PANJIM: Sanquelim Municipal Council ( SMC) in a writ petition filed before the High Court of Bombay at Goa has been pushing the Directorate of Municipal Administration ( DMA) to clear the pending development works.
Addressing the media, SMC Chairperson Dharmesh Saglani said, “ SMC has been denied better treatment by the BJP government, this is hampering development works of SMC. But after the HC issued directions the process has speeded up.” He added, “ Proposals for 27 developmental works submitted by SMC to DMA were pending approval and majority of the resolutions passed by SMC over the last three and half years were pending execution and during this period, 10 chief officers, four junior engineers and four accountants were transferred thus hampering the functioning of the SMC.” Saglani alleged that the BJP government is purposely hampering works of the council as it is worried that works undertaken by the council would lessen the chances of their candidate winning in the 2017 Assembly elections. The High Court on December 15 issued directions to execute all resolutions passed by SMC within two months while also ordering DMA to decide on all pending proposals from SMC within six weeks. The court further stated that the code of conduct, which is likely to come into force soon, shall not affect these works. However, SMC Chief Officer Jitendra Bugde, who was appointed on September 18, has assured that the remaining 17 proposals would be resubmitted to DMA and that they would require at least two months to go through the pending resolutions to verify their viability. 27 development works in the town were pending approval; majority of municipal resolutions pending execution Saglani open to Cong ticket Sanquelim Municipal Council ( SMC) Chairperson Dharmesh Saglani on Tuesday said he is open to contesting in Sanquelim constituency on a Congress ticket. “ I have always been a Congressman and I am open for a ticket if the party offers me the chance but if that doesn’t happen I will loyally work for whoever gets the Congress ticket,” Saglani said.
