CANSAULIM, Nov. 29 -- The Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim (CAC) villagers had a filthy start to their village panchayat meeting on Sunday morning. Panchayat members arriving for their first gram sabha in two years experienced an all pervasive filthy odour in the panchayat premises.

To their utter shock they realise that their panchayat office had become a garbage dumping ground.

"We were exacted because this was the first gram sabha held after two long years of COVID-19 break. We thought we will present our issues, grievances and hardships before the Panchayat body and would adopt all necessary resolutions, but we were left disappointed because they had kept garbage in front of Panchayat entrance to welcome us," said Jose Fernandes, a gram sab...