The Goa governments hopes of receiving the Centres nod for theSanguemland for permanent campus of theIndian Institute of Technology(IIT), Goa, seem to have been crushed.
The central government has turned down the 7 lakh sqm identified by Goa for the project, terming the area as inadequate.
As per procedure, once identifies a parcel of land, a team from the Centre visits for inspection, before approving or rejecting the site. However, this time around, the central government officials declined the site after going through the plans itself, and it was not found necessary to send an inspection team to Goa, sources said.
As per the Union Education ministrys requirement, 12 lakh sqm land is to be identified to establish a campus for an IIT. But former chief minister Manohar Parrikar had made it clear to central officials that given Goas land constraints around 6 lakh sqm could be provided for the campus.
The former IITian was of the view that 6 lakh sqm would be sufficient to meet the IITs requirements.