Goa, July 20 -- Multiple village panchayats across Goa have voiced strong concerns over land use, infrastructure projects, and legal matters during recent gram sabha sessions, underscoring growing grassroots resistance to development decisions perceived as top-down and inadequately consultative.

InAldona, residents opposed the proposed construction of afutsal groundbehind St. Thomas Girls School, a project taken up by the Directorate of Sports. Despite public dissent,Sarpanch Ashwin Desouzarefused to pass a resolution. Infrastructure issues were also raised, with villagers seeking a more practical road network plan-proposing10-meter-wide roadsfor major district routes and6-meter-wide roadswithin the village.

InUcassaim, the panchayat re...