Farmers protest towards proposed IIT campus in Goa

Farmers staged a protest towards the proposed Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campus in Goa, claiming the state authorities was buying land for it with out their consent.

After the farmers’ protest on Monday in Sanguem space of South Goa district, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant stated some individuals had the behavior of unnecessarily opposing tasks.

Talking to reporters in state capital Panaji on Monday, Sawant stated the land the place the IIT was proposed belonged to the federal government and they’re going to guarantee nobody faces injustice as a result of mission.

Farmers protested after workforce of state income officers went to Sanguem to demarcate land for the upcoming IIT Goa campus.

A workforce led by Deputy Superintendent of Police Nilesh Rane tried to pacify the farmers, however they went forward with the protest.

The farmers have been reluctant to provide their land for the mission.

We have been cultivating paddy on the place the place the federal government needs to accumulate land for the IIT Goa campus. We don’t need IIT, a girl farmer instructed police.

She claimed the state authorities was buying land with out the consent of the farmers, who’ve been rising crops on it for generations.

Some of the opposite protesters stated they won’t permit the demarcation course of to proceed on the website.

The Sanguem police have registered a case towards the protesting farmers for obstructing the land demarcation work, a senior police official stated.

Meanwhile, Chief Minister Sawant stated some individuals had the behavior of unnecessarily opposing tasks.

The land the place the IIT is proposed belongs to the federal government. Some individuals are simply encroaching the land, he stated including that individuals ought to shun the unfavorable mindset.

We will guarantee individuals don’t face any injustice. If somebody is a tenant or has a doc to show his/her (land) possession, they will submit it to the district collector, the chief minister stated.

Sanguem BJP MLA Subhash Phal Dessai stated the IIT campus in Goa will assist in creating employment alternatives for locals.