Karapur Villagers Set June 15 Deadline for Housing Project Halt
PANAJI: Residents of Karapur-Sarvan have been protesting The House of Abhinandan Lodha’s luxury housing project for 69 days. On Friday, they took their demonstration to the state capital, demanding a stop-work order from the government by Monday. Joined by St Andre MLA Viresh Borkar, the villagers marched to the environment department office, successfully bypassing heavy police security at the directorate of panchayats, and headed straight to the town and country planning (TCP) office. There, they met with environment director and Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority (GCZMA) member secretary Sachin Dessai. The delegation urged an immediate halt to construction, claiming the…