MARGAO
Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Tuesday said that his government has resolved the Sonsodo imbroglio which has been haunting the people of Margao, Fatorda and Curtorim over the last several years.
“It was due to the efforts of the Margao MLA Digambar Kamat and support from my government that the Sonsodo issue has been finally resolved”, he said.
MAPUSAAs the relentless roar of bulldozers echoed through the narrow lanes of Auchit-Vaddo, Tivim, levelling 23 homes labelled illegal by the High Court, one man sat unaffected in his spacious balcony watching the chaos unfold just behind his palatial bungalow.That man was Lala Ismail Bepari “ the namesake of “Lala ki Basti,” a settlement of migrant families that once stood on Comunidade land in survey no. 343.As walls crumbled and tiled roofs fell, Lala appeared composed,…
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