Colva, Seraulim,Quepem landfill sites inspected
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, MAY 29
The flying squad headed by Deputy Collector Dipak Desai and TCP officials conducted inspection of three land filling sites at Colva, Seraulim and Quepem.
Following persistent complaints by the village groups in respect of illegal land filling and hill cutting activity, Deputy Collector, Dipak Desai led the flying squad to Colva and the other two villages to probe into the complaints lodged by the NGOs.
Sources said the squad has issued stop work order to stop the ongoing work and has asked the Town and Country Planning officials to lodge the FIR against the concerned owners under section 17-A of the Town and Country Planning Act.
This is perhaps of the first time that the flying squad carried a detailed inspection of alleged land filling sites after the village groups of Goa made a hue and cry over the inefficient squad.
District Collector, G P Naik said the flying squad will do its utmost best to attend to complaints received from the NGOs against land filing and hill cutting. He, however, hastened to add the TCP officials should be equally proactive and serious in taking the cases of illegal land filling and hill cutting to the logical conclusions by lodging FIRs with the police.
He said the flying squads to be headed by deputy collectors on rotation will seriously attend to all complaints of illegal hill cutting and land filling. “There were initial hiccups and teething problems and the administration is sorting out the problems to streamline the functioning of the squads”, he added.
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