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Saligao meet rejects Porvorim-Baga road 30 Mar 2009, 0409 hrs IST, TNN http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Cities/Goa/Saligao-meet-rejects-Porvorim-Baga-road/articleshow/4331772.cms PANAJI: The proposed major district road connecting Porvorim to Baga was rejected by the Saligao gram sabha on Sunday, while matters arising out of discussions over the regional plan 2021 saw tempers flare. The morning began with some individuals trying to prevent members of the Saligao regional plan village committee from attending the gram sabha. Villagers instead expressed the need for a 15-metre wide bypass connecting Porvorim to Pilerne and suggested that it be built along the Pilerne-Saligao border. It was further decided that the existing width of the two major district roads - CHOGM and the Parra-Pilerne road - be retained. While further widening for both roads was ruled out, a footpath for the Parra-Pilerne road was passed. Further, a link road has been planned to ease traffic from the main road which passes through Grande Morod (by Wilfred de Souza's residence). The new road is proposed to connect to the CHOGM road near the Saligao-Calangute border. The gram sabha further resolved that Saligao should adhere to its Village Panchayat (VP) II status which allows a floor area ratio (FAR) of 60%. A panch member suggested that a plateau area located among hill slopes on the approach to the Salmona spring be allowed to be developed as people had purchased small plots there. However, villagers said that there was no legal mandate to propose areas in eco-sensitive zones such as hill slopes and field areas for development and rejected the proposal. Incidentally, it is believed that a Delhi-based builder has already purchased huge tracts of land on these slopes with the intention of setting up a hotel. Another contentious issue surfaced when a panch member suggested that a 10-metre radius of field area around existing settlements also be marked as settlement areas. However, architect and Saligao villager Dean D'Cruz said that the VP (II) status allowed Saligao residents an extension up to three times from the current 24% FAR being used. He also said that decisions regarding the demarcation of agricultural areas as settlement zones should be left up to the future generations. The issue has been kept pending. Meanwhile, land to cater as a dump site to the village's garbage was also earmarked along Saligao's border with Parra and Guirim. It admeasures 5,500 sq m. The gram sabha also passed a proposal for a football ground in the village for which land admeasuring 18,000 sq m has been earmarked near the Saligao sporting club. A joggers' park near the Saligao four-road junction, a health centre, and extension of the Saligao village market was also passed at the gram sabha. "We're happy on the progress made by the regional plan village committee. Villagers spoke unitedly, keeping the interests of the village at heart," said Ashley Delaney, convenor of the Saligao regional plan village committee. The following Sunday will see the Saligao gram sabha meet to fix the budget, as well as to sort out the pending issues of settlement areas in the village where certain individuals have been trying to push for hill slopes and field areas to be demarcated as settlement zones. -- Linux is to computing what freedom is to mankind...and then there's Microsoft Devine Computers Abreovaddo, Saligao, Bardez, Goa. Ph: 2409544 / 9823118321 Branch: Opp Municipality, Shetye resicom, Shop #3. Bicholim Ph: 9422448900 / 2361147 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ This message comes via the Google Groups "Saligao-Net" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/saligao-net?hl=en Please post regularly to keep the e-village active! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
