Put interest of state before anything else, Kavlekar tells Goencho Ekvott

Panaji: Deputy chief minister

Chandrakant Kavlekar

met with a delegation from

Goencho Ekvott

and assured them that their concerns would be looked into. He also appealed to the NGO to put the interest of the state and well-being of its residents ahead of everything else.

Goencho Ekvott, along with local elected

representatives

, submitted a memorandum to Kavlekar regarding

coal transportation

,

South Western Railway

’s

double tracking project

, the

infrastructure projects

passing through

Mollem

, the

Major Ports Authority Bill

and the

Sagarmala project

.

The delegation said that Kavlekar was cordial and assured them of his support against infrastructure projects that are detrimental to the state. He assured them that he would speak to chief minister Pramod Sawant about their concerns.

Goencho Ekvott joint secretary Olencio Simoes briefed the deputy CM about the ill-effects of the coal issue, with particular reference to the satellite port proposed at Betul as part of the Sagarmala project.

Royla Fernandes spoke about the harmful effects of coal dust which has given rise to coronary, cancer and respiratory diseases.

Naqueri panchayat members, local fishermen and former zilla panchayat member Khushali Velip accompanied the delegation.


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