GOA BACHAO ABHIYAN
77, Defence Colony, Lane 4, Alto Porvorim, Bardez, Goa- 403521
Email:[email protected]
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GBA/2011/03
02 February, 2012
Goa Bachao Abhiyan has taken note of the land conversion issues related
to the Regional plan in the context of the recently reported raids by
Income tax officials on the premises of major real estate agents and
builders in Goa.
The GBA agitation since 2006 was precisely to save Goa from the large
scale conversion of land to real estate and the huge illegal money that
was generated which affected the identity and livelihoods of the locals.
The RP 2011 was revoked and the new RP 2021 was formulated. GBA has been
monitoring the Regional Plan 2021 to check for land conversions.
In the income tax raids certain land deals for conversion were revealed.
GBA has done a quick check of the status of the survey numbers of land
in Final RP 2021.
The Adarsh Realty from Bangalore owns land in Majorda bearing survey
numbers 66,69 71 and 76 out of which the first three survey numbers are
fields and are so indicated. in the Final RP2021. S.No 76 admeasuring
20,500 shown as settlement.Of this land 17,275 sq.m is shown as garden
in Form I and XIV of the Directorate of Settlement & Land Survey.
The same Adarsh Realty owns 72, 000 sq.m land In Cavelossim survey no
134 admeasures 1,81,225 sq m. Out of which 1,40,425 sq,m is garden land
and 40,050 sq.m shown as rice field. The final RP 2021 states that
conversion of the rice field is subject to the approval of Directorate
of agriculture. As such of date no conversion has been given.
In Varca survey no 205.206.212 and 213 are owned by Adarsh Realty
admeasuring 82,000 sq. m. The survey nos 205, 206, 212 are marked as
settlement in Final RP 2021 and 213 is shown as rice field. In survey
number 212 there is 40,350 sq m of rice field and in survey no 205 there
is 4256 sq, m of rice field . Conversion of these rice fields requires
the prior approval of Directorate of Agriculture . This needs to be
investigated.
One Mr Hirachand Bafna has been named as owning land admeasuring
2,11,300 in Galgibag Canacona , survey number 189/1. The national
highway passes through this area. The Final RP shows a strip of
settlement adjacent to the highway and another strip adjacent to survey
number 187. The major portion of the land is orchard in RP 2021.
Survey number 194/1 owned by Annant Vishnu Naik and 3 others was bought
by Sadique Shaik and transferred to Good Earth Developers. Reports
indicate that Rohit Monserratte and Annand Chandra Bose are associated
with the company. The land admeasuring 2,37,025 is shown as settlement
area. Incidently, this area is near BITS Pillani Sancoale campus is part
of the Mormugao PDA.[not in RP 2021 thus far]
GBA has been demanding that the ODP areas also follow the No Development
Zones for steep slopes and all eco sensitive zones. The procedure
followed by Mormugao PDA needs to be investigated.
GBA is in the process of checking out the land records and status in
RP2021 of properties named by IT authorities.
Many suggestions that have been submitted to TCP dept as part of
corrections to RP 2021 are requests for conversion of zones to settlement.
GBA requests the people of Goa to check the zone status in their
neighborhood
Sabina Martins
GBA Convenor
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