PANAJI: Chief minister Pramod Sawant on Sunday said that the demarcation work for the IIT-Goa project that had to be stopped on a few occasions due to protests from Melauli villagers will continue.
“While there are some obstructions, it (demarcation) will start on Monday,” Sawant told reporters. “People should not fight with the government and create obstructions. If the issue is discussed then we can come out with a solution,” he said.
There have been strong protests from villagers who are opposing the project. Villagers and police clashed over the last week and cops resorted to lathi charge and use of tear gas to disperse protesters who prevented surveyors from demarcating the land for the proposed site of the new IIT-Goa campus.
Goa Police have also filed cases against the protesting villagers for attempt to murder and unlawful assembly.
Sawant had appealed to the villagers to allow the government to conduct the demarcation work. “IIT is an issue of development and parties as well as NGOs are here to stop all development,” he said.