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Margao's heritage: Restoration of Administrator of Comunidade bldg: Structural stability report gathers dust

Margao's heritage: Restoration of Administrator of Comunidade bldg: Structural stability report gathers dust

MARGAO
Monsoon is fast approaching and a structural stability report submitted by the Goa Engineering College (GEC), Farmagudi pertaining to the restoration of the imposing Administrator of Comunidade building is gathering dust in the record books of the Comunidade Administrator.  

An important landmark at the Margao Municipal square in the heart of the Commercial capital, the Comunidade building has been craving for attention over the years. Following rampant water seepage into the decades-old building, the office of the Administrator of Comunidades stands shifted to the Old Collectorate building.  

Sadly, one has not come across any pro-active steps by the office of the Administrator of Comunidades or the revenue authorities to save the imposing building from crumbling.  

While the components of Comunidades from South Goa had expressed their willingness to foot the renovation and repair bill, they, however, have no idea why the Comunidade officials are dragging their feet in preparing the estimates to take up the repair work.  

Office bearers of the Margao Comunidade, Savio Correia and Celestin Noronha lamented that they have heard nothing from the office of the Administrator of Comunidades on the serious question of restoring the Comunidade building to its past glory.  


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Margao's heritage: Acquisition of Dr Gomes’ ancestral house stalled over ownership issue

THE GOAN NETWORK
Published Apr 15, 2022, 12:26 AM IST
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Margao's heritage: Acquisition of Dr Gomes’ ancestral house stalled over ownership issue

MARGAOBy resolution No. 3722, the Margao Municipal Council had in 2009 unanimously decided to acquire the ancestral house of the great Goan Nationalist Dr Francis Luis Gomes to protect and preserve the house in ruins for posterity.  Thirteen-years down the line, the house of Dr Gomes continues to lie in ruins at Colmorod-Navelim in the jurisdiction of Margao Municipal Council. One of the reasons cited for the present state of the house is that the ancestral house…

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