PANAJI
Town and Country Planning Minister, Vishwajit Rane on Monday said the much awaited report of alleged irregularities in the Outline Development Plans (ODPs) of the Calangute-Candolim and Arpora-Nagoa-Parra planning areas will be tabled on the floor of the Assembly on Tuesday.
"The illegalities will remain. The illegalities have happened. It is not going in any bloody washing machine," Rane said when asked what happens to his sustained tirade against Michael Lobo who is reportedly on the way to join the BJP.
"I don't care who is joining. The report will be tabled," Rane said.
Rane had in April last kept on hold the two notified ODPs and accused Lobo of committing glaring irregularities during his time as North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA) chairman.
The ODPs were suspended and a committee headed by the Chief Town Planner had reviewed them and prepared a 240-page report on "various irregularities" in them, Rane had said.
The irregularities involve the ODPs showing as development zones areas with slopes, marshy lands, khazan lands and such other areas which are "No Development Zones" under existing TCP and building and development laws.
Besides the CTP, the committee consisted of the Senior Town Planners of the two districts, North and South Goa and the member-secretaries of the North Goa Planning and Development Authority and the South Goa Planning and Development Authority.
Representatives of stakeholder professional bodies including CREDAI, Indian Institute of Architects (IIA), Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), Institution of Engineers (India), and Institute of Town Planners, were also co-opted on the panel.
