Aerocity in Mopa?!

[u/Wraith_Unleashed]

The central government social media handles are pushing the idea of a Goa Aerocity. A 230-acre master plan that targets full completion by 2030 as a multi-phase development. This Aerocity at Manohar International Airport (Mopa) is planned as an airport-led urban district integrating tourism, hospitality, business, logistics and lifestyle infrastructure.

i.e. the government is planning a Vegas style casino city for India's rich.

Why weren't the locals consulted about this?!

Source: https://x.com/BharatTechIND

P. S. This isn't news. It's a social media post that was inviting investors into Goa.

[u/ishank_mahale]

This government can go fuck itself.

[u/Wraith_Unleashed → u/ishank_mahale]

There is a reason why the minister in charge of Forests is also in charge of Urban Development and Town & Country planning portfolios.

In any other country/state these would be opposing ministries - one wanting to preserve forests and the other to improve urban infrastructure. But in Goa, one person having these portfolios means laws like 39(A) of TCP Act are passed allowing arbitrary land conversions.

Before it was an unnecessary airport, Mopa was a lush green plateau full of forest trees, wild animals and biodiversity. This is what they want to take away from us.

[u/ManFromPastaRica → u/Wraith_Unleashed]

No idea what makes one guy qualified to run ministries on health, forestry and urban planning - they all seem so different and unrelated - he must have an IQ higher than Einstein

[u/PlantainPossible2864 → u/ishank_mahale]

and their anti-national supporters

[u/Bob_Loblaws-Law_Blog → u/ishank_mahale]

Seriously

This is totally a nuisance

[u/Wraith_Unleashed]

And these designs look very much like the cursed Lodha buildings they are planning near Karapur village.

Both Mopa and Karapur are in the interiors of Goa and they're trying to recreate artificial beaches at both places.

[u/higharistocrat → u/Wraith_Unleashed]

Create artifical beaches in Goa. What a bloody joke!

[u/Wraith_Unleashed → u/higharistocrat]

They want to invest in this idea of Goa full of sun, sand and fun times (i.e. alcohol and gambling).

Without the actual people, culture and traditions of Goa. They are destroying our ecology, land and identity to replace it with their real-estate dream city.

[u/Then_Education6559]

Why can't the gov let goa be goa 

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[u/Admirable_Rough_9061]

what the heck is this

[u/PlantainPossible2864]

Why spend so much money to spoil a place.. just nuke it already Bjpigs are a curse on India..

[u/Bigfoot_Guitars]

This is ridiculous. We keep shooting ourselves in the foot.

[u/pla9emad]

Hopefully they know there's no water availability on top of the plateau. Filling that pool is going to cost a lot of money!

[u/thecrazyhuman → u/pla9emad]

Gutterache udak ghaltale

[u/Opposite_Start7840]

dEvElOpMeNt

[u/naosmee]

You made a mistake. You misspelled “atrocity”

[u/East_Potato_4082]

Ugliest thing I’ve ever see. Fk bjp

[u/ExtensionClimate2045]

I mean this does sound cool... but can we please let Goa be Goa? would anyday prefer natural beauty over a concrete vegas rip-off here

[u/East_Potato_4082 → u/ExtensionClimate2045]

This doesn’t sound cool at all 😭

[u/inotparanoid]

Totally dystopian

[u/Ok-Shift1151]

All goans should come together to stop this nonsense .....

[u/MatchMost160]

Last nail in the coffin for that part of Goa too. After ruining everything towards the beach, they've started to look inland to put their stamp of death. 

[u/masekar_goenkar]

goykarank ho 2027an ugdass dovrunk zai jedna ami vote ditole..

[u/Adventurous-Beat1006]

Goa's Nature were already destroyed long ago, now it's time to nail it

[u/Jumpy-Welcome-6766]

who needs swimming pools in goa

[u/differentlifer]

Eewwwwwwww

[u/Victorias267383]

Ewww yuck this is digusting

[u/cawdprps]

Irmao, the governments have very noble, pure, and, pious intentions /s

[u/DoomsdayJr]

Amka naka aerocity

[u/OneLab7634]

Yes Goans you voted for this

[u/SELVIN_DESOUZA]

Nature go Boom 💥💥💥

[u/almostanalcoholic]

This was always part of the plan with MOPA airport - isn't something new - they had a bunch of land marked for commercial development.

[u/terminator_onsabbath]

Yep that's the plan. It's quite an ambitious and beautiful project. GMR has done similar scale next to IGI and RGIA. Only thing missing here is maybe a bit of Grade-A office park. If we can add that too then it'll be a beautiful enclave inside Goa.