bicholim the village panchayat of menckurem in bicholim taluka has got a plush new premises constructed at a cost of rs 15 crore the facility was inaugurated recently by panchayats minister mauvin godinho assembly speaker rajesh patnekar mapusa mla joshua dsouza deputy collector deepak vaingankar and other officials were also present at the inaugural the village had a population of less than 1500 and the new building is expected to boost business as the new structure includes space to house a special room for selfhelp groups to carry out their activities additionally it has space for a library post office health centre and three commercial premises it also houses a 200sqm auditorium and a gymnasium on the second floorat the inaugural godinho said that the central government has provided special assistance for low income rural panchayats through the 15th finance commission so that even these areas can develop menwhile stating that the panchayat has a nomical income sarpanch sanjana naik said that funds should be made available for the buildings maintenance and to give impetus to other development in mencurem