PANAJI
"The press has to clarify. I never said this, I can't imagine where they get this. It is the TDR policy which will be framed in six months. TDR policy itself is a complicated one. It is not possible to do the Regional Plan in six months. Even I was surprised to read in the papers the next day," Sardesai said.
Vijai rose after Margao MLA Digambar Kamat began guffawing aloud, perhaps, deliberately so when he mentioned the newspaper reports quoting the minister that the Regional Plan 2030 would be ready in six months.
Sardesai's exact words on Monday were: "The Regional Plan 2030 will be conceptualized within six months by taking this House into confidence."
On Tuesday, besides denying that he said he would bring the Regional Plan in six months, Sardesai refused to offer a fresh timeline by which time the RP 2030 would be finalised.
"Six months later after the TDR policy is finalised then we will start with the regional plan," Sardesai said adding that with the TDR policy in place, formulating the regional plan won't be a big deal as the biggest issue of conversion of land requests would be taken care of by the TDR policy.
Sardesai also strongly defended his policy on approving projects, in the interim, on "case to case" basis saying that it was a practise that was being followed all this while.
