Goa, July 20 -- Frustration is reaching a boiling point in the villages of Pomburpa, Ecoxim, and Olaulim, where locals are protesting what they describe as the government's repeated neglect and broken promises. Central to their grievance is a long-standing assurance made by Minister Vishwajit Rane during the 7th Goa Legislative Assembly session-an assurance that these areas would be declared a No Development Zone (NDZ) due to their ecological sensitivity. Despite this, the promise remains unfulfilled, and villagers claim the government has instead enabled large-scale construction projects that threaten the region's green cover, fragile hills, and biodiversity. Many of these projects, villagers allege, are spearheaded by outsiders with lit...