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Goa's heritage church faces encroachment threat
Updated On: 29 November, 2020 05:16 PM IST | Panaji | IANS
sardesai, who heads the Goa Forward party, also said in his letter to Unesco that the church complex located in Ela village near Panaji, could face the prospects of of high rise buildings in its close proximity
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The 17th century Old Goa Church complex, a Unesco World Heritage Site, faces threat of encroachment of its boundaries by real estate developers in the wake of a recent move to incorporate the area under an urban planning authority, former deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai has alleged in a letter to the UN body on Sunday.
Sardesai, who heads the Goa Forward party which has three legislators in the Goa Legislative Assembly, also said in his letter to Unesco Director Mechtild Rossler that the church complex located in Ela village near Panaji, could face the prospects of high rise buildings in its close proximity, if the state administration formally approves the incorporation the village under the aegis of the Greater Panaji Planning and Development Authority of Goa.
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