Chimbel villagers on Wednesday have reportedly warned of intensifying their agitation against the Unity Mall project after Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told their delegation that the project could not be scrapped as it was a centrally sanctioned national project and had reached an advanced stage of implementation and around Rs 25 crore had also been already spent over the same. The issue is that had the government should have taken the Chimbel villagers into confidence before deciding to bring this so-called 'centrally sanctioned national project' at Chimbel. Then how can CM Sawant say that his government cannot scrap the said controversial project despite of seeing the ongoing strong protests from the villagers of Chimbel? Or does CM Sawant think that just because his government has a majority in the house, it can bring any project on the quiet against the wishes of Goans? And lastly that Rs 25 crore that has already been spent is CM talking about putting up iron sheets and cutting trees around the proposed Unity Mall project site at Chimbel? I think that Goans need to stand up and counter this imposed project.
