In August 2018, 2,500 odd Calangute/Candolim citizens came out on the street and signed a memorandum to discard the ODP 2025 but the issue got drowned like the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. Why the panchayat represented by the secretary did not approach the High Court as claimed to have approached in 2017 in the interest of Calangute citizens ? Secondly, operation of dance bars in Calangute is illegal. The sarpanch and the secretary along with ward members conducted site inspection after 11.00 pm and immediately served notice for closure of all dance bars in Calangute. The BDO stayed the closure order for lack of evidence. What stopped the Panchayat secretary/ sarpanch to appeal against the order of BDO in the next Appellate Authority in the interest of Calangute citizens? Secondly operation of Sewage Treatment Plant was stayed by the sarpanch for releasing raw sewage into the Baga river. The State Government including Calangute panchayat must take remedial measures by laying reverse pipe line in the interest of environment. Thirdly a resolution is needed not to allow any development in the 200 m CRZ no-development zone.
