Panaji
Responding to a question tabled by Leader of Opposition Chandrakant ‘Babu' Kavlekar, Khaunte informed that 1,984 applications were received from North Goa and 2,245 from South Goa.
Of those received by the Collector (North), 1,745 applications are for regularization of illegal structures on private land, 207 on comunidade land and 32 applications on government land. Majority of the applications concerning Comunidade land have been submitted from Bardez, where 154 people have applied for regularization of illegal structures on comunidade land, followed by 38 from Bicholim and 15 from Tiswadi.
As per information received from Collector (South), no applications have been received from persons whose structures are situated on comunidade/government land, the reply disclosed.
These applications were received by the collectors following a government notification dated June 24, 2016 allowing a six-month
window for application for regularization. The time-frame was later extended till January 20, 2017.
"We will form taluka-wise teams to screen these applications and report back to the deputy collector. The
scrutiny will start from August 10-15. Teams will comprise a talathi, surveyor, accounts officer, TCP officer,
PWD officer and a retired person of the rank of junior scale of Goa civil service," Khaunte informed.
Aldona MLA Glenn Ticlo and Kavlekar sought to know if the government has set a time-frame for completion of this process of scrutiny and also a plan for regularization of illegal structures on government land.
"The matter regarding structures on comunidade land and government
land is under examination of the government," Khaunte informed.
