Goemkarponn desk
PANAJI: Minister for Sports Govind Gaude has ordered a re-survey of the land belonging to the Directorate of Sports and Youth Affairs, which was illegal encroached by Panjim Gymkhana.
Taking note of the newspaper story, Sports Minister conducted an in-person inspection of the land.
During the inspection, prima facia, Minister observed that thousand of sq meters of government land had been illegally encroached by Panjim Gymkhana.
“Today in the inspection, we have observed that thousand of sq meters of government land has been illegally encroached by Panjim Gymkhana; my department shall pursue this matter,” he added.
Gaude ordered a re-survey of the land in eight days through a government surveyor.
Minister assured that the land encroached by the gymkhana would be re-occupied after conducting a new survey.
At the core of the issue are the claims over land, since 2017.
The gymkhana at that time had said that it was a non-issue since a demarcation done by the Land and Survey Department in the presence of SAG officials found that part of SAG land was actually leased to Panjim Gymkhana and once the demarcation process was finished, a compound wall was built demarcating the property as per the land survey records.