Speaking to Herald, Claude Alvares of Goa Foundation said, “We have applied for a stay on the entire project and are expecting a positive result next week.”
He said that based on the current permission the developers Leading Hotels have obtained, “they have changed agricultural land into non agricultural.” Town and Country Planning (TCP) permissions too point in the same direction. Based on these conversions GF and the Tiracol villagers are hoping for a stay on the entire project.
On May 14, Leading Hotels by claiming to have required permissions tore into Tiracol cutting trees and trespassing tenants’ properties. The situation in the village grew tense with the presence of some 50 bouncers. Going against the National Green Tribunal’s (NGT) order to stop felling of trees, the company continued work despite an ongoing tenancy case in the High Court.
