---------------------------------------------------------------------- Do GOACAN a favour, circulate this email to your family members, relatives, neighbours and friends. Help others be BETTER INFORMED -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN protests NGPDAs action on Panjim & Mapusa ODPs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Goa Civic and Consumer Action Network (GOACAN) strongly protests the decision of the North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA)to keep the (ODP) Outline Development Plan for the Mapusa Planning Area for inspection by the public only at its office at Mala in Panjim and demands that immediate arrangements be made to display the ODP for inspection at Mapusa. In a telephonic communication with Mr. Rajesh J.Naik Member Secretary NGPDA, GOACAN protested the decision of the NGPDA to keep the ODP of Mapusa Planning Area only in Panjim at its Mala office for inspection from 10am to 12.30pm and from 3.00pm to 4.30pm. GOACAN has informed Mr. Naik that such a decision will make it inconveinent for residents of Mapusa to inspect the Plan and thereby restrict the inspection for the purpose of submitting objections within the period of 60 days. GOACAN also emphasised that the very purpose of keeping the ODP open to inspection for the public in the interest of transparency, accountability and participation in the planning process is sought to be defeated by this decision. GOACAN also lodged its protest to Mr. Naik that the decision of the NGPDA to put such important public notice advertisements about inspections of the Revised Outline Development Plan -2011 for the Panaji Planning Area and the Mapusa Planning Area only in two newspapers namely Gomantak Times in English and NavPrabha in Marathi exposes the true intentions of the NGPDA of restricting the involvement of the public. GOACAN informed Mr. Naik that in public interest the NGPDA must put public notice advertisements in all the newspapers in the State by Monday or people will be forced to launch an agitation against the NGPDA. It maybe noted that the NGPDA with reference to its Notification in the Official Gazette (Extraordinary) Series III No. 29 dated 18th October, 2007 has released advertisements only in today's 19th October editions of Navprabha and Gomantak Times ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK --------------------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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