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Goa Hitrankhan Manch opposes housing project

NT News Service

Majorda, March 17Goa Hitrankhan Manch, has strongly opposed the recent trend of mega-housing projects proposed in villages, by expressing dismay at the utter insensitivity exhibited by local self-governing bodies and various authorities for considering such projects in the state, which are mostly promoted by builders from outside the state.

Stating this in a press release, Mr Prashant Naik, the spokesperson of GHM said that they are fully convinced that projects of such a magnitude will totally devastate the Goan character of our villages, considering the impact of the demography on the area. He stated that the burden on the local infrastructure like roads, electricity, water supply, garbage disposal, etc, will cause insurmountable hardships to the ‘Goenkar’ population of Goa’s villages.

Mr Naik further said that one such project in the village of Carmona in Salcete, promoted by a non-Goan builder threatens to trample over all vestiges of ‘Goenkarponn’ in the vicinity, adding that the project which comprises of more than 600 flats is proposed to be constructed in a ward of Carmona that presently has only 86 houses.

The influx due to this project will have a devastating impact on the infrastructure of the village, considering the huge requirements of electricity, water and garbage disposal, said the spokesperson. He also added that the sociological impact will be irreversible, as the overwhelming majority of the flat owners will be outsiders, given the exorbitant prices of the apartments and the known inclination of non-Goan builders to seek buyers from outside the state.

Mr Naik said that the manch fully supports the sentiments of the people of Carmona in opposing the mega project and has called upon the elected representatives of the panchayat to oppose this invasion of Goa and ‘Goenkarponn’ by rejecting the project lock stock and barrel.