Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Thursday withdrew his government’s decision to set up an Indian Institute of Technology in the Shel-Melauli village in Sattari taluka, which is home to the state’s cashew cultivators, reported NDTV. Following severe backlash, Sawant said the proposed campus would be shifted to another location.
The announcement was made after a meeting between Sawant and the sarpanches and Zilla Panchayat members from Sattari taluka on Thursday evening. State Health Minister and Valpoi MLA Vishwajit Rane were also present at this meeting.
Sawant said the decision was taken out of respect for “public sentiments”, according to The Indian Express. “On the request of the Health Minister [Vishwajit Rane] and the citizens of Sattari we have decided to cancel the project at Melalui and we will shift it to another location,” he told reporters. “If the people of the village have decided that they do not want the project and discussions have…
