MONDAY, 31 AUGUST 2026

Sanquelim municipal council chairperson resigns

BICHOLIM:

Rashmi Desai resigned from the post of chairperson of Sanquelim municipality after submitting her resignation to the municipal director.

There are 12 corporators in the Sanquelim municipality and there are a total of six female corporators, since the post of chairperson is reserved for women, there is an agreement to give opportunities to other women, leading to speculation that Siddhi Parob will be appointed as the chairperson.

For the last fourteen months after the election of the Municipal Corporation, while holding the post of chairperson, under the guidance of Chief Minister Dr. Pramod Sawant, we have implemented many plans to make the municipality self-sufficient Rashmi Desai said. She added that some of these schemes are being promoted and the development schemes have been implemented at a cost of around ten crores.

She said that many projects are being implemented under the Green City, Netal City and the Social Service Scheme. Our municipality has received the National Award under the Netal Swachh City.

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