NAVELIM CIVIC & CONSUMER FORUM
NCCF/CM/2010/081 24th February 2011


To,
Hon. Chief Minister,
Govt. of Goa.

Sub: Building complex passed without proper access road at Telaulim, Navelim

Sir,

We wish to bring to your kind notice, a similar issue of a building complex being issued construction license by the Town & Country Planning Dept. and the Village Panchayat of Telaulim, Navelim without proper access road leading to the project site. The complex is coming up in property under survey no 68/0 in Telaulim Village and Construction License No. VPT/2008.2009/10/149 is issued in the name of Vidya Vikas Co-op. Housing Society and NOC from the Town and Country Planning Dept., Margao, ref.: TPM/CONST/Sub-div/Tel/68/0/07/4364 dt. 7/12/07.

The only existing approach road leading to the site is very narrow (less then 3mts in width) and starts from Rosary College, Navelim under Survey No. 86/0 and passing through 87/0, 69/0 till 68/0 of Buticas and 2nd Dando, Navelim, Salcete. It passes through thickly populated areas with a lot of sharp turns including a 90° turn. As per the approved plan, the width of the approach road to the project is shown as 15 mts. as against the existing width of 3 mts. The property where the project is coming up, is also not touching the internal road. Therefore we fail to understand how this project was passed in the 1st place. We are sure there was no site inspection done to verify the site and the project was passed by the authorities namely the TCP Dept. sitting in their office.

There are about 35 local houses in that area as against the proposed 75 dwellings consisting of 56 flats and 19 row houses in this project. There will be more than 200 % increase in the population of that small ward. Once the project is ready and people start staying, the existing road of less than 3 mts. will not be enough for the movement of these new 75 families who will be using the road daily. Also parking place for these 75 new families will another issue.

The local people of that ward filed numerous complaints with the TCP, the local Panchayat, local MLA, ect. They visited the office of the Town Planner many, many times. They passed resolutions at the Gram Sabha, but nothing happened. The TCP Dept. passed the buck on the local Panchayat and Panchayat gave the excuse, “we do not have technical persons to verify the details”. Many of the activist (unfortunately for the rest of us fighting here) work abroad in the Gulf or on shipping lines. They got fed-up of the situation and left for their jobs disgusted. The women folk who continued the fight were threatened by the thugs of the builder and therefore withdrew in fear for the safety of their families. And time passed by and slowly the project is coming up now with a road of less than 3 mts.

Therefore Mr. Chief Minister, can the people get justice in your “KINGDOM”? Justice as they say should not only be done, but should be shown to be done. Thank you.

For Navelim Civic & Consumer Forum, Goa

(Joseph L R Vaz)
Secretary
(M) 9370441231

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Thanks & regards,
For Navelim Civic & Consumer Forum