It comes as a huge sigh of relief to Goans in general that the Goa Bachao Abhiyan (GBA) is united and determined in purpose to act as a watchdog in the formation of the Regional Plan 2021. At a meeting on Tuesday, the organisation ironed out whatever differences, small or large, that had led to the brief flare up between some of its leading members, to come out with a consensus position on the interim report of the Task Force that is charged with drafting the new plan. The GBA is not a monolithic organisation, but a grouping of different NGOs and groups that came together for the specific purpose of opposing the infamous Regional Plan 2011, which sought to make Goa into a concrete jungle like Mumbai. It is not only to the credit of the organisation, but also the concern and sensitivity shown by ordinary Goans for their land that created the massive movement that forced the government to scrap the diabolical plan that so many individuals in the ruling dispensation had a vested interest in. That spirit is now seen in Gram Sabha after Gram Sabha, where ordinary citizens take out time from their otherwise busy schedules to come together and safeguard their villages from being