Challenges in Dharbandora taluka: Role of the village panchayat

Abstract

Goa comprises of 12 Taluka, the last and newly carved is Dharbandora taluka, comprises of five village panchayats namely Dharbandora, Kirlapal-Dabal, Collem, Mollem and Sacorda carved out of large areas of Sanguem taluka. The government's rationale behind creating the new taluka is to provide better administration and government services to the people in and around Dharbandora region. Mining in this Taluka was the major source of revenue to the state but Government has hardly used its revenue for the development of the Taluka. Mining has created a far amount of employment opportunities for the people of Dharbandora Taluka. But whatever ore extracted was exported and profit earned by the mine owners whereas it is the people of Dharbandora who bear the environmental cost, today they have nothing in their hand, lost their jobs and agricultural field etc. and have hard time to overcome with this, in such a situations Panchayat can play an important role. This paper focus on Challenges in Dharbandora Taluka and the role of the Panchayat.