PANJIM: As new projects come to light at the cost of environmental destruction, protests have intensified in major hotspots such as Sancoale, Old Goa, Reis Magos, Pomburpa, Divar Island and Tivim. The people of Goa appear to have lost trust in the government, as permission to execute these projects has been granted by the TCP department, when whichever party was in power. Hence, people have resorted to protest. In this edition of Street Voices, Herald TV asked people whether they support the people's agitation against mega projects and why.
Surely, I support the people’s agitation against mega project. In a democracy, the voice of the people, the voice of dissent matter. The government should not act as a deaf government. The government is elected by the people, for the people and that is why government has to act according to the views of the people who are from the area. Now there is a tremendous churning among the people of Goa and villagers are increasingly coming out in voices of dissent due to the infiltration of builders, says city advocate Rui Ferreira.