MARGAO
The Administrator of Comunidades and the components on Wednesday have underlined the need to protect the imposing South Goa Comunidade building, which has been in a state of decay for want of upkeep and maintenance.
The administrator has now decided to obtain a structural stability test report from the Goa College of Engineering before taking a call on the repairs of the building.
The Administrator of Comunidades South Paresh Faldesai and representatives of around 20-odd comunidades met in the building on Wednesday with the sole objective of finding a way out to protect and preserve the 50-year old imposing building in the heart of the commercial capital. It was finally decided that the administrator will get the structural stability test done by the Goa College of Engineering through the PWD.
Component Savio Correia told The Goan after the meeting that a five-member committee has been constituted to look after the micro issues affecting the building repairs, adding that the general body of the components will be called only to discuss and approve major repairs to the building. “Let the Goa College of Engineering conduct the structural stability test and we will take a call on how to go about carrying out the repairs,” Correia told The Goan.
He pointed out that the comunidade components questioned the administrator on the extent of funding the administrator’s office is willing to make to repair the building. “We reminded the administrator that his office should recover the huge rent from the offices operating from the Comunidade building. The administrator in turn replied that he has already initiated moves to recover the rent and evict the defaulters,” he said.
The issue over the shifting of the Comunidade Administrator’s office and the vital records was also discussed at the meeting. The components suggested to the administrator to forward a proposal to the government to get the office shifted to the District Collectorate with the fast approaching monsoons and pending repairs and renovation of the building.
When the Administrator pointed out that the proposal to shift the office to the Collectorate is already pending with the government, the components suggested that the administrator put in place an action plan before the onset of rains.
