The Goa government has notified conversion of 92,719 sq m of land to settlement zone across 17 proposals under Section 39A of the TCP Act, altering the Regional Plan for Goa 2021.The largest conversion covers 50,401 sq m of orchard land at Mandrem, followed by 25,000 sq m of cultivable land within an irrigation command area at Tivim. Three proposals in Morjim together account for another 13,872 sq m of orchard land.Other conversions cover plots in Corlim, Agonda, Sao Jose de Areal, Aldona, Bordem, Siolim, Virnora, Pernem, Reis Magos and Corgao. Two Reis Magos proposals involve 562 sq m classified as orchard with no-development slope, approved as being within the permissible gradient. All changes remain subject to the outcome of two PILs pending before the Bombay High Court at Goa.
Notification
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