GOA GOVT DECIDES TO SHIFT IIT PROJECT OUT OF SATTARI

Bowing

to public pressure, the Goa government on Friday announced that the proposed IIT campus at Shel Melaulim village in Sattari taluka will be shif ted to another part of the state. The project has met with severe opposition from locals, who staged a large-scale protest at the village, insisting that they will not part with their land for the campus. CM Pramod Sawant held a meeting with the sarpanches and Zilla Panchayat members from Sattari taluka at his official residence on Thursday evening in presence of state Health Minister and Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane. Speaking to reporters, the CM said the state government has decided to shif t the project out of Sattari due to the constant opposition from locals.