By Our Staff Reporter

PANAJI

People from Calangute, St. Andre and Vasco constituencies held a protest at Azad Maindan in Panaji, on Friday, April 6, demanding the scraping of Regional Plan and exclusion of all villages from PDA.

Goa Against PDA has demanded to exclude all villages from PDA. The opposition against the Planning and Development Authorities (PDA) grew stronger with ‘Goemkars against PDAs’ giving the government an ultimatum of one week to begin the process of denotifying PDAs from all villages.

The ‘Goemkars against PDA’ have warned the government that they will take to the streets and may even go on a hunger strike. They also demanded scrapping of the regional plan 2021 and an amendment to the Town and Country Planning Act to empower panchayats to draft their own plans.

People from different villages criticised TCP minister Vijai Sardesai, chairman North Goa Planning and Development Authority (NGPDA) Michael Lobo and chairman Greater Panaji Planning and Development Authority (GPPDA) Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate for forcing PDAs upon the people of the state.