colva panchayat

Acting upon the orders of south Goa collector Ajit Roy, members of the colva panchayat on Monday unanimously resolved to terminate their perpetual lease agreements with the owners of the 10 shops operating in the panchayat ghar, to revoke their trade licences, recover pending dues from the shop owners and evict them from the premises.

The order appointing Ashish Patnekar, an engineer from Salcete BDO, was issued by the director of panchayats on Friday which was received by the colva panchayat on Sunday.

Former power minister Aleixo Sequeira and Colva village panchayat are locked in a bitter battle over granting of an occupancy certificate to a hotel owned by Sequeira.

A huge quantity of garbage packed in plastic bags is lying outside the colva panchayat office for some days now and the local body has not bothered to clear it.

Villagers at the gram sabha of the colva panchayat held on Sunday vehemently voiced their opposition to a proposed commercial project undertaken by the state's tourism department and urged the panchayat not to grant its approval for the project.

Blame games over the occupancy certificate to the hotel project belonging to former power minister Aleixo Sequeira continued on Friday between Sequeira and the Colva village panchayat.

Director of panchayats Narayan Sawant has said that he will take a decision on Monday to resolve the ongoing impasse at the colva panchayat.

Colva villagers have been inconvenienced as the panchayat does not have a secretary for the last two weeks.

Colva police on Saturday registered an offence against two locals for obstructing the secretary of the Colva village panchayat from discharging his duties.

The high court of Bombay at Goa on Monday pulled up the colva panchayat for not acting on the directions of the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) to stop hotels from dumping sewage into the creek near the Colva beach.

Following a high court directive, the deputy collector, Margao, and a high-level committee comprising Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB) officials, tourism department officials and other government representatives inspected nine hotels at Colva over the last couple of days.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered issuance of a bailable warrant against member secretary of Goa state biodiversity board (GSBB) Nitin Sawant to appear in person before the NGT, if no reply affidavit is filed by him within a period of two weeks in connection with a plea filed by village panchayat of Colva, Sernabatim, Vanelim and Gandaulim

"We have been intervening in this matter and in the next gram sabha we will announce our plants to set up a small sewerage treatment plant," he said.

Acting upon complaints by villagers as well as a local panch member, Colva sarpanch Snowkon Gonsalves on Sunday issued a notice directing a private party to stop the ongoing allegedly illegal work of constructing plots in Colva II ward behind the church.

colva panchayat plans to implement a unique garbage management proposal which they hope will be a model for other villages to follow.

From flouting clauses of lease agreements to carrying out illegal activities, the colva panchayat is facing some serious heat from authorities. Premises meant for a panchayat ghar and community hall currently house 10 shops with one of them operating a matka business.