Repair or rebuild municipal building: Bicholim residents

Bicholim: With pieces of the concrete slab of a municipal building falling off from different places, shopkeepers and locals have asked the

Bicholim Municipal Council

(BMC) to undertake repairs of the 38-year-old structure in the market.

The building houses many shops, a bank and an office of the electricity department. A portion of the slab collapsed around 5-6 years ago and later a portion collapsed about three years ago. The same was repaired on a temporary basis.

Now, people have asked the municipality to either construct a new building by replacing the old one or to undertake repairs in such a manner that it will last longer.

Recently, the Bicholim block Congress committee members submitted a memorandum to BMC chief officer Kabir Shirgaonkar to undertake instant repairs of this building. Shirgaonkar had assured them to look into the matter.