Farmers Movement Archive

Cong joins chorus against Mollem infra projects

Panaji: The Congress Legislature Party (CLP) has extended its full support to the ongoing agitation against the three major infrastructure projects coming up in the Bhagwan Mahavir Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mollem National Park. Congress MLAs also demanded that a full-fledged assembly session be held in November or December to raise issues concerning the state. During the CLP meeting, Congress MLAs discussed the impact of South Western Railway’s track doubling project, widening of NH-4A and the power transmission line passing through the protected forests. “The CLP also decided to actively participate in the protests and agitations with people,” said opposition leader Digambar Kamat. Congress MLAs said the three projects will lead to mass destruction of the environment, wildlife and the identity of Goa. The Margao MLA informed the Congress MLAs about the memorandum submitted to the member secretary and committee members of the Central Empowered Committee (CEC) and to minister for environment, forest and climate change Prakash Javadekar. The CLP condemned the ignorance shown by Javadekar about Goa’s objections and concerns and also condemned his statement stating that no representation was received by him pertaining to the Mollem projects. During the CLP meeting, the MLAs expressed concern about the three anti-farm laws brought in by the BJP government at the Centre. They also discussed the Goa government’s strategy to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic, the state’s debt and failure of the government to bring out an economic revival plan. Kamat said he will write to assembly speaker Rajesh Patnekar for an early assembly session.

The Times of India

2020-11-01

Goa