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MARGAO
Following a complaint lodged by the Colva Civic and Consumer Forum, the Town and Country Planning department, Margao has asked the Colva police to maintain vigil to prevent any further land filling of the land in question located at Colva village.
Former Minister, Mickky Pacheco, however, told The Goan that there’s no filling of the land in question, which he had transferred in the name of his wife a few years ago, adding that the allegations of land filling are false and baseless.
While inspection of the land by the TCP officials showed that a sizeable area has been filled up, Mickky, however, disputed the claim, ruling out any land filling, saying the land is a flat surface.
“There’s absolutely no land filling on the land in question. I also found a couple of trucks load of construction debris dumped right at the entrance to the land in question. I do not know who has dumped the debris. If the TCP is so concerned about the so called land filling, the officials should probe into the matter and nab the culprits involved and seize the vehicles responsible for dumping the debris’, he said.
Town Planner R Borkar told The Goan that inspection of the land in question, however, revealed land filling activity at the place. “My office have asked the Colva police to maintain vigil to prevent any further land filling”, he said, adding that the police should also register a FIRC against the persons behind the land filling.
Colva PI Filomena Costa, however, ruled out the question of registering a FIR without documentation from the TCP. “For the moment, the police have been asked by the TCP to maintain vigil, but to register case, the police would require more documents from the TCP’, PI Costa added.
