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---------------------------------------------------------------------- Documented by Goa Desc Resource Centre (GDRC) Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- Countdown for agitation begins............ ---------------------------------------------------- The countdown has begun for anti-Regional Plan activists to brace up and mobilise support for the total scrapping of Plan 2011, at the special gram sabha meetings, scheduled to be held across the State on January 26. Sunday saw Salcetes countryside reverberate with a call to the people, urging them approach their respective panchayats and say no to the Regional Plan at the gram sabha meetings. While impassioned appeals were made to the public through churches during the Sunday morning Masses exhorting people to make their presence felt at the gram sabhas activists also geared up to guide the people on how to go about at the meetings. GOACAN, besides civic and consumer organisations supporting Goa Bachao Abhiyans ongoing agitation have drafted resolutions to be tabled at the gram sabha meetings on Republic Day. Copies of the resolutions are being distributed to NGOs so that they (NGOs) put the resolutions forward at the meetings and subsequently get them adopted. The draft resolution indicates that the activists will not only demand scrapping of the controversial Regional Plan 2011 with retrospective effect, but also call for the common mans role in the preparation of the new plan. It demands the participation of village panchayats and municipalities. The draft resolution also states that the gram sabhas should be consulted as required under the 73rd Constitutional Amendment. It (draft resolution) calls for the safety and preservation of village areas like forests, water bodies, agricultural and horticultural land etc. It will also be demanded that the new plan be prepared by following a proper planning process that will be transparent and accountable. ----------------------------------- HERALD 22/01/07 page 1 ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------ GOA CIVIC AND CONSUMER ACTION NETWORK ----------------------------------------------------------- promoting civic and consumer rights in Goa ----------------------------------------------------------- GOACAN Post Box 187 Margao, Goa 403 601 GOACAN Post Box 78 Mapusa, Goa 403 507 mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------------------------------------