IIT: Finding new ground, stirring old wounds
Just when one got the impression that the State government had hit the sweet spot on the IIT venue at Farmagudi plateau, the issue of a permanent campus has run into yet another familiar obstacle. The Sunday protest at the site under the banner of the "Save Katamgal" campaign is far more than a local flashpoint; rather, it exposes yet again a deeper failure in how major public projects are...
Water Metro needs to be planned with people in mind
Late last week, Union Minister for Ports and Shipping Sarbananda Sonowal announced that, following a request from the state government, the Union government was moving the Goa Water Metro Project to Phase I for implementation on priority. The announcement was met with loud applause at the function in anticipation that...
When trees fail, elephants come knocking
As forests produce less food, hungry animals are increasingly pushed towards farms and settlements
‘City-fication’ will kill unique character of Goan villages
It comes as a huge surprise that the Goa government is trying to revive its controversial proposal to classify 56 villages as “urban areas”, a plan that was outrightly rejected by villagers when it first surfaced in a February 2020 notification. Over five years later, the government is attempting to...
High Court leaves a leaf of hope for Goa’s trees
There is no denying that Goa has witnessed fast-paced development in recent years. However, it is also seen that the aggressive drive toward urbanisation is increasingly clashing with a public that has become increasingly aware, vocal, and determined to protect its environment and natural heritage. Across Goa, people have repeatedly...
