OLD GOA
Former tourism director and Congress leader Elvis Gomes has showed willingness to play facilitator for preparing a master plan for Old Goa, which has been in the backburner for over a decade.
Gomes made the statement after meeting Se Old Goa Sarpanch Vishwas Kuttikar to apprise him on the need to have a master plan for the former capital city. Speaking to reporters after the meeting, Gomes informed that during his tenure as Tourism Director in 2008-09, he took the first steps for preparing a master plan for Old Goa.
“However, I was later shunted out and the issue was on the backburner,” Gomes stated while adding that in 2016, he again revived the issue and with the help of several concerned individuals, including prominent architects, prepared an outline plan, which would form the basis of the master plan.
When questioned by The Goan whether he would take the lead in the matter, Gomes said, “I am willing to play the role of a facilitator to bring all the stakeholders as I know the subject but the demand has to be made by the local governing body which is the panchayat,” Gomes opined.
