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5 in Gaulembhat, Chimbel," vice president of Chimbel Manch, Gurudas Shirodkar, alleged.The manch has written to the Chimbel panchayat to look into the matter, as the area was demarcated as no developmental zone (NDZ) in the draft of Regional Plan 2021. "We have issued a 'stop work' order to the party and are trying to get more details," a panchayat official said. "There is a massive felling of trees and land conversion in progress in ward No. PANAJI: After a massive excavation on the edge of a hill slope at Ribandar lopped off a part of the hill, another adjoining slope on Chimbel side is being cleared for development.Villagers said that the work started and continued in full swing using machinery while authorities were busy during peak election time. "The land being developed is on a steep slope and hence it had been marked as eco fragile," secretary of the manch, Tukaram Kunkalker , said.Villagers are concerned as large areas of green slopes in Chimbel have already been destroyed by the slums and construction activity spreading into the hills..