Scrap SEZs, demands
ruling Cong
Agencies, Panaji
29 December 2007
The movement against the special economic zone (SEZ) projects
received a major boost today with a committee set up by the
ruling Congress expressing a view that establishing the SEZ
projects was not in the interest of Goa and Goans.
Goa Pradesh Congress president Francisco Sardinha, south
Goa MP, said the committee has stated that the SEZs would
lead to heavy influx of people from other States and could
adversely impact on tourism of the State by causing severe
demographic distortions.
The committee has expressed the view that tourism being the
mainstay of Goan economy, it could not co-exist with heavy
industrialisation.
Prevent sale of land to outsiders
The Goa Pradesh Congress Committee, at its meeting here on
Saturday, decided to direct the government to take steps to
prevent large scale sale and transfer of land to non-Goans.
Disclosing this, Mr. Sardinha said the Congress has decided
to ask the government not to acquire land for any SEZs or
for any individuals other than for public purposes or meant
for public utilities and infrastructure.
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