panaji mapusabased farmers under the banner of bodgeshwar shetkari sangh expressed their displeasure over being excluded from the development and proposed alteration made to the mapusa outline development plan odp by the north goa planning and development authority ngpda sanjay barde president of the committee explained how even after members of the sangh wrote an application to the chief ministers office their request was unheard the odp was opened without taking any of the farmers into confidence decisions have been taken by the panel without the consent of even a single member of the bodgeshwar shetkari sangh when we drafted an application to the chief ministers office on july 10 to nominate members of the sangh in the panel we didnt receive any response from them barde told mediapersons in the letter the sangh expressed their disapproval about constructing the mamlatdar office and other government buildings besides shifting of private schools onto the land the ngpda gave mapusa residents a months time to offer their suggestions and objections to the mapusa odp july 17 being the last date of applying for the same the sangh held a press conference to voice their opinions as there was no response from the cms office the direction in which the ngpda is going about with our agricultural land the only people benefitting from this venture will be real estate agents and politicians barde said if the proposed new bus stand is going to materialize then farmers affected by the land acquisition should be given shops in the premises he suggested prabhakar upaskar a farmer present at the press conference said if the government intends to bring about development on these lands then our development must be taken into consideration as well we will gather support and take the issue up till the vidhan sabha if need be