Lawyers warn of intensified agitation as concerns over alleged corruption, delays and lack of accountability in mutation and partition proceedings persist.
Land records: A trail of delays, disputes and unanswered questions
MARGAOPerhaps for the first time in recent memory, men in black coats stepped out of the courtrooms and took to the streets of Margao in an unprecedented protest to expose alleged corruption in mutation proceeding
From administrative apathy to alleged fraud: Mutation woes haunt Goans
MAPUSAFor nearly a decade, octogenarian Joao Caetano Perpetuo Pinto struggled to get a simple land mutation completed at the Mamlatdar's office in Mapusa. The elderly man was repeatedly forced to climb the staircases of the office to pursue the mutation of a tiny 72-square-metre plot he had purchased at Pomburpa.Pinto...
MUTATION MAZE: A SYSTEM GONE AWRY
A mutation entry may sound like a minor bureaucratic exercise, but it can determine whether a property sale goes through, a loan is sanctioned, or an inheritance is recognised in official records. With lawyers flagging long delays and district authorities responding through special disposal drives, mutation cases have suddenly become a talking point across Goa
Garbage is collected at the Mormugao Municipal Council’s facility at Sada, deploying windrow composting to manage the wet waste.
Mormugao turns to Sada to manage waste disruption
VASCOWhen the Solid Waste Management Facility (SWMF) at Saligao shut its doors, Vasco faced a familiar nightmare waiting to happen: garbage with nowhere to go, mounting pressure on municipal infrastructure and the real possibility of fresh dumping spots emerging across the town.
Mapusa’s waste management holds up, but for how long?
MAPUSAMapusa may be keeping its streets free of garbage despite the Goa Waste Management Corporation’s (GWMC) 25-day restriction on waste deliveries to the Saligao treatment plant, but the Mapusa Municipal Council (MMC) admits that the arrangement could come under strain if the disruption continues beyond a month.With the civic body...
