PANAJI: Agriculture minister Ravi Naik on Monday urged Goans not to sell their ancestral land to builders and people from Delhi and Hyderabad. Naik said that the rampant sale of land to non-Goans will leave Goans landless and lead to a decline of agriculture.“Delhi is hot and has a lot of pollution. During those days, people want to come to Goa. They buy homes here, buy land here. Goans should not sell their land to Delhiites. Goans should not sell their land to anyone,” he said.“We should not sell our land, otherwise, Goa will not remain. There will be no land left for Goans. People can come here, have a picnic, and they must go back,” Naik told television reporters.Naik also appeared upset with tourists who travel in buses and jeeps to Goa but do not stay at hotels. “We need to preserve our ancestral land. We get some tourists in jeeps who cook and eat on the roadside, create a mess, and go. What does Goa get from them? Nothing. We don’t want such tourists who don’t stay in hotels,” said Naik.
