Expedite process to settle forest right claims: Sattari panel
Valpoi: Stating that the state government is apathetic towards the rights of the forest dwellers, Sattari Bhumiputra Samiti (SBS) has called upon the government to sort out the land ownership issue of Sattari villagers at the earliest.
Speaking at a press conference at Valpoi on Sunday, a delegation of SBS said that the forest rights committee (FRC) procedure to settle land rights is not acceptable.
Ganpat Zarmekar while addressing the media alleged that some political leaders are trying to mislead the people to undertake the forest rights committee (FRC) procedures to sort out this issue adding, “If this procedure is followed, it would create problems in the future to tackle the process in court. People should stay alert of such leaders who are misleading the people for their political benefit.”
Parts of Valpoi reeling under water scarcity
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Parts of Valpoi town are reeling under acute water shortage and most taps in those areas have run dry for the past few days.
Affected residents claimed that they are receiving intermittent water supply over the past few days in their areas.
“From the past few days, the water supply is irregular. We are not aware why but whenever we enquire at the office they say that there is a rupture in the water pipeline,” said a resident of ward 5.
While the residents of ward 6 complained of irregular water supply in their area. “We have constructed an overhead tank to supply water to Nanus village but most of the time the tank is filled up to 20 per cent leading to water shortage in the village,” said Sharafat Khan, former councillor of Nanus.
Planned IIT Goa campus to relocate after village protests
A permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in the western Indian state of Goa has hit a roadblock as the government abandoned its plan to build the campus at Melaulim village in the face of widespread protests from area residents and a major clash with police.
The Goa government on 15 January announced that the new IIT campus would be shifted to another, as yet undecided, location in the state. But the events this month could also jeopardise Goa’s bid to become a higher education hub in the country.
Four-member panel to decide new site for IIT campus in Goa: CM Pramod Sawant
The IIT project in Goa has been opposed by the Shel- Melaulim village residents, who are not willing to part with their land for the campus.
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PANAJI: Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Monday said his government will set up a four-member committee to decide a new location for the construction of the proposed IIT campus in the state, following opposition from locals to the previous site.
Bowing to public pressure, the Goa government last week announced that the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus, which was proposed to set up at Shel-Melaulim village in Sattari taluka of North Goa district, will be shifted to another part of the coastal state.