OGRM decries mega project approval in field
HERALD REPORTER
MARGAO, JUNE 18
Members of the Orlim Ghanv Rakhon Manch called on the Town and Country Planning Department at Margao on Thursday and demanded to know how a mega project comprising of 60-apartments was approved in the fields.
A delegation led by Kim Miranda and Ida Coutinho drew the attention of Town Planner Rajesh Naik that part of the project is coming in the paddy fields.
They raised apprehensions that the project would destroy the paddy fields and contaminate the underground water.
A farmer pointed out that he would be denied the access to his field with the construction of the boundary wall, adding that water access to his field will be denied if the boundary wall is constructed.
Kim Miranda told newsmen that part of the project is coming in the fields and feared that the project would destroy paddy cultivation with the setting up of a sewage treatment plan and bore well in the field.
The delegation sought to know from the Town Planner how the conversion sanad was issued to the construction project and maintained that barricading of the property by the builder will leading to water logging in the fields.
Town Planner Rajesh Naik said he has received the grievances of the people and promised to forward the complaint to the higher ups.
