The Old Goa Panchayat on Friday, November 26, said that they will revoke the construction licence of the controversial project coming close to the world heritage site in Old Goa and under the protected area of the Archaeology Survey of India.
Jonita Madkaikar, Sarpanch of Old Goa, said that a stop-work order and a show-cause notice have been issued to the project proponent. A decision for withdrawing the construction licence will be taken at a panchayat meeting to be held on November 30.
In the last few days, there has been vehement opposition from all quarters of society against the construction of the controversial project. Civil society members have been holding ‘hunger strike’ opposing the construction.
Earlier in the day, Congress demanded that the government demolish the structure. Goa Pradesh Congress Committee (GPCC) president Girish Chodankar alleged that the permissions to carry out the construction work were “fraudulently” obtained from different government departments by a BJP office-bearer.
Lok Sabha MP and All India Trinamool Congress Goa desk in-charge Mahua Moitra also met activists and civil society members who have been holding the protest at Old Goa. She said that she would raise the issue of illegal construction in Parliament.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) too demanded revocation of the construction licence and demolition of the under-construction structure at the global heritage and protected monuments area. AAP-Goa convenor Rahul Mhambre demanded a written assurance on action against the illegal construction.