and a revenue section.
The entire third floor has been reserved for deputy collector 1 and deputy collector 2, while the fourth floor will have the office of Additional Collector, conference hall and three record rooms. The building will also have two elevators. The plot area is around 2601 sqmt, while permissible built up area is around 3251 sqmts.
A senior official at GSIDC said the proposed government complex was meant for the offices of deputy collectors and mamlatdars.
“The complex will house only the deputy collector’s office and mamalatdars. Other people are not going to be there,” the official said.
Sources said the recent statement made by the waste management minister was to demolish the present administrative complex and build a new one in its place.
“So far, we have not received any proposal on this front and it is yet to be approved by the government,” the officer added.
It may be recalled that the Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo along with Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza had proposed a plan to construct a Bardez Bhavan with the idea to bring all government departments under one roof. The plan was to demolish the present government complex and come up with a new structure in its place.
2 revenue bhavans to decentralise governance: Khaunte
MAPUSA: Former revenue minister and Porvorim MLA Rohan Khaunte said the purpose to have two revenue bhavans was to decentralize governance and get better output from the administration. “The idea was also to decongest Mapusa because the city has been grappling with traffic issues. I had not suggested a separate bhavan at Porvorim just because I wanted it. People from Calangute, Saligao and Porvorim have a direct connect to Porvorim,” Khaunte said.
He said two separate revenue blocks was the need of the hour and the concept was drawn in line of separate police stations. The former revenue minister further said that Morod area was not equipped for a huge building.
“Imagine the number of vehicles coming in. The number of staff occupying the offices will be more than public visiting the complex,” he said. He further disclosed that the housing board land in Porvorim has already been sold to the revenue department.
Lobo, D’Souza on collision course
over Bardez Bhavan?
MAPUSA: While Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo said he would meet GSIDC officials and inquire about the plan for the proposed new government complex hinting that he may ask for a review of the proposal, Mapusa MLA Joshua D’Souza said the new government complex will come up and can be used to shift offices during the construction of Bardez Bhavan.
“We will meet the GSIDC officials and discuss the plan. We will ask them for whom the building is. Give me a day…” said Lobo, who is away on a private trip to Singapore. D’Souza said the Bardez Bhavan idea was still on and the new GSIDC government complex could be used to shift the offices from the current building which will make way for the Bhavan. “The decision to construct the current government complex was taken prior to our decision to build the Bardez Bhavan. In any case, when we take up the construction of the Bardez Bhavan we will require the offices in the current complex to be shifted somewhere. They will be accommodated in this new government complex,” said D’Souza who is also the vice-chairman of GSIDC.
He further said the new government complex building can go back to the health department because the land where it is coming belongs to the Department of Health.
