Team Herald
PANJIM: Former Minister and Mhadei Bachao Abhiyan (MBA) convenor Nirmala Sawant on Wednesday urged the State government to request the Supreme Court for an exclusive date for the hearing of Mhadei river matter.
In a press statement released ahead of the Mhadei matter in listed for hearing in the Supreme Court on Thursday, Sawant said, “Given that the matter is now at number 112 on the list, there is little chance for the Supreme Court to reach that number. Why can't the Goa government request the Supreme Court for an exclusive date for the hearing?”
The State government wants to demonstrate to the people of Goa how much concern the government has for Mhadei, so they are sending nearly half a dozen lawyers in addition to those from Mumbai and Delhi. There is a significant number of government officers present, as if it were a trial court, Sawant said.
The MBA convenor alleged that the State government was misleading the people of Goa, but they cannot continue to do so indefinitely at the cost of the government
exchequer.