panaji the nationalist youth congress nyc and panaji mla manohar parrikar have opposed the expansion of the kala academy fearing that its beauty charm and environment will be destroyed to make way for concrete structuresin a memorandum to chief minister digambar kamat with copies marked to the director of art and culture and officials of the kala academy the nyc has alleged it is estimated that around 40 fully grown trees along with small trees and shrubs will be destroye to make way for a 3200 sq m structurethe nyc has further said that the current infrastructure is already lacking many of us have noted that whenever there are shows and exhibitions in the theatres or at darya sangam parking at the kala academy becomes a problem so for a project comprising 3200 sq m built up area an additional parking area will be requiredthe nyc has further raised fears that the project could turn out to be a white elephant we propose that expansion plans at the kala academy be stopped and that the project be relocated to the esg building as it is used only during the international film festival of india iffi and remains unutilized for the rest of the year it suggested in the lettermeanwhile panaji mla and leader of the opposition manohar parrikar said there should not be any development in the campalmiramar area as it would attract more crowds and result in an increased amount of traffic jams on the main roadincidentally he also stated that he wasnt aware of the nature of work being carried out at the kala academy