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PANAJI
The Congress on Thursday slammed the BJP-led coalition government for keeping the State in the dark about
a ‘logistics park’ proposed
in Goa by the Centre which was revealed in a written answer in the Lok Sabha on January 3.
“We demand that the government come out with a ‘white paper’ on the project detailing the land requirements, location, the pressure it would put on existing infrastructure including power, water and roads, and most importantly, the jobs it would create and whether these would be suitable for local youth,” Congress chief spokesperson Sunil Kawthankar said.
Kawthankar who addressed his first press conference since being appointed Chief Spokesperson, said it is shocking that proposals of such magnitude are being cleared by keeping the state in the dark.
He censured the three Goa MPs, incidentally all from the BJP, for failing to seek clarifications on the project in Parliament. “It was their responsibility to secure information from the Central government once the project was announced in Parliament. But they are sleeping. All three MPs have failed,” he said criticising Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik, Narendra Sawaikar and Rajya Sabha MP Vinay Tendulkar.
Kawthankar said the Congress will write to the Governor Mridula Sinha seeking clarification since who is heading the State government is a mystery with CM Manohar Parrikar inaccessible due to his illness.
When asked whether the third Mandovi bridge and the 8-lane Zuari bridge besides the other ongoing big-ticket NH work were all part of the plan to facilitate the ‘Logistics Park’, Kawthankar said, “I know nothing of it except what is revealed in the answer by the Central government in Parliament.”
