http://www.thehindu.com/2008/01/26/stories/2008012653380300.htm
Government accused of colluding with builders Special Correspondent PANAJI: The Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA), which spearheaded an agitation last year to get a controversial State regional plan scrapped, has accused the Goa Government of tacitly condoning the illegality and collaborating with the builders in the matter of a controversial real estate project and warned it not to "provoke the people of Goa". Convenor of GBA Oscar Rebello on Thursday expressed his anger over the submission before the Goa Bench of the Bombay High Court this week on behalf of the State Government by the State's Advocate General "on instructions" in a writ petition filed by the Goa Real Estate Company in connection with the project, Aldeia de Goa. The Advocate General stated that the Government would withdraw its earlier order to stop work and the Collector would issue fresh orders after giving a hearing to the petitioners. The GBA pointed out that the stop work order was issued after environmental groups threatened to launch an agitation against the project for the alleged violation of construction rules, a few months ago. "This has been done despite clear knowledge that the hill has been cut in violation of the regulations of the Planning and Development Authority governing constructions on hill slopes and falsification of documents used in support by builders and despite the promise to GBA by Chief Minister Digambar Kamat and Chief Secretary J.P. Singh that the stop work order of the Collector would not be withdrawn till the inquiry into the issue was completed," Mr. Rebello said. "Decks have now been cleared for builders to re-start construction at the Bambolim "hill station by the sea" that was interrupted by the people of Goa," he said.