Goa govt constitutes 4-member committee to decide new location of IIT campus

Panaji, Jan. 18 -- The Goa Government on Monday decided to set up a four-member committee to decide a new location for the construction of the proposed IIT campus in the state.

Speaking to reporters, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said the four-member committee would go through various sites available for the proposed campus of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT). However, he did not reveal further details.

Referring to the recent protest held by residents of the Shel-Melaulim village earlier this month, he did want the similar incident to recur.

"We will see the land options available for the project. We don't want a similar problem to recur when we finalise a new site," he said.

Bowing to public pressure, the Goa Government had la...