Goa, Jan. 17 -- The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) may be at the top of India's educational hierarchy; but in Goa, over the last five years, multiple protests, held by the villagers- South as well as in North- where the IIT Goa campus was planned to come up at- has shattered the State Government's plan to construct a dedicated premise for the institute, which is temporarily functioning from Goa Engineering College (GEC) Campus located at Farmagudi.

Ever since IIT was allotted to Goa by the Central government in 2015, the successive BJP-led State government is finding it tough to sync its decision with the views of the villagers- the biggest hindrance. Despite making two attempts (rather three), the project failed to take shape owi...