No land alloted for Def Expo in Goa, govt tells MP Naik

PANAJI: Union Minister of State for Defence Rao Inderjit Singh has stated that the Goa government has not formally allotted land for the Defence Exposition to be organised by the Union Defence Ministry, a press release by the office of the Congress MP Shantaram Naik said here today.

In a written reply to the question on Def Expo, 2016, tabled by the Rajya Sabha member from Goa Shantaram Naik, the minister said that,"Government of Goa was requested to make approximately 150 acres of land available for the purpose" but there hadn't been any formal allotment to the Ministry of Defence so far.

Def Expo 2016 will be held in Quitol-Naqueri, Betul in Quepem taluka of the coastal state.