MARGAO: The village panchayat of Aquem-Baixio has got a new sarpanch in Ramdas Usgaonkar.
In the elections held on Monday, Ramdas was elected unopposed to the post after the presiding officer received his lone nomination paper.
His candidature was proposed by outgoing Sarpanch Anand Zambaulicar and seconded by Salvador Gomes.
After assuming office, Ramdas said he would accord priority to resolving the mobile connectivity issues facing the village. “We will try to work out a solution to the mobile connectivity”, he said, adding that the panchayat would follow it up with the Water Resources Department (WRD) to execute the works in the village.
