DHARGAL: Goa Congress has exposed extensive hill cutting in Dhargal. Rushing to the spot they demanded that the Town and Country Planning Department immediately stop the illegal activity. The alleged illegal hill cutting is taking place at Sukekolan, Dhargal by Delta Corp Ltd, Goa Congress has alleged. Photos showed that heavy machinery was being used to do the illegal hill cutting.
The expose happened after GPCC President Amit Patkar and other Congressmen conducted a site inspection at Dhargal on Wednesday. Patkar highlighted that Delta Corp the company that runs off shore casinos in the Mandovi river, bought 3,17,500 sqm of land in Dhargal. This aim is to setup Casinos & Gaming Zones project which has been approved by Investment Promotion Board.
Congress alleged that this land is partly orchard, partly natural cover, and partly command area of irrigation. Patkar criticized the government for giving permission to have a casino and questioned if a casino is part of Goa’s culture and heritage. Sources in the TCP however denied that they had given any permission to the project.