Sarpanch · Chicalim & the Dabolim corridor
Grass-roots governance · South Goa
National and Goa outlets identify Kamla Prasad Yadav as sarpanch of the Chicalim village panchayat — the elected head of Village Panchayat Chicalim (often written “V.P. Chicalim”). The Times of India and regional social posts routinely use that wording.
Why “Dabolim” comes up: Chicalim sits on the dense Vasco–Dabolim urban strip next to the harbour and airport belt. Community reporting often frames issues as Dabolim stories while quoting the Chicalim sarpanch — for example water-supply concerns covered as affecting Dabolim residents with responses attributed to the Chicalim panchayat leadership. That is why you may see both place names alongside his name, even though the statutory title is sarpanch of Chicalim panchayat, not a separate “Dabolim panchayat.”
His tenure in that role is part of the same public-service thread as school visits, sanitation drives, and local development visible in Goa social news — the same civic footprint that sits alongside his builder–promoter work.