Amid protests, CM Sawant announces relocation of IIT-Goa campus

In the face of increasing protests by villagers against the proposed IIT-Goa campus at Melaulim village in North Goa, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Friday announced the relocation of the project elsewhere in the coastal state.

Sawant, however, said that the new location had not been identified yet.

“This government listens to the voice of the people. Therefore, our government has decided to shift the project from Sattari to another location in Goa. We will inform the IIT officials today,” Sawant told the media at his official residence here. Melaulim is located in the Sattari sub-district.