Goa, Aug. 23 -- After facing stiff opposition at several sites, the proposed permanent campus of the Indian Institute of Technology-Goa (IIT-Goa) is now likely to come up at Codar, Ponda, on around 14.63 lakh sq. m of Comunidade land falling under Bethora-Nirankal-Codar Panchayat.

Earlier, plans to set up the institute at the Sanjivani Sugar Factory land in Dharbandora were shelved following protests by locals, who submitted a memorandum to the government claiming that the livelihoods of tribal communities would be affected.

Social activist Swapnesh Sherlkar, citing a public notice published on August 19, by the Administration of Comunidade Central Zone, Panjim, warned that tribal tenants in Codar could now face displacement. "My role i...