Panaji: Chief minister Manohar Parrikar has said that Congress spokesman Aleixo Reginaldo Lourenco instead of making "baseless allegations" on land acquisition for Dabolim airport, should get from prime minister Dr Manmohan Singh the 8,000- odd sq m land from the Navy for Dabolim airport expansion.
He said the controversial land Reginaldo has been raking up these days, is around 600 metres from the airport and was not suitable for parking there. "Who will park their vehicles that far? Has anyone seen the land?,he retorted when asked about the issue.
He said there were doubts of kickbacks going by the manner in which the last government dealt with the issue. By a cabinet decision of the Digambar Kamat-ministry, part of the land which was earlier meant for parking in Dabolim, went back to the owner, Bernard Costa.
02/12/12 Times of India
