PANAJI
The high powered Supreme court central empowered committee (CEC) is arriving in Goa on Tuesday evening on a four-day visit to conduct site inspections of the three linear projects cutting through the protected forests of Mollem National Park and Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary.
The visit of the CEC, headed by former Union Environment Secretary P V Jayakrishnan who incidetally had a stint as Chief Secretary of Goa in the early 1990's, has raised the hopes of environmentalists and opponents of the projects.
The three projects -- doubling of the South Western Railway track, expansion of National Highway and the private power transmission lines -- have faced huge protests over the last several months over fears that they will convert Goa into a coal transportation hub.
