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GBA Press Releases
Meeting on World Environment Day, 05 June, 2010
5th June 2010
On World Environment Day, 05 June, 2010, a meeting has been called by GBA and like-minded groups and individuals at 4.30 pm at the Tristao Braganza-Cunha Memorial hall, near Azad Maidan, Panaji to chalk a plan of action to press for "Freeze on constructions in ecosensitive zones marked in draft RP2021" while the RP2021 gets ready.
Despite several memorandums, meetings and protests the government has been dragging its feet on issuing appropriate orders.
After the structured meeting with GBA and other groups the government has come out with four orders namely on flying squads, committee to examine constructions on ecosensitive zones of RP2001 marked as settlement and industrial zones, heritage zone protection committee[all notified in the Official Gazette of Goa dated 27 May, 2010]; and the fourth order on committee to review TCP Act, which is not notified but announced.
The government has not yet issued any orders to freeze constructions on ecosensitive zones.
The GBA strongly condemns the delaying tactics adopted by the Goa Government and the Goa Administration alike to frustrate the genuine demands of the citizens.
The Government of Goa continues to drag its feet even on finalising the Regional Plan 2021, in spite of its pious assurances on 27 March, 2010 in the Goa Legislative Assembly to complete it in six months. Three months have passed and the Government has nothing to declare. Committees are being constituted to delay, not expedite, the matter as can be seen from the absence of any time line or plan of action for these committees.
On World Environment Day stock of the damage to the environment will be done due to rampant hill cutting , landfilling, tree felling etc and the future course of agitation will be charted out to press for the demands.
Dr Sabina Martins
Convenor GBA
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