India, Jan. 20 -- The Bombay High Court at Goa has stepped in over alleged illegal con-structions within the pro-tected heritage precinct of Old Goa, directing the Town and Country Plan-ning (TCP) Department to carry out a site inspection and place a detailed report before the Court within two weeks.

The direction came dur-ing the hearing of a writ petition filed by Panjim resident Vasco Dias, who has accused authorities of turning a blind eye to unau-thorised construction and commercial activity in Sur-vey Nos 143/3 and 143/4 of Ella village land fall ing within a protected her-itage area During the proceedings, Additional Government Advocate Nehal Vernekar sought two weeks' time on behalf of the TCP De-partment to conduct the inspectio...