MARGAO
When newly-posted Margao Municipal Council Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes was heading the South Goa Zilla Panchayat as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), he had dispatched a letter to the Margao Municipal Council on April 30 last, with a plea to submit the MMC Annual Development Plan to the ZP.
Since nothing was heard from the Margao Municipal Council on the annual development plan, Agnelo had dashed off a reminder to the MMC on September 1 once again requesting the civic body to submit the annual development plan in proper format as per the directions of the High Court in a writ petition.
Take note, the MMC had again ignored the ZP CEO’s reminder as well, but with Agnelo now presiding over the affairs of the Margao civic body, he has a task cut out to get the MMC prepare the annual development plan as per the Goa Municipalities Act.
When The Goan drew the attention of the new MMC Chief Officer to his letters addressed to the civic body when he headed the South Zilla Panchayat, Agnelo said he would immediately set in motion the process to get the MMC prepare the annual development plan.
“The civic body can propose a host of projects, which are of common interest to the city.
These projects that can be taken up in the respective wards,” he said and added he would discuss the matter with the MMC Chairperson Pooja Naik.
