Goemkarponn desk
MARGAO: Panchayat Minister Mauvin Godinho today said that elections to 189 village panchayats would be delayed by a week.
“Panchayat elections will be delayed by a week, as the process of notifying the reservation for Panchayat elections is underway,” said Godinho.
He further said that the delimitation process for the Panchayat elections had been over, and now we will be going ahead with the reservation process.
“These grassroots level elections should not be fought on party lines as we need the support of all people from the grassroots level,” said Godinho.
Mauvin said that it’s ultimately to talk whoever wins is ours as we want Cooperation from all people to bring overall development in all rural areas.
Speaking on taxis, Godinho said that his department wants to regulate giving permits to new vehicles.
“I’ve asked for a taxi audit wherein I’ll have figures as to how many black and white taxis are there, which need to be restricted, their conditions of the permit,” he said.