Town Planning Cancels Zoning Proposal in Arambol
PANAJI: On Thursday, officials from the TCP department retracted their approval to alter the land use to settlement for two parcels in Arambol, Pernem, spanning approximately 300,000 sqm. Local residents had been protesting against these proposals for several months. Chief Town Planner (Planning), Vertika Dagur, issued the notification following TCP Minister Vishwajit Rane’s statement about the withdrawal. The TCP board noted that the decision to rescind was made on December 23. Initially, the department had agreed to rezone two survey numbers under Section 39A of the Goa TCP Act by amending the Regional Plan, 2021. The land parcels are owned…