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PANAJI: The Town and Country Planning (TCP) board has greenlit 12 private applications under Section 39A of the TCP Act, allowing for the conversion of 2.1 hectares of green cover into settlement zones across five areas: Bardez, Salcete, Ponda, Tiswadi, and Sattari.
Among the approved applications are those by Chicalim sarpanch Kamla Prasad Yadav and his son, cricketer Veer. These applications pertain to the conversion of orchard land in Verna, representing approximately 34% of the 21,085 sqm converted as of Thursday’s TCP notification. Both individuals are publicly associated with the 1919 Sportz cricket project in Verna.
In Candolim, 1,890 sqm of orchard land owned by Viiking Media and Entertainment Pvt Ltd (survey number 112/19) has been approved for conversion into settlement. This particular site, facing the sea, once hosted the Kingfisher Villa established by Vijay Mallya and falls within the CRZ I-A zone.
The largest individual conversion approved is for Ramapati Keshav Pitre in Podocem, Sattari, totaling 8,523 sqm. This includes 4,175 sqm of previously designated orchard and 4,348 sqm of cultivable land in the irrigation command area. The approval mandates prior NOCs from the forest and water resources departments before any further development can take place.
Additionally, two plots of 460 sqm each in Carambolim have also been converted into settlement zones.
This approval follows a recent TCP decision that authorized 16 private proposals covering 8.9 hectares for conversion. This latest batch primarily consists of smaller individual holdings.
Several approvals include environmental safeguards, stipulating that projects involving natural cover and no-development slopes must obtain clearances from relevant agencies.
The government has noted that any alterations to the Regional Plan remain contingent on the outcomes of PIL writ petitions 53 and 54 of 2024, pending before the Bombay High Court, which challenge the legality of the Section 39A mechanism.
