Panjim, Jan. 14 -- Following growing unrest amongst the villagers, the Minister for Revenue and Taleigao MLA Jennifer Monserrate on Tuesday announced that there is no proposal to merge Taleigao panchayat with the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP).

HERALD had reported about a proposal being moved to the State government to increase the jurisdiction of CCP with the inclusion of the entire Taleigao panchayat into the City Corporation. The proposal was to increase the total number of wards to 50 from existing 30.

The CCP at present consists of 30 wards of which 21 are part of Panjim constituency, while nine fall in Taleigao.

The move, however, has been strongly opposed by the people of Taleigao, who claimed that the decision will lea...