Goa: ODPs case another indictment of TCP’s urban planning flaws
PANAJI: The order of the high court of Bombay at Goa regarding the outline development plans (ODPs) for five prominent coastal villages — Calangute, Candolim, Arpora, Nagoa, and Parra — brings into sharp focus the long-standing allegations of arbitrary land conversion and procedural violations that have plagued the town and country planning (TCP) department. This is not the first time the judiciary reversed the department’s policies. From putting on hold a circular on ODPs for the five villages to virtually striking down the TCP department’s power to unilaterally alter the zoning of private plots through Section 17(2) of the TCP…