FIR against CM, SLC members over RP-21

PANJIM, JAN 21
Village groups of Goa on Friday filed an FIR at the Panjim Police Station against members of the State-Level Committee (SLC), including the Chief Minister Digambar Kamat who heads the same, for cheating, mischief, misrepresentation and criminal conspiracy in finalisation and notification of Regional Plans of Canacona and Pernem. 
The FIR filed today after a press conference attended by nearly more than 25 civil society groups and concerned individuals contains the names of CM (SLC Chairman), Secretary TCP (Vice Chairman), Chief Town Planner (Member and Convenor), Director of Municipal Administration, Director of Panchayats, Senior Town Planner, Director of Industries, Charles Correia, Dean D’Cruz, Rahul Deshpande and Brian Soares (all members). 
Deputy Town Planner (TCP Department, Panjim) Vinod Kumar’s name too appears in the complaint for allegedly covering the lies and falsities of the SLC.  
At the press conference, Adviser to Pilerne Citizens Forum Adv Yatish Naik maintained eco-tourism zones in the notified plans of Canacona and Pernem were neither recommended nor proposed and the same have been purchased by builders much in advance.
Adv Naik observed information sought under the Right to Information Act revealed no applications had been made to the Task Force by any individual suggesting making of eco-tourism zones in Querim-Tiracol and Loliem village panchayat areas. “How have these zones cropped up all of a sudden? It is clear SLC has overruled the Task Force,” he asserted.
Speaking on the subject of Micro-Industrial Zones, he said it wasn’t a bad idea, but a White Paper giving details on the kind of industries and other aspects is required. It is a god concept, but people are suspicious, he stated. 
Adv Naik observed, “The RP-2021 was not a bad document after all; it is certainly better than RP-2011. But certain concepts that have been introduced have to be done away with or clarified in a proper manner.” 
A village representative from Mandrem pointed out it had been given to understand to the people that the people from this part had demanded a huge chunk of land. “This information is wrong; on the contrary more part of the land has been given to private builders,” he mentioned.
The village groups have now vowed to take to the streets in large numbers if no legal action is taken on the FIR filed by village groups to see how the eco-tourism zones came to be notified.
The FIR states that members of SLC and the Government have lied and cheated the citizens of the State by stating there were recommendations and proposals for inclusion and development of eco-tourism zones.