{"id":109114,"date":"2026-01-17T13:28:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=109114"},"modified":"2026-01-17T13:28:47","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T07:58:47","slug":"aap-lader-valmiki-naik-joins-chimbel-protest-urges-scrapping-of-unity-mall-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/?p=109114","title":{"rendered":"AAP lader Valmiki Naik joins Chimbel protest, urges scrapping of Unity Mall project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><b data-path-to-node=\"1\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Goa Khabar <\/b>:<strong> Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) President Valmiki Naik visited the Chimbel protest site today, throwing his full weight behind the local community\u2019s fight against the proposed Unity Mall. Naik made a passionate appeal to the public to sustain the agitation until the government officially scraps the project.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"2\">Environment Over Infrastructure<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"3\">During his visit, Naik criticized the state government&#8217;s disconnect from the environmental values often touted by central leadership. He pointed out the irony between Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s public stance and the current situation in Goa.<\/p>\n<blockquote data-path-to-node=\"4\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\">&#8220;Last time when PM Modi was in Goa, he gave a big speech on the environment and how beautiful Goa is,&#8221; Naik remarked. &#8220;Maybe CM Sawant should listen to the speech of the PM and work towards saving Goa\u2019s water, rivers, and lakes instead of pushing projects that threaten them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4,0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-109116\" src=\"https:\/\/goakhabar-com.preview.jikut.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/34eec688-68fc-40ea-bcac-d7b4332cd9d7-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/34eec688-68fc-40ea-bcac-d7b4332cd9d7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/34eec688-68fc-40ea-bcac-d7b4332cd9d7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/34eec688-68fc-40ea-bcac-d7b4332cd9d7-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/34eec688-68fc-40ea-bcac-d7b4332cd9d7.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3 data-path-to-node=\"5\">&#8220;Take it to Sanquelim or Porvorim&#8221;<\/h3>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"6\">The AAP leader questioned the government\u2019s insistence on the Chimbel site despite fierce local opposition and significant environmental concerns. He suggested that if the BJP is confident in the project&#8217;s benefits, they should relocate it to constituencies represented by the state\u2019s top leadership.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"7\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Naik\u2019s Suggestion:<\/b> If the BJP believes the Unity Mall is truly a &#8220;great&#8221; project for the people, they should move it to <b data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"120\">Sanquelim<\/b> (the CM&#8217;s constituency) or <b data-path-to-node=\"7,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"157\">Porvorim<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\"><b data-path-to-node=\"7,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">The Core Issue:<\/b> Residents and activists argue that the project in Chimbel will lead to the destruction of local ecosystems and water bodies.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8\">Naik concluded by reaffirming that the AAP will continue to stand with the people of Chimbel, stating that development should never come at the cost of the state&#8217;s natural heritage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goa Khabar : Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) President Valmiki Naik visited the Chimbel protest site today, throwing his full weight behind the local community\u2019s fight against the proposed Unity Mall. Naik made a passionate appeal to the public to sustain the agitation until the government officially scraps the project. Environment Over Infrastructure During his visit, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25169,"featured_media":109115,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,155],"tags":[3794],"class_list":["post-109114","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\/109114","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=109114"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109117,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109114\/revisions\/109117"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/109115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=109114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goakhabar.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=109114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}