CORTALIM
Sancoale sarpanch Ramakant Borkar on Sunday assured gram sabha members that the panchayat would withdraw the NOC given for a barge repair workshop in the village.
The members from the ward where the workshop is proposed to be set up expressed fear that the new facility would add to the nuisance which the village was already experiencing.
“We do not want the workshop as it falls in a residential area. We are already facing a lot of problems and the workshop if set up would only add up to our misery,” Joquim Vaz told the sarpanch.
Accepting their demand, Borkar said he would soon send a notice to the owner and withdraw the NOC.
Borkar also informed them that at the last gram sabha, it was decided not to issue any more NOCs and also conduct a survey of the existing shipyards from the environment and pollution point of view.
Earlier, panchayat secretary Arjun Velip read the resolutions which were passed at the last gram sabha. Only four panchas including the sarpanch and deputy sarpanch attended the gram sabha.
