MERCES, APRIL 5
With the copy of RP 2001 made available to the panchayat only a week ago and the special committee selected to study draft RP 2021 for Chimbel was made aware of it only on Sunday, residents of Chimbel passed a resolution demanding extension of the deadline to submit the plan by another 45 days.
The special committee, appointed to prepare draft RP 2021 for Saligao village, is currently in the final stages of planning a people-friendly plan for the village, after taking into accounts the suggestions and opinion of a cross section of the villagers.
The Village Committee of the Corlim Panchayat for the Regional Plan 2021 has strongly recommended that the Corlim Panchayat should neither allow new chemical and pharmaceutical companies nor an expansion of the existing industries in the village.
The Saligao gram sabha on Sunday convened to deliberate on Draft Regional Plan marked heated exchanges between the members over proposed road issues in the area.
Voicing its opposition to the proposed Regional Plan 2021, the special gram sabha at Kalay village in Sanguem has passed a resolution seeking a three-month period to place their objections before authorities.
During the gram sabha, residents complained that the plan was flawed and was solely based on satellite pictures.
Residents of Socorro have resolved not to make any suggestions to the draft plan until the technical team of Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department explains the draft regional plan.
This was decided at the Socorro Panchayat extraordinary gram sabha on Sunday, which was convened at the panchayat hall to constitute the committee to scrutinize the Draft Regional Plan 2021.
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For all the time it took, the Draft Regional Plan 2021 is in many ways a remarkable document. It puts a renewed emphasis on ecology conservation, revamping public transport and, most important of all, maintaining the character of Goa
