SURVEY CONDUCTED ON DABOLIM HILL

A committee constituted by the Chief Town Planner (CTP) along with a surveyor nominated by Save Our Slopes (SOS) and Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) undertook a joint survey of the slopes of a controversial mega housing project at the Alto-Dabolim hill.Following demands of the SOS and GBA for a physical verification of the gradient of slopes of the controversial housing project, the CTP appointed a committee headed by Deputy Town Planner Prakash Bandodkar to undertake a joint survey along with a surveyor appointed by the SOS and GBA.“The TCP surveyor and a surveyor appointed by the SOS and GBA have inspected the gradient levels at the site,” Bandodkar told Herald.“This is because the SOS and GBA have complained that the developer has violated the planning norms and have claimed that the slope at the site is beyond the permissible limit of 25 per cent gradient,” he said.“We have not carried out a detailed survey, but have only inspected the highest and lowest levels of the slope, to verify the gradient levels. We will calculate the gradient and if it is within the permissible limit of 25 per cent, then it will be assumed that the developer is within the planning norms,” Bandodkar added.Speaking to Herald, SOS Secretary Edwin Mascarenhas said they had completed the survey of a major portion of the site. The survey will be completed by soon,” he informed.