In a recent development, Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai has called for the categorization of Calangute, Candolim, and Porvorim as cities. Sardesai emphasized the need for these popular tourist destinations to be recognized as cities due to their population density and urban development. He argued that these areas have evolved beyond being just villages and now meet the criteria to be categorized as cities. Sardesai’s proposal aims to address the growing infrastructure and developmental needs of these regions, as well as improve governance and service delivery. The move has sparked discussions among local authorities and residents, with varying opinions on the potential implications of such a change. As discussions continue, it remains to be seen how this proposal will progress and what impact it may have on the future development of Calangute, Candolim, and Porvorim. Stay tuned for more updates on this evolving story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In a recent development, Goa Forward Party (GFP) president Vijai Sardesai has called for the categorization of Calangute, Candolim, and Porvorim as cities. Sardesai emphasized the need for these popular tourist destinations to be recognized as cities due to their population density and urban development. He argued that these areas have evolved beyond being just […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":81796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119440257imgsize-23712.jpg",925,510,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119440257imgsize-23712-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119440257imgsize-23712-300x165.jpg",300,165,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119440257imgsize-23712-768x423.jpg",640,353,true],"large":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119440257imgsize-23712.jpg",640,353,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119440257imgsize-23712.jpg",925,510,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/msid-119440257imgsize-23712.jpg",925,510,false]},"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/author\/"},"category_info":"JUST IN<\/a>","tag_info":"JUST IN","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81795"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81795"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81795\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81796"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81795"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81795"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vanillanews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81795"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}