Goa State Infrastructure Development Corporation (GSIDC) has decided to take up the renovation or reconstruction of panchayat buildings located across the State.

GSIDC, which met recently under chairmanship of Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, has resolved to survey the structures of all the panchayat buildings in the State.

“The entire report would be ready within two months after that we will take up the work of either renovating them or rebuilding them depending on their conditions,” GSIDC chairman Deepak Pauskar said.

“There are many buildings housing office of the panchayat which are in need of reconstruction. They should be saved from crumbling down. That is where the GSIDC has decided to intervene,” he said.

The corporation has decided to use the District Mineral Fund, which is collected from the mining firms, to take up the repairs or re-construction of the buildings in the mining belt.

“We can also utilize the fund released by central government under its various schemes for local bodies to construct the panchayats in the areas including mining belt,” Pauskar said.

The GSIDC has also decided to inspect the conditions of Government Primary Schools across the State and hospital buildings owned by Directorate of Health Service, he added.

Team TNV