PORVORIM, March 25 -- Team Herald

A day after the Se Old Goa Village Panchayat said that it was 'clueless' about the construction work in Old Goa, Tourism Minister Rohan Khaunte on Tuesday admitted in Assembly that the file on the project had not been submitted to the panchayat for approval.

Replying to a calling attention motion tabled by MLA Rajesh Faldessai, he said, "We had not submitted the project file to the Se Old Goa Panchayat, but we had given our presentation regarding amenities convenience centre to the gram sabha meeting held on October 29, 2023. If the church authorities tell us not to go ahead with the project, we will not go ahead."

Earlier, in a written reply Khaunte said that the Department of Tourism had obtained per...