Now, individual's request can get land zone changed in Goa
On the same day that town and country planning (TCP) minister Vijai Sardesai complained of 1 crore sqm of orchard land being illegally developed, the state government went ahead and passed the Goa Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Bill, 2018, allowing the TCP to change land zoning based on individual requests. While Sardesai spoke of protecting orchard land and lodging FIRs against violators during Question Hour, he was facing flak from the opposition in the evening session for opening the floodgates for more land conversions. Opposition leader Chandrakant Kavlekar moved a motion to transfer the bill to the select committee, but the motion was defeated with 21 legislators voting against it and 15 voting in its favour. NCP’s Benaulim MLA Churchill Alemao supported the government to defeat the opposition’s motion. As the government passed the bill, opposition MLAs walked out of the House.
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