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PANAJI
The Town and Country Planning Department will regularize commercial constructiond built in private lands on plots of up to 100 square metres along with unauthorized houses on 200
square meter plots.
TCP Minister, Vijai Sardesai, said on Thursday that the department has reviewed the status of 7500 applications for regularization of unauthorized structures under a law which was passed last year. Some 4400 applications are from South Goa and the balance 2900 are from North
Goa, he said.
Residential constructions in plots of up to 200 square meters will be regularized. In addition, 250 residential constructions including 50 commercial constructions in private land, will also be regularized, he added.
Sardesai and Revenue Minister Rohan Khaunte held a joint meeting of senior officials of their respective departments on Thursday and instructed the officers to prepare a road map to process all the 7500 applications received thus far.
“Except orchard lands, if there is any issue of setbacks in settlement zone, then we are ready to dilute the law further,” Sardesai.
Meanwhile, Khaunte said, no decision had been taken yet on the fate of unauthorized constructions in Government land.
The TCP Minister also said that a dedicated officer will be allocated per day to sort out the applications.
As for unauthorized constructions in Communidade land, a decision will be taken soon, according to the Revenue Minister.
“The report from communidades has come. We are trying to explore some amendments if possible. We will try to get the amendments through in the forthcoming assembly session,” Khaunte said.
