TEAM HERALD
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This land after it was de-notified, was divided into 4, with two being kept by a Vasco’s most influential builder who is the co-owner in the land along with the original names while two parts have been given – one to another local builder for plots and the other to this party from Bangalore.
Immediately after de-notification the Airports Authority of India said that it needed the land in meetings with the government.
AAI says needs land for parking: In April 2013 the AAI – stressing that there was no other suitable contiguous land available close to the Dabolim airport said that it needs land for parking along with other supporting infrastructure like warehousing for cargo and fuel storage facilities. Calling the de-notified 36,800 sq mts (in February 2011) as being “essentially required” for parking the AAI said that the in house multilevel car parking of around 500 cars was “totally insufficient and cannot intake coaches and buses.”
AAI paid for land in advance: The AAI had deposited a sum of Rs 4.25 crore in 2009 and 2010 (total estimated cost was Rs 5.65 crore), saying that it needed approximately 20 acres comprising of 3 packets – 53, 157 sq mts, 20,050 sq mts and 9702 sq mts (total of 82,913 sq mts). AAI also argued that the lack of land was the main impediment in undertaking development works at the airport.
Naval warning: Stop work on Costa land, residential complexes security threat
Naval authorities have directed the state to immediately stop work on the de-notified 36,800 sq mts for security reasons in a letter dated March 30, 2012 to the chief secretary, South Goa Collector, MPDA and local elected representatives.
“It is assessed that existence of unrestricted civilian residential complexes in the areas can be a potentially serious threat to military, VVIP and civil aviation security. If the area in Survey No 8/1 (of Dabolim village) remains under the control of AAI as originally intended (before de-notification), the degree of threat would be significantly contained,” the Navy’s letter says, adding that the area can be used as a safe haven for disruptive elements and to gather intelligence as a full view and access to the runway will be easily available to the civil population.
The site is about 200 mts from the main gate of the Naval airbase and also close to the AAI cargo complex.
Writ seeking Contempt notice against Goa Chief Secretary, for “inaction and lethargy” filed
A writ was filed in the High Court recently seeking that a contempt notice be issued to the Chief Secretary B Vijayan for his failure “to abide and comply with the court order within a specified time frame.”
The writ was filed as a follow up to the PIL that was disposed off after directions were given to the chief secretary to take a decision on the petitioner’s representation of taking immediate steps for acquiring the land within 6 months from the date of the order. This time limit ended on 10/8/13.
The petition argued that the inaction by the State of not making the award within a period of 2 years from the date of the publication of section 6 declaration as required under section 11 A of the Land Acquisition Act, had allowed the acquisition proceedings to lapse and there was inaction and lethargy by the present government which had not taken steps to reinitiate the acquisition process though there was a dire need for the land for the development of a parking area for the Dabolim Airport.
Selective continuity of govt, Mr CM?
Asked why the Kamat’s government decision of de-notifying 8/1 couldn’t be overturned, CM Parrikar had said. “There should be continuity of governance”
If that’s the case then why isn’t the assurance given to the Union Civil Aviation Minister on April 12, 2006 by the Kamat government that it will make land available for parking, being honoured, by that same principle?
