PANJIM, April 7 -- GAURESH SATTARKAR

A day after

O Heraldo exposed the 'unauthorised' hill cutting at Sirvoi in Quepem, Quepem Deputy Collector and Sub-Divisional Officer (SDO) Manohar Karekar directed the Deputy Town Planner of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Department to investigate if development permissions or approvals were issued by the department for the work.

In his letter, Karekar also directed a probe into whether the 'activities' fall within any planned development zones and violate any provisions of the Regional Plan or Outline Development Plan. The letter seeks a report 'at the earliest' to enable necessary action and urges the deputy town planner to take appropriate action under the Goa Town and Country Planning Act,...