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Four radical were detained connected Friday (March 6, 2026) aft they staged a protestation from the visitors' assemblage successful the Goa Assembly connected the opening time of the fund session, implicit the projected dam connected the Zuari River.
The protestation drew disapproval from Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, who called the disruption a "terrorist benignant of attitude". The 17-day fund league of the State Assembly began astatine 11:30 a.m., and soon aft it commenced, 4 persons sitting successful the visitors' assemblage shouted slogans and displayed placards.
The protesters were portion of the agitation against the projected dam connected the Zuari River astatine Mirabag colony successful Kushawati district, wherever villagers person been staging a sit-in protestation for the past 25 days against the project, implicit fearfulness that 500 houses would beryllium inundated owed to the reservoir.
Amid the sloganeering, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the House that the protesters should beryllium arrested immediately. "We can't tolerate this behaviour successful the House. This is simply a violent benignant of attitude. You are doing this now, time you whitethorn adjacent occurrence bullets," helium said, adjacent arsenic commotion continued for a fewer minutes successful the House.
Goa Forward Party MLA Vijai Sardesai said that the protesters had reached the House, arsenic the authorities had refused to springiness them a hearing, contempt their 25-day-long protest. Assembly marshals instantly swung into action, detaining the 4 protesters.
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party (MGP) MLA Sudin Dhavalikar told Speaker Ganesh Gaonkar that helium had not seen specified behaviour successful 27 years of his vocation and demanded strict enactment against protesters.
Incidentally, Mirabag colony falls nether the Sanvordem Assembly Constituency, represented by Speaker Gaonkar. Water Resources Minister Subhash Shirodkar, referring to the Opposition benches, told the House, "This is not the mode to triumph an election.".
The dam is being constructed to fulfil drinking h2o requirements of the future, Mr. Shirodkar said, adding that h2o from the Zuari River, which flows into the sea, volition beryllium dammed. The House resumed the accustomed concern aft the protesters were removed from the gallery. The Chief Minister volition array the State fund aboriginal successful the day.
