Pernem, Canacona plans approved

PANJIM, NOV 8
Finally, after dragging feet for a long time regional plans for Pernem and Canacona talukas were approved by the Town and Country Planning Board on Monday that will now send it for Government nod which will have to move for their notifications.
The TCP Board that met on Monday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Digambar Kamat had two-and-half-hours meeting which involved a power-point presentation by Senior Town Planner S T Puttaraju on the two plans.
Speaking to Herald, Puttaraju said the Pernem and Canacona plans were submitted by the State-level Committee to the TCP Board for its approval which was granted today.
He said the Board decided today from here onwards every month it will release two to three plans and the whole process of having a full-fledged regional plan would be achieved by March 2011. The Board has accordingly directed the SLC, which is working on the plans, to complete its task, he added.
Puttaraju said though the two plans approved today involved a mammoth task of integrating 28 plans of both the talukas. Hopefully, by the month-end plans of Ponda and Sattari that are ready will be okayed by the SLC and placed before the TCP Board for its approval, he informed.
Meanwhile, the Goa Bachao Abhiyan, which has been continuously pressing for the RP, in a press statement, asserted the Government had not yet finalised or notified the village panchayat status based on which the floor area for construction was given.  
The GBA maintained it is strongly opposed to the blanket imposition of 80 floor area ratio in villages which have opted for lower FAR as per the draft RP 2021. The abhiyan will also continue to agitate to notify all eco-sensitive zones as mentioned in the RP, the statement said.
Village-level meetings have been planned at Cansaulim (November 9), Moira (November 13), and Keri-Ponda (November 14).