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This month's Goanet operations sponsored by Mrs. Daisy Faleiro ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear Cip, The notification in the Official Gazette of Goa DE-NOTIFYING the notified Regional Plan 2011 has not yet been issued. the commitment of the government is not good enough. The Goa Legislative Assembly has an "Assurances Committee" simply because there are number of assurance that remain unfulfilled. so it is not yet a victory. At least the SAVE GOA Campaign leaders are not in celebration mode. If the de-notification takes place, there is a lot of Nitty gritty to take care of. Manohar Parrikar was the Chairman of the Town & Country Planning Board when the Draft Regional Plan was prepared in 2004. He was also the Chairman when the Consultants were hired to prepare it in 2001 [with Prakash Phadte as the Minister for TCP]. I do not see how undoing one's own mistake can be a victory for him...even if he is no longer the CM. He will , of course, enjoy Rane's discomfiture because Vishwajeet has been implicated in the recent additions to the RP 2011. That however does not wash away the original sin....or sinner. Viva Goa. Miguel C Fernandes wrote Scrapping the Regional Plan 2011 is a Victory for Goans, however, this victory is NOT for Manohar Parrikar, the man who wanted to deprive Goans to get water from Tillari for whatever reasons. Cip