MARGAO
The Shadow Council of Margao, which had obtained information under the RTI, has slammed the MMC for the alleged misuse of room. A delegation of the Shadow Council led by Savio Coutinho has called on the Chief Officer Agnelo Fernandes drawing his attention to the air conditioned room. "The Chief Officer has promised to lodge a police complaint to unravel the true facts", he said.
"When we were inquiring into the quotations floated by the Council, we were stunned to notice that the dustbin room had an A/C and plumbing work for waste discharge besides an electric power connection. Upon inquiry with the surrounding people, we learnt that the room is being used for some private purpose, and that this fact was brought to the notice of the MMC but no action was taken," Coutinho told the media on Saturday.
He said the Shadow Council for Margao had been observing that the councillors of MMC were in desperate hurry to get file's prepared for works below Rs 50000 through quotations. "Suspicion grew all the more upon knowing that the number of quotations intended were over hundred, and that too within just one year of the council. Several engineers, in private, expressed helplessness on account of immense pressure from the elected representatives", he added.
The NGO has asked the TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai to initiate action in the matter.
