Category Archives: Governance
Beach, three islands in Navy’s crosshairs
The Indian Navy is well on the course of acquiring over 30 lakh sq m of land in Mormugao taluka and has already obtained in-principle clearance in that regard from the government of India’s defence ministry. The naval authorities are now pursuing the matter with the state government for acquiring three islands, known as St […]
MPT has no right on pvt village:notice
The proposed expansion of the Mormugao Port Trust (MPT) in the private village of Mormugao will lead to further displacement of indigenous people, Andre Pereira, a gaunkar of Mormugao comunidade has alleged.
Kashmir: Knots within Knots
Independent Kashmir is not the solution; but New Delhi must seriously consider anything short of that as the solution of the matter.
Land Titling Bill: silent on rights of tribals and the poor
THE Union government has proposed giving conclusive ownership titles to landholders across India through the Land Titling Bill 2010.The draft bill, open for public comment till August 31, envisages a transition from registration of sale deeds to registration of ownership, thus ensuring the registration is proof of ownership.
All-party delegation leaves behind hope, fear in Jammu & Kashmir
The all-party delegation led by union home minister P. Chidambaram on Wednesday wound up its three-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir and returned to New Delhi from here, leaving behind a gleam of hope and a cloud of fear.
Sustainable Planning of Municipalities-II
BY NANDKUMAR KAMAT BY April 2011, Goa would have urban population reaching 60 per cent with a projected 70 census towns. The trend of urbanisation in Goa has defied all predictions after liberation. Whereas the rest of the country showed a growth of urban population from 18 to 28 per cent between 1961 to 2001, […]
Village groups call upon state, central govts to scrap anti-people policies
Representatives of village groups which met at a meet organised by the Goenchea Xetkarancho Ekvott called upon the state and Union governments to immediately scrap all the anti-people policies with regard to mining, real estate, tourism and industries, which have been causing immense irreversible destruction within the tiny state of Goa.
Govt bulldozing its way with land acquisitions!
What’s common between the government proposals to acquire land for the multi-purpose utility project at Davorlim, fish meal project at Cutbona and the kabrastan at Sonsodo? Perhaps for the first time in recent years, the government has literally kept the public in the dark over the specific purpose for which the land is sought to […]
Almost decade later, building rules notified
PANAJI: Group housing units and multi-storied buildings will face stringent action in future if they misuse parking space for commercial and other purposes.After nearly a decade, the government finally notified the Goa Land Development and Building Construction Regulations, 2010, on September 9. The new rules seek to wrap up under one package provisions related to building and construction activity scattered […]
Relief for Nuvem farmers as land acquisition lapses
There’s good news in store for the farmers of Nuvem who have been agitating against acquisition of paddy fields for the proposed football grounds. If Deputy Collector, Land Acquisition, Margao Johnson Fernandes is to be believed, the land acquisition proceedings to acquire land admeasuring around 50,000 sq mts have lapsed by efflux of time. This […]