Avertano Furtado is an Indian politician who is a former member of the

Goa Legislative Assembly The Goa Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the state of Goa in India. The Assembly meets at the Goa State Legislative Assembly Complex in Porvorim, Bardez. The Eighth Goa Legislative Assembly consists of 40 members. The assem ...

, representing the

Navelim Assembly constituency Navelim Assembly constituency is one of the 40 Goa Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state of Goa in southern India. Navelim is also one of the 20 constituencies falling under South Goa Lok Sabha constituency. Members of the Legislat ...

from 2012 to 2017. Furtado successfully contested in the

2012 Goa Legislative Assembly election The Goa legislative assembly election was held on 3 March 2012, to select the 40 members of the Sixth Goa Legislative Assembly, as the term of 5th Goa Legislative Assembly ended in March 2012. The result was announced on 6 March. The Bharatiya ...

, by defeating incumbent legislator

Churchill Alemao Churchill Braz Alemao (born 16 May 1949) is an Indian politician who served as the 2nd Chief Minister of Goa from March to April 1990. He is a former two-term Member of Parliament, representing South Goa from 1996 to 1998 and 2004 to 2007. H ...

by a margin of 2,145 votes.

Career

Before shifting his focus to politics, Furtado played

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as a

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for

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and

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. Alongside several others, he petitioned the

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on behalf of the residents of Sinquetim-

Navelim Navelim is a census town and fast growing suburb of the city of Margao located in the Salcete sub-district of South Goa district, Goa, India. It has a large parish and has played a crucial rule in South Goa politics at some stage. Navelim has ...

, requesting a stay order on the construction of the Sinquetim-Benaulim bridge. This petition was supported by the incumbent MLA

. The grounds for the petition were that the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests had not sanctioned the project, and it should not be recommended until the CRZ clearance is obtained from the ministry.

References

Living people Goa MLAs 2012–2017 Politicians from South Goa district Year of birth missing (living people) Independent politicians in India Indian National Congress politicians from Goa {{Goa-politician-stub