MAPUSA: Demanding the scrapping of the present Outline Development Plan (ODP), the Congress has stressed the need to prepare a new plan by taking the objections and suggestions of people as per the assurance given by TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai.
Addressing a press conference, in the presence of MLA Nilkanth Halarnkar and party members, Curtorim legislator Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco said, “Scrap the present Outline Development Plan and prepare a new one by taking objections and suggestions of people as per the assurance given by TCP Minister Vijai Sardesai”.
“We are taking this issue of ODP at party level and the Congress party will fight for it”, he said and added that “Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar had held several meetings in Mapusa and had stated that if the farmers object to the Down Town Planning Scheme than the scheme will not be taken forward. However, the TCP department has already passed two plans and has issued construction licence where 6 floor FAR structures are coming up in the Mapusa. The work has already started even though the issues of ODP raised in the Assembly are still not cleared”.
“The BJP government is forcefully trying to implement the scheme on the people to end Goenkar and Goenkarponn. Even the houses are notified as fields and will be converted into developed area. The CM is calling this planned development. We want the present ODP to be scrapped as per the assurance given by TCP Minister Vijay Sardesai, since TCP minister himself, had stated that the present draft Outline Development Plan is not according to correct specification and new plan will be prepared,” Reginald added.
“The Congress party has already approached the High Court and legal procedures have already started,” he informed.
He called upon the people of Bardez to wake up and raise their voice against the illegal plan.
