MARGAO, March 20 -- Team Herald

Following the recent High Court ruling that invalidated certain amendments under Section 17(2) of the Town and Country Planning (TCP) Act, farmers from Loutolim are hopeful that the government will now address their longstanding concern.

The regional plan has mistakenly marked their khazan fields as something else, allowing the PWD to push forward with its proposal to construct a new Borim bridge through these lands. Correctly marking these fields as khazan would have safeguarded them from such development.

Albert Pinheiro, president of the Carbot, Mascasana & Bebdo Tenants Association in Loutolim, questioned why farmers must bear the financial burden to correct the government's error.

"It was supposed ...