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The oHERALDo of 13 November, 2007 has this article in the third lead on page 1. The second lead is entitled "Stop Work on Bambolim Project,CM directs TCP" This is just one part of the work that the GBA is getting done ...with the support of the people of Goa. http://www.oheraldo.in/pagedetails.asp?nid=4133&cid=10 TCP exposed on hill cutting BY HERALD REPORTER PANJIM, NOV 12 – The Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department was today thoroughly exposed by the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) over the project at Bambolim when at a meeting it came to light that the TCP department succumbed to pressure from project developers for withdrawing stop work orders and the police complaint. During a meeting on Monday between the chief minister and the GBA, the chief town planner Morad Ahmad revealed that the stop work orders issued on the project last year were withdrawn on the grounds that the orders could not be in force indefinitely and a decision has to be taken as a year had almost lapsed. The CTP disclosed that the orders were withdrawn, as the project developers had furnished affidavits certifying that it had undertaken excavations of the Bambolim hill slopes on survey number 95/1 and 96/1 prior to 1997 and therefore did not violate section 17-A of the TCP Act. However, Ahmad's explanation for the withdrawal of the stop work orders and the police complaint received flak from the GBA over TCP's unilateral decision favouring the land developers and not consulting the GBA who were the main complainants in the matter. Ahmad was unable to answer queries pertaining to the police complaint filed at the Agassaim police where it also came to light that during the last ten months no investigation has been carried out into the violations of section 17-A of the TCP Act by the real estate developers. The GBA informed the chief minister that the police were instead protecting the developers and harassing the locals residing in the area. The GBA also furnished documents to the chief minister highlighting rules and regulations prescribed in the TCP Act pertaining to hill slopes and that of the Regional Plan 2001 protecting hill slopes with gradient upto 25 per cent. In a very amusing moment during the meeting, Ahmad himself raised a query as to how the TCP permitted the construction within the prescribed protected gradient. The chief minister was also shown two-three different plans of the Bambolim project approved by the TCP department. The GBA urged Kamat to direct Ahmad to put in order all files pertaining to the housing project, which are presently missing. ENDS Mog asundi Miguel -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. -- -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Miguel Braganza, S1 Gracinda Apts, Rajvaddo, Mhapsa 403507 Goa Ph 9822982676 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.
