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Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Sunday voiced his concern over Goa being infiltrated with a huge migrant population and stressed on the need to freeze the state''s population at 15 lakh. Stating that there are currently about 4-5 lakh people from other states of India who have made Goa their home, Parrikar said the rate of growth of migrant population in the state was beyond permissible limits. The chief minister, speaking at a function at Chinchinim, made it clear that he was not against migrants. He stressed that "influx of migrant population should not be at the cost of the local population". Parrikar said the state government will work out a policy aimed at regulating the flow of migrants into Goa. No hutments and shanties will be allowed to be set up in the state, he said, as that leads to insanitation thereby dirtying of the surroundings. "We have to ensure that Goa remains with Goans. Otherwise, a day will come when Goa will no longer remain Goa... Goenkarponn (Goaness) and all other traits associated with Goans will disappear from this land. It''s imperative that we preserve our peculiarity and not lose our identity," Parrikar said. Speaking further, the chief minister said the development of the state will be carried out only by taking people into confidence. Dwelling at length on the welfare schemes introduced by his government, Parrikar said the process of implementing all the schemes will be commenced by October and completed before Christmas. He also announced the government''s plan of introducing a "minimum assured employment scheme" for youth under which training cum employment will be provided to the unemployed. A memorandum listing the grievances faced by Chinchinim villagers was given to the chief minister and his intervention for their redressal sought. Speedy completion of the Chinchinim market complex, denotification of the bypass from Dandeavaddo junction to Deussua, introducing Kadamba transport corporation buses on the Margao-Betul route, dropping four-laning of NH 17 passing through the village, were among the demands put forth before the chief minister in the memorandum.
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