MARGAO
The Gogol Housing Board on Saturday witnessed an uproar after local residents vehemently opposed the installation of a mobile tower in a densely populated locality.
Local MLA Reginaldo Lourenco rushed to the Housing Board to address the concerns of the local inhabitants after local NGO Amchem Goem, Amcho Lok called for the immediate dismantling of the tower erected on a building sans permission.
The Curtorim MLA was seen trying to pacify the people demanding the immediate demolition of the mobile tower and convincing the person concerned to see reason and dismantle the tower. Finally, the person agreed remove the tower, even as local women asserted they will not rest till the it is brought down from the building.
After working out a settlement between the two groups, Reginaldo told the media that the owner has finally agreed to remove the tower on his own. “I had raised the issue in the just concluded legislative assembly since the residents of Housing Board were vociferous in their demand for removal of the mobile tower,” Reginaldo said.
Replying to a question,
the MLA pointed out that the mobile tower has been erected without any permission from the Margao Municipal
Council. Amchem Goem, Amcho Lok convenor Felix Dias expressed his surprise that the mobile tower came up in a thickly populated area and that too without the permission of the civic body and other authorities concerned.
“Local residents expressed concern over radiation given the installation of the tower in a thickly populated area. The people will not rest till the tower is razed,” Felix warned.
