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MARGAO
The ongoing agitation against RP21, PDAs and ODPs showed signs of intensifying in villages with the controversial Regional Plan 2021 and Planning & Development Authorities (PDAs) coming under strong opposition from gram sabhas across the state on Sunday. The Colva gram sabha even went a step ahead to demand the scrapping of the Regional Plan.
While the Navelim gram sabha opposed the inclusion of the village into the PDA, Benaulim gram sabha resolved to issue a notice to the Chief Town Planner on why the recommendations made by the Village panchayat vis-Ã -vis RP21 were not incorporated in the Plan. The issue over the regional Plan 2021 also echoed at the Assolna gram sabha with members demanding that the TCP should honour the recommendations made by the panchayat in respect to RP21.
In the North, gram sabha at Morjim witnessed an uproar over mega projects with people criticizing TCP for issuing licenses without providing basic facilities in the village. The TCP department and local panchayat also came under fire at the gram sabha for allegedly felicitating illegal constructions in Assagao. In Santa Cruz, the issue of denotification of areas from GPPDA was raised with villagers questioning why the denotification had not been published despite assurances to the contrary by the TCP minister.
With the civil society maintaining that the Margao-Colva road may go over the village Church and that many a sand
COLVA: Unanimous resolution adopted demanding scrapping of RP21; to be forwarded to the government, including the TCP and Panchayat authorities for necessary action
NAVELIM: Controversial PDA decision hotly discussed; members resolve to oppose any move to including Navelim in PDA
BENAULIM: Agitated members raise RP21 questions, members seek to know whether the recommendations made by the Panchayat and Village Level Committees have been incorporated in the RP21
ASSOLNA: Members want panchayat to write a letter to TCP on status of recommendations made by the Panchayat body to RP21
MORJIM: Uproar over mega projects; people criticise TCP for issuing licenses without providing basic facilities in the village
ASSAGAO: TCP department and local panchayat under fire for allegedly felicitating illegal constructions in Assagao
SANTA CRUZ: Denotification of areas from GPPDA raised; villagers question why the denotification had not been published despite assurances to the contrary by the TCP minister
