Panaji by-poll: Parrikar holds meet with CCP corporators
Chief Minister Parrikar on Wednesday sought support from the 21 CCP Corporators in Panaji constituency, including those from Babush Monserrate camp, for increasing his margin in the Panaji by-polls.
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"Parrikar said that he is confident of victory in Panaji constituency. But in the same breath said he would appreciate if the corporators supported him to increase his margin in the by-poll," informed sources present at the meet. After receiving invitation calls from a BJP leader for meeting with Parrikar with ‘developmental works' on the agenda, corporators from Babush camp including Mayor Surendra Furtado and Deputy Mayor Lata Parekh, held a meeting at CCP and decided to get in touch with Babush on whether to attend the meeting or not. However, it was only after receiving green signal from their boss Babush, that they decided to attend the meeting with Parrikar. Out of 21 corporators, 20 attended the meeting which was held at a hotel in Panaji. Only one corporator from Babush camp - Dinesh Salgaonkar - could not attend the meeting due to an emergency situation. Earlier, two corporators from Babush camp - Asmita Kerkar and Manisha Manerkar had said that they would support Parrikar in the bypoll.
A municipal report projecting that Margao city will generate a whopping 70 metric tons of waste per day by the year 2020 has placed a challenge before the Margao Municipal Council to tackle the burning garbage issue plaguing the commercial capital.
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Published Aug 17, 2017, 4:19 AM IST
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MARGAO But will the civic body rise to the challenge? This question has come to the fore with the civic body literally struggling with men and machinery to handle the current waste generation, pegged at around 60 metric tons per day. A glance at the municipal project reports indicates that all is not well with the solid waste management system in place in the city. Though door-to-door waste collection is being carried out by the civic body, there's no proper segregation of…
