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'Lobo pressurized TCP officials to sign'

THE GOAN NETWORKPublished Jul 5, 2022, 12:11 AM IST

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TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane said that officials were "pressurised" by Lobo to sign documents related to the alleged illegal conversion of land in the ODPs.

"Member Secretary and other TCP officers have given written undertakings that they under pressure from the ‘concerned individual’ to sign the conversion documents," Rane alleged.

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Most 'illegal' conversions in ODPs will be knocked off: TCP Minister

THE GOAN NETWORK

Published Jul 5, 2022, 12:10 AM IST

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PANAJITown and Country Planning (TCP) Minister Vishwajit Rane has said nearly 60% of the areas converted through the ODPs of Calangute-Candolim and Arpora-Nagoa-Parra planning areas will be 'knocked off'.Speaking to the media after chairing a TCP board meeting, Rane said, over 16-lakh square metres were converted in these areas with nearly 3.59 lakh square metres of it being either tenanted, cultivable or No Development Zone land."It was converted by a ‘particular…