Corlim Forum chalks out various activities

Corlim Forum chalks out various activities
HERALD CORRESPONDENT
OLD GOA, JUNE 20
Members of Corlim Citizens Civil and Consumer Forum (CCCCF) on Sunday chalked out various activities in the next one month to put forth their demand of asking the government to scrap widening of the national highway passing through Corlim.
The Forum at the public meeting at the Monfort Hall at Molar-Corlim on Sunday has decided to submit a copy of its memorandum to PWD Minister Churchill Alemao, North Goa MP Shripad Naik and South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha to look into their grievances.
At the meeting, which was attended by the residents of Corlim, the Forum has decided to lead a delegation to PWD Minister Churchill Alemao in his office at the Secretariat on Monday to apprise him about the grievances of the residents of Corlim.
The Forum has also decided to convene a public meeting at Corlim panchayat hall on June 27 at 9.45 am inviting local MLA Pandurang Madkaikar, North Goa MP Shripad Naik, concerned ZP members and all the panchas from nearby panchayats along with the locals to apprise about the impact of national highway, which would be seen in the years to come.
The Forum has also decided to organize a chain rally on July 4, which will start from the Konkan Railway Bridge at Old Goa and culminate at the Banastarim Bridge. If the demands are still not met by the government, then the Forum has decided to hold a protest march at the State assembly on July 19.
Speaking to Herald, CCCCF Secretary Baptist Pereira said: “We are objecting because NH4 national highway will pass through our Corlim village. We ask for diversion, as we do not need this present highway to be altered into a national highway.”
“We have decided to make an appeal to the National Highway Authority of India to do a resurvey and re-align the national highway,” he said.
“Our movement will continue till the State government decides to scrap the widening of NH4 national highway,” said Pereira.
It may be recalled that CCCCF members had raised fears over the likely demolition of over 40 houses along the highway in Corlim, with the Central government’s plan to widen the NH4 highway, which passes through Corlim.
The CCCCF members in order to save the houses from demolition had suggested the diversion of the highway through fields of Carambolim and Corlim, connecting to the highway at the Banastarim Bridge.