Goa, June 21 -- The Save Old Goa Action Committee (SOGAC) has reiterated its firm opposition to constructing a multi-storey police station in Old Goa, which falls within the buffer zone of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. The committee cautioned that such development could endanger the site's heritage status.

Speaking to O Heraldo, members of the committee clarified that they are not opposed to the police station itself, but to the construction of a large concrete structure that would violate heritage norms.

"We do not know what the plan is. Sometimes it is said the building will be ground plus one, sometimes ground plus two. We do not want that," said Jacqueline Fernandes, a member of the committee. "We are okay if the existing police s...