{"id":104359,"date":"2025-07-23T22:41:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=104359"},"modified":"2025-07-23T22:41:00","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T17:11:00","slug":"vijai-sardesai-slams-delays-demands-action-on-gca-site-infrastructure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=104359","title":{"rendered":"Vijai Sardesai Slams delays, demands action on GCA site &#038; infrastructure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goa Khabar : Goa Forward Party President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai today raised sharp questions in the Assembly over the ongoing confusion and delay surrounding the development of the Goa Cricket Association\u2019s (GCA) new site. Calling out the government\u2019s silence, he demanded urgent action on critical infrastructure clearances.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">We\u2019ve kept quiet till now, but it\u2019s time to speak up. Everyone praises the late Manohar Parrikar. Let\u2019s not forget, he selected the GCA site based on just three factors: Location, Location, Location,\u201d Sardesai stated.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Sardesai warned that shifting the location again would render the entire exercise futile. \u201cIf you hold just one match every three years, the project becomes a white elephant and GCA will go bankrupt. Is that the plan?\u201d he questioned, pointing out that despite contributing \u20b910 crore for the same.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He also cited past logistical failures. \u201cThat land was chosen for its accessibility to five-star hotels and overall logistical ease. So why is the project still stuck?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">Highlighting bureaucratic hurdles, Sardesai asked the Chief Minister of Goa directly: \u201cHas the high-tension wire been shifted, yes or no? Has the PWD issued the road approach letter?\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">He concluded by calling for seriousness: \u201cIf we truly care about sports infrastructure and want world-class facilities, stop the delays and act.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : Goa Forward Party President and Fatorda MLA Vijai Sardesai today raised sharp questions in the Assembly over the ongoing confusion and delay surrounding the development of the Goa Cricket Association\u2019s (GCA) new site. Calling out the government\u2019s silence, he demanded urgent action on critical infrastructure clearances. We\u2019ve kept quiet till now, but [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":104360,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-104359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-6","category-155","tag-featured"],"read":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/25169"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104359"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104361,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104359\/revisions\/104361"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}