Thanks, Ashley.....for the info
Have a good day & a good week Annette > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 08:31:39 +0530 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: [SALIGAONET] times of india article > > > a note.. the ground is actually just below rexs workshop and opp damu's > scrapyard.. uptoo the well > Ashley > > 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 > > > _________________________________________________________________ Drag n’ drop—Get easy photo sharing with Windows Live™ Photos. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowslive/products/photos.aspx --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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! -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
