Panaji: Panchayat minister and Dabolim MLA Mauvin Godinho on Monday pushed back against the demarcation of land parcels in his constituency as no-development zones (NDZs). Godinho, who called the town and country planning (TCP) department’s decision a mistake, said that he has spoken to TCP minister Vishwajit Rane to get the errors corrected.In May, the…
Panaji: The town and country planning (TCP) department has proposed to classify more than 2 crore sqm (roughly 4,972 acres) of land across five villages in Tiswadi, Bardez and Bicholim talukas as non-developable area under Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act. It will be one of the largest batches of conservation-oriented…
Seventy per cent of the pond has been filled in this bavkhal in Chopra Farm in Vasai’s Rewad Wadi On a blindingly hot morning in Vasai, Ranjeet Vartak leads us down a rutted rack in Bhuigaon Village and gestures towards a scene that could be mistaken for a trick of the light—an informal housing settlement…
Panaji: The town and country planning department has issued directions to convert four land parcels totaling 31.5 lakh sqm into a no development area under Section 39A of the Goa Town and Country Planning Act. Once approved, the land parcels will see a change in zone in the Regional Plan for Goa 2021.As per the…
