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The main spokesperson of GFSD Ramkrishna Jhalmi pointed out that the very constitution of this unwarranted, deviously conceived and draconian IPB is akin to a declaration of all out-war on the ecology and the people of Goa by its own government.
Another vociferous voice of GFSD Fr Eremito Rebello said the TCP Minister must surely be aware that all activities and projects must conform and comply with the scientific planning and guidelines imposed by a well-studied Regional Plan based on sound data collection and analysis. “Therefore, it defies all logic, reasoning, comprehension and norms of legality when the Regional Plan is compelled to fit into the IPB instead of the other way around. This is done solely to fulfil the interests of corporates and industrialists,” he said.
“Why is the government not accepting the factual reality that the State is made up of agricultural, fishing, tribal, tenanted and various other traditional communities who are also sons and daughters of Goa and therefore legitimate stakeholders in the Regional Plan? Their interests also must be safeguarded and protected instead of being sacrificed at the altar of greed. Why is this government focusing so strongly upon giving legality and sanction of law to crass and unjustifiable illegalities ,” he questioned.
