PROCESS OF HEARING OBJECTIONS BY TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING ON RP-2021

To,

The Editor

Navhind Times

Panjim

 

 

 

Kindly publish this letter in the Letters to the Editor column.

Regards.

 

Stephen Dias

Social Worker and Activist

 

Date: 22.12.2011

 

 

PROCESS OF HEARING OBJECTIONS BY TCP ON RP-21

 

The TCP has announced that the objections will begin process of hearing objections by tomorrow ( 23.12.2011),  and the verdict will be decided according to the final outcome.

In fact the hearing conducted at TCP office for the villagers group representative or individuals is a fruitless exercise and needs to have an open court hearing  with the help of experts or their attorneys either from GBA or by a team comprising of architects, planners, engineers etc and needs to be represented at the time of hearing their arguments.

The proceedings of hearing should be conducted similar to our regular courts. There are strong views that the TCP may distort the outcome of the hearing and give its verdict in favour of the mine owners, builders or certain politician's interest and not in the interest of Goan public at large.

This is a MUST and needs to be implemented by the Government at any cost.

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