USGAO-GANJEM GRAM SABHA WITNESSES NOISY SCENES

MARCEL: Usgao-Ganjem Gram Sabha on Sunday witnessed noisy scenes over the issue of illegal parking of trucks by an industrial estate in Marwa-Sada, Usgao.

The residents were left furious after Usgao-Ganjem Deputy Sarpanch Manohar Gaude left the gram sabha midway when villagers demanded to know what action has been taken in regard to the resolutions taken during the last gram sabha.

Deputy Sarpanch Gaude, who is the acting sarpanch, and who chaired the meeting did not answer any of the queries. With mounting pressure from villagers to reply to the queries, the deputy Sarpanch left the meeting hall. Later, some villagers even followed him in order to bring him back to the gram sabha, but they did not succeed.

Usgao Uva Morcha President Tulshidas Prabhu sought to know the status of the resolution passed during the last gram sabha meeting. “I want to know what action the panchayat has taken against the industrial unit which is illegally parking trucks and has converted it into a yard. Does the panchayat receive any application from the company for parking trucks,” asked Prabhu.

“This resolution was taken during the last gram sabha and I want to know what action has been taken,” he added.

However, acting Sarpanch Manohar Gaude said the land belongs to the company and the company need not require any permission from the panchayat.

But the villagers were not satisfied with Gaude’s reply, as they claimed that though the land belongs to the company, but the company is bound to take permission for parking or using it as a yard. The furious villagers demanded to take action and stalled the proceedings of the gram sabha until the issue was resolved.

The villagers demanded for a quick reply from the sarpanch. However, to everyone’s surprise the deputy sarpanch walked away from the meeting hall. (HD)