THE RESULTS of the ‘exams’ or assessment conducted by the Directorate of
Panchayats for the year 2009-10 is likely to be a big disappointment for those
who swear by the 73rd and 74th amendment to the Constitution and wax eloquent
about decentralised planning. The presumption being that Panchayats and civic
bodies are less corrupt than the government of Goa and the Minister for Town
and Country Planning. The exam conducted by the Directorate of Panchayats
shockingly reveals that only one of the 180 panchayats, Mencurem-Dhumacen, had
no complaints of illegal construction. The Directorate of Panchayats, in its
assessment of the functioning of panchayats in the state, has provided for
negative marks for panchayats against whom there are complaints of encouraging
illegal construction. Panchayats which have one to twenty complaints of illegal
construction get one negative mark; those against whom there are 21 to 40
complaints receive two negative marks; those against whom there are
41 to 60 complaints get three negative marks and panchayats which have 50 or
more complaints of illegal construction get four negative marks. The extent of
illegal constructions encouraged aided and abetted by the panchayats is
dramatised by the fact that the 180 panchayats taken together have 1106
negative marks.
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