The one-day public hearing of Coastal Zone Management draft plan in two districts of the State
Hundreds of people who had gathered outside the Ravindra Bhavan in Panaji for the Coastal Zone Management Plan public hearing, got restive as the Collector (North) went ahead with the proceedings with limited participants, paying no heed to the large number of people left outside. Pics by Narayan Pissurlenkar
PANAJIThe public hearing on the draft Coastal Zone Management Plan (CZMP) turned chaotic on Sunday with hundreds of aspiring participants being left out of the venue at Kala Academy even as the North Goa Collector went ahead with the proceedings inside.The crowd grew restive as they began to realise they will not gain entry into the venue and raised slogans demanding that hearings be held at the village panchayat level to ensure due participation from the people.The…
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