In the villages of Chandor and Guirdolim, villagers are coming together to prevent the construction of a proposed state highway (SH-8), which they are claiming is being forced in without consultation.
Their contention is that "the road from Rawanfond to Paroda has been broadened and many parts of the houses were even demolished to broaden it as it was a state highway no. 8; and therefore the 'village road' passing through Chandor cannot be notified as SH-8". The villagers further said that they collected the maps of RP 2001 and 2011 of the villages right from Aquem Baixo to Paroda and Sao Jose de Areal, which show the state highway 8 passing from Aquem Baixo via Sao Jose de Areal, and Paroda but in the draft RP 2021 the state highway 8 is shown as passing through Chandor.
This issue has seemingly been complicated by the letter from the Chief Town Planner to the PWD Executive Engineer where it was claimed that the highway was notified in the official gazette on February 17, and the same has been shown in the RP 2021 based on the RP 2001.
Their contention is that "the road from Rawanfond to Paroda has been broadened and many parts of the houses were even demolished to broaden it as it was a state highway no. 8; and therefore the 'village road' passing through Chandor cannot be notified as SH-8". The villagers further said that they collected the maps of RP 2001 and 2011 of the villages right from Aquem Baixo to Paroda and Sao Jose de Areal, which show the state highway 8 passing from Aquem Baixo via Sao Jose de Areal, and Paroda but in the draft RP 2021 the state highway 8 is shown as passing through Chandor.
This issue has seemingly been complicated by the letter from the Chief Town Planner to the PWD Executive Engineer where it was claimed that the highway was notified in the official gazette on February 17, and the same has been shown in the RP 2021 based on the RP 2001.
A meeting called for in Chandor on Oct 22nd was widely attended by the villagers raising their objections to the proposed SH-8 and laying out their future course of action.
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