Goa is enveloped in sheer administrative chaos. The all-important Town & Country Planning department can be adjudged today as being the most corrupt department in the State. It is now better known as the nucleus of town & country destruction. It is little wonder that over the years it is one of the ministerial portfolios keenly fought over by MLAs.
From Pernem to Canacona the entire state is sadly witnessing rampant unauthorized hill cutting, illegal land filling and land use violations. The land mafia is having the last laugh with some of them ironically being advisors of the government on the critical issue of Town & Country Planning.
An environmental and ecological catastrophe is now on the cards with the silent or active blessing by officials of the TCP department. We need a TCP Department that is fit for purpose that is actively involved and take its statutory and advisory role seriously and transparently to protect our land and people’s needs ahead of the land sharks. Sorrowing lies our Goa once the pearl of the Orient by continually ignoring these warnings, all for the greed of the rupee.
