Local residents of North Goa routinely face water shortages that they allege is due to the airport construction on the Barazan plateau. The geology of the plateau, with laterite rock below ground surface facilitates groundwater recharge. Through an intricate web of perennial springs and rivulets, the plateau would supply drinking water round the year to over 7,000 residents of six villages situated in close proximity to what is now the airport.

March 9, 2024

Maitreya Prithwiraj Ghorpade