Goa: Cansaulim locals halt fencing work by rail authorities

VASCO: Villagers of Cansaulim and Arossim on Tuesday stopped and uprooted the fencing work done by Rail Vikas Nigam Limited (RVNL) at Cansaulim along the railway station.
Local MLA Alina Saldanha rang up RVNL general manager S B Sahoos to immediately stop the work and asked RVNL to remove all the poles which were erected to fence the railway boundary at Cansaulim.
Joint secretary of Goencho Ekvott Olencio Simoes stated that South Western Railway (SWR) in collaboration with RVNL is continuously carrying out activities without fearing the law of the land.
“When we questioned the railway officials about their valid permission, they couldn’t furnish any details, but instead they forcibly trespassed in our land and also cut our trees,” he said.
Velsao-Pale-Issorcim and Cansaulim-Arossim-Cuelim panchayat had passed a resolution objecting the land acquisition process in their jurisdiction, but the railway authorites are forcing the acquisition on the villagers, said Simoes.