After Belagavi led to the BJP-ruled Maharashtra being pitted against Karnataka, a political storm has erupted in Goa, another BJP state, after Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai announced that the Centre has cleared the disputed .
The REC has asked state government to submit report on cumulative/holistic study on impact of construction of tunnels on ecology and directed BMC to undertake clearing encroachments from SGNP and if need be, rehabilitate encroachers elsewhere within one year positively.