TEAM HERALD
PANJIM: Despite several protests and representations on the issue, the government has notified land for garbage treatment plant at Calangute and Saligao under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the Land Acquisition Act, and directed that under sub-section (4) of Section 17 of the same act, the provisions of Section 5-A of the said Act will not apply in respect of the said land.
According to the notification by Anju S Kerkar, Under Secretary (Revenue-I) the land specified in the Schedule is needed for public purpose.
The notification states, “Whereas in the opinion of the Government, there is urgency in the present case for acquisition of land since the High Court vide order dated 13-08-2013 passed in Writ Petition No 2/2007, has directed the Government to set up sanitary landfill within a period of one year.” It further adds, “There is urgent need for the Government to set up landfill sites and garbage treatment plant to prevent further environmental degradation such as ground water contamination, degradation of land air pollution including health hazards.”
Stating that the setting up of such garbage treatment plant involves getting permissions under prevailing Acts & Rules and also following codal formalities, the Government feels that provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 17 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (Central Act 1 of 1894) are applicable to this acquisition of land. So the government notifies under sub-section (1) of Section 4 of the said Act, that the said land is needed for the purpose specified above. “The Government further directs under sub-section (4) of Section 17 of the said Act that the provisions of Section 5-A of the said Act shall not apply in respect of the said land,” says the notification.
